Record: 9-2, .818 W-L% (9th of 120)
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Devaney (9-2)
PS/G: 26.6 (7th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 14.6 (51st of 120)
SRS: 11.12 (24th of 120) ▪ SOS: 0.84 (60th of 120)
Bowl Game: Won Gotham Bowl 36-34 versus Miami (FL)
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Dennis Claridge | 56 | 128 | 43.8 | 829 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4 | 8 | 96.0 |
| 2 | John Faiman | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 63 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 135.4 |
| 3 | Doug Tucker | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 46 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 97.7 |
| 4 | David Theisen | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 59 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 159.1 |
| 5 | Warren Powers | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.6 |
| 6 | Ernie Bonistall | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 |
| 7 | Kent McCloughan | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Dennis Claridge | 104 | 370 | 3.6 | 10 | 104 | 370 | 3.6 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Willie Ross | 89 | 431 | 4.8 | 3 | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | 95 | 519 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 3 | Bill Thornton | 62 | 238 | 3.8 | 3 | 62 | 238 | 3.8 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Gene Young | 55 | 267 | 4.9 | 1 | 55 | 267 | 4.9 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Warren Powers | 49 | 279 | 5.7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 51 | 300 | 5.9 | 1 |
| 6 | Kent McCloughan | 39 | 232 | 5.9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 262 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 7 | Rudy Johnson | 36 | 164 | 4.6 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 41 | 223 | 5.4 | 2 |
| 8 | Dennis Stuewe | 34 | 169 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 37 | 210 | 5.7 | 3 |
| 9 | Noel Martin | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 10 | David Theisen | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 11 | Willie Paschell | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 0 | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Doug Tucker | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Joe McNulty | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | John Faiman | 5 | -23 | -4.6 | 0 | 5 | -23 | -4.6 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | John Sebastian | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 16 | Ernie Bonistall | 3 | -18 | -6.0 | 0 | 3 | -18 | -6.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | John Vujevich | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 18 | Bruce Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | James Huge | 11 | 208 | 18.9 | 1 | 11 | 208 | 18.9 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | Richard Callahan | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 1 | 10 | 189 | 18.9 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Mike Eger | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 1 | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Larry Tomlinson | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | William Comstock | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | Larry Donovan | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Curtis Bryant | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Bobby Hohn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||