2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Stats

Previous Year ▪ Next Year

Record: 9-4, .692 W-L% (21st of 120)
Conference: Big 12 (North Division) (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bo Pelini (9-4)

PS/G: 35.4 (17th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 28.5 (81st of 120)
SRS: 10.92 (18th of 120) ▪ SOS: 3.69 (21st of 120)

Bowl Game: Won Gator Bowl 26-21 versus Clemson

Team Stats

Most values are per game averages

		Passing					Rushing				Total Offense			First Downs				Penalties		Turnovers
Split	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	Pass	Rush	Pen	Tot	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	Tot
Offense	13	22.7	33.3	68.1	281.0	2.1	37.4	169.8	4.5	2.1	70.7	450.8	6.4	13.2	8.7	0.8	22.7	7.2	61.5	1.3	0.8	2.2
Defense	13	17.1	29.6	57.7	233.4	1.5	32.2	116.5	3.6	1.8	61.8	349.8	5.7	9.0	6.4	2.2	17.5	4.9	36.7	0.4	0.9	1.3
Difference		+5.6	+3.7	+10.4	+47.6	+0.6	+5.2	+53.3	+0.9	+0.3	+8.9	+101.0	+0.7	+4.2	+2.3	-1.4	+5.2	+2.3	+24.8	+0.9	-0.1	+0.9

Passing

Stats include bowl game

		Passing
Rk	Player	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate
1	Joe Ganz	285	420	67.9	3568	8.5	8.5	25	11	153.6
2	Patrick Witt	6	8	75.0	48	6.0	6.0	0	0	125.4
3	Marlon Lucky	2	2	100.0	24	12.0	32.0	2	0	530.8
4	Zac Lee	1	2	50.0	5	2.5	2.5	0	0	71.0
5	Jake Wesch	1	1	100.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	0	167.2

Rushing & Receiving

Stats include bowl game

		Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Roy Helu Jr.	125	803	6.4	7	25	266	10.6	0	150	1069	7.1	7
2	Marlon Lucky	125	517	4.1	7	26	288	11.1	1	151	805	5.3	8
3	Quentin Castille	106	467	4.4	6	9	109	12.1	0	115	576	5.0	6
4	Joe Ganz	92	258	2.8	5	1	20	20.0	1	93	278	3.0	6
5	Marcus Mendoza	15	103	6.9	1	2	7	3.5	0	17	110	6.5	1
6	Patrick Witt	4	20	5.0	1					4	20	5.0	1
7	Nate Swift	2	23	11.5	0	63	941	14.9	10	65	964	14.8	10
8	Todd Peterson	2	18	9.0	0	62	786	12.7	4	64	804	12.6	4
9	Zac Lee	2	17	8.5	0					2	17	8.5	0
10	Alex Henery	1	9	9.0	0					1	9	9.0	0
11	Mike McNeill	1	0	0.0	0	32	442	13.8	6	33	442	13.4	6
12	Niles Paul	1	-6	-6.0	0	23	214	9.3	0	24	208	8.7	0
13	Jake Wesch	1	-9	-9.0	0					1	-9	-9.0	0
14	Menelik Holt					30	355	11.8	1	30	355	11.8	1
15	Dreu Young					9	140	15.6	1	9	140	15.6	1
16	Hunter Teafatiller					3	27	9.0	0	3	27	9.0	0
17	Ryan Hill					3	9	3.0	1	3	9	3.0	1
18	Chris Brooks					2	27	13.5	1	2	27	13.5	1
19	Curenski Gilleylen					2	11	5.5	0	2	11	5.5	0
20	Wes Cammack					1	5	5.0	0	1	5	5.0	0
21	Thomas Lawson					1	4	4.0	0	1	4	4.0	0
22	Ndamukong Suh					1	2	2.0	1	1	2	2.0	1

Defense & Fumbles

Stats include bowl game

		Tackles					Def Int					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Solo	Ast	Tot	Loss	Sk	Int	Yds	Avg	TD	PD	FR	Yds	TD	FF
1	Ndamukong Suh	39	37	76	16.0	7.5	2	79	39.5	2	5				1
2	Larry Asante	44	23	67	1.5	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	5
3	Matt O'Hanlon	33	19	52	2.0	0.0	1	21	21.0	0	6
4	Pierre Allen	21	31	52	8.5	5.0					1				1
5	Cody Glenn	26	25	51	5.0	0.0					4				1
6	Ty Steinkuhler	21	27	48	6.0	2.5									1
7	Zach Potter	14	32	46	11.5	5.5	2	11	5.5	0	9				1
8	Armando Murillo	35	9	44	1.5	0.0	1	57	57.0	0	9	1	11	0	0
9	Eric Hagg	29	10	39	4.5	1.0					7	1	3	0	1
10	Phillip Dillard	13	25	38	1.5	0.5					1
11	Tyler Wortman	19	17	36	5.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	2
12	Prince Amukamara	21	13	34	2.0	1.0					2				2
13	Anthony West	23	6	29	1.0	1.0	2	26	13.0	0	11
14	Rickey Thenarse	17	7	24	5.0	2.0	1	0	0.0	0	2				1
15	Lance Thorell	15	9	24	0.0	0.0					1
16	Blake Lawrence	8	13	21	0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	1
17	Colton Koehler	7	9	16	1.0	0.0
18	Clayton Sievers	9	5	14	2.5	1.0									1
19	Matt Holt	11	3	14	0.0	0.0
20	Shukree Barfield	7	3	10	3.0	3.0
21	Major Culbert	4	6	10	0.0	0.0
22	Wes Cammack	8	1	9	0.0	0.0
23	Terrence Moore	3	5	8	2.0	2.0
24	Niles Paul	5	3	8	0.0	0.0
25	Mathew May	5	1	6	1.0	1.0									1
26	Mason Wald	4	2	6	0.0	0.0
27	Dennard	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
28	Hunter Teafatiller	4	1	5	0.0	0.0
29	Quentin Castille	1	2	3	0.0	0.0
30	Mike Hays	2	1	3	0.0	0.0
31	Todd Peterson	3	0	3	0.0	0.0
32	Barry Turner	1	2	3	1.5	1.0
33	Jared Crick	1	1	2	0.0	0.0					1
34	Thomas Grove	1	1	2	0.0	0.0
35	Ryan Hill	2	0	2	0.0	0.0
36	Chris Brooks	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
37	Austin Cassidy	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
38	Joe Ganz	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
39	Roy Helu Jr.	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
40	Menelik Holt	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
41	Adi Kunalic	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
42	Marlon Lucky	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
43	Ben Martin	0	1	1	0.0	0.0
44	Lydon Murtha	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
45	T.J. O'Leary	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
46	Mike Smith	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
47	Keith Williams	1	0	1	0.0	0.0
48	William Yancy	0	1	1	0.0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Stats include bowl game

		Kick Ret				Punt Ret
Rk	Player	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Niles Paul	41	969	23.6	1	8	80	10.0	0
2	Alfonzo Dennard	6	129	21.5	0
3	Thomas Lawson	3	31	10.3	0
4	Curenski Gilleylen	2	48	24.0	0
5	Larry Asante	2	31	15.5	0
6	Alfonzo Denard	2	21	10.5	0
7	Hunter Teafatiller	1	16	16.0	0
8	Nate Swift					23	296	12.9	1

Kicking & Punting

Stats include bowl game

		Kicking							Punting
Rk	Player	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	Pts	Punts	Yds	Avg
1	Alex Henery	56	57	98.2	18	21	85.7	110
2	Dan Titchener								42	1649	39.3
3	Jake Wesch								5	201	40.2

Scoring

Stats include bowl game

		Touchdowns								Kicking
Rk	Player	Rush	Rec	Int	FR	PR	KR	Oth	Tot	XPM	FGM	2PM	Sfty	Pts
1	Alex Henery									56	18			110
2	Nate Swift		10			1			11					66
3	Marlon Lucky	7	1						8					48
4	Roy Helu Jr.	7							7					42
5	Joe Ganz	5	1						6					36
6	Quentin Castille	6							6					36
7	Mike McNeill		6						6					36
8	Todd Peterson		4						4					24
9	Ndamukong Suh		1	2					3					18
10	Chris Brooks		1						1					6
11	Niles Paul						1		1					6
12	Patrick Witt	1							1					6
13	Menelik Holt		1						1					6
14	Marcus Mendoza	1							1					6
15	Ryan Hill		1						1					6
16	Dreu Young		1						1					6

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

A Sports Reference Site: About SR/CFB | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details.

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.