Record: 10-4, .714 W-L% (19th of 120) ▪ Rank: 14th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 12 (North Division)
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bo Pelini (10-4)
PS/G: 25.1 (75th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 10.4 (1st of 120)
SRS: 11.41 (19th of 120) ▪ SOS: 2.69 (36th of 120)
Bowl Game: Won Holiday Bowl 33-0 versus Arizona
| 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 | 14 | 15.0 | 26.0 | 57.7 | 175.7 | 1.1 | 36.6 | 147.1 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 62.6 | 322.8 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 7.1 | 63.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Defense | 14 | 16.7 | 35.0 | 47.8 | 178.9 | 0.5 | 33.2 | 93.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 68.2 | 272.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 16.3 | 6.0 | 48.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| Difference | -1.7 | -9.0 | +9.9 | -3.2 | +0.6 | +3.4 | +54.0 | +1.2 | +0.9 | -5.6 | +50.8 | +1.2 | -0.1 | +1.0 | -1.1 | -0.2 | +1.1 | +15.5 | +0.2 | -0.5 | -0.4 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Zac Lee | 177 | 302 | 58.6 | 2143 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 14 | 10 | 126.9 |
| 2 | Cody Green | 33 | 62 | 53.2 | 317 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Roy Helu Jr. | 220 | 1147 | 5.2 | 10 | 19 | 149 | 7.8 | 0 | 239 | 1296 | 5.4 | 10 |
| 2 | Zac Lee | 103 | 171 | 1.7 | 1 | 103 | 171 | 1.7 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Rex Burkhead | 81 | 346 | 4.3 | 3 | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 1 | 94 | 436 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 4 | Dontrayevous Robinson | 39 | 165 | 4.2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 43 | 191 | 4.4 | 2 |
| 5 | Cody Green | 31 | 158 | 5.1 | 2 | 31 | 158 | 5.1 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Lester Ward | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Austin Jones | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 8 | Marcus Mendoza | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 9 | Niles Paul | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | 40 | 796 | 19.9 | 4 | 43 | 844 | 19.6 | 5 |
| 10 | Latravis Washington | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Collins Okafor | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Mike McNeill | 28 | 259 | 9.3 | 4 | 28 | 259 | 9.3 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Curenski Gilleylen | 17 | 302 | 17.8 | 1 | 17 | 302 | 17.8 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Menelik Holt | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 1 | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Brandon Kinnie | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 0 | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Chris Brooks | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 1 | 14 | 179 | 12.8 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Khiry Cooper | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 1 | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Kyler Reed | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Dreu Young | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Ben Cotton | 1 | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Tyler Legate | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Ryan Hill | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Jon Damkroger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Antonio Bell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Wes Cammack | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Will Henry | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Ndamukong Suh | 52 | 33 | 85 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Phillip Dillard | 45 | 38 | 83 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Larry Asante | 42 | 37 | 79 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Jared Crick | 31 | 42 | 73 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Matt O'Hanlon | 39 | 30 | 69 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Prince Amukamara | 41 | 23 | 64 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Barry Turner | 28 | 23 | 51 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Pierre Allen | 18 | 32 | 50 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Dejon Gomes | 26 | 20 | 46 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 10 | Eric Hagg | 30 | 10 | 40 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 11 | Will Compton | 17 | 23 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 12 | Sean Fisher | 10 | 25 | 35 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Alfonzo Dennard | 20 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 14 | Cameron Meredith | 13 | 8 | 21 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Baker Steinkuhler | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 16 | Eric Martin | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | P.J. Smith | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Rickey Thenarse | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 19 | Anthony West | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 20 | Blake Lawrence | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Mathew May | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Graham Stoddard | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Austin Cassidy | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 24 | Lance Thorell | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 25 | Mike Hays | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Colton Koehler | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 | Jase Dean | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 28 | Anthony Blue | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Niles Paul | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Justin Blatchford | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Thomas Grove | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Josh Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Alex Henery | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Faron Klingelhoefer | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Terrence Moore | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Latravis Washington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Rex Burkhead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Wes Cammack | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | David Harvey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Ryan Hill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Justin Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Courtney Osborne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Niles Paul | 16 | 446 | 27.9 | 0 | 38 | 407 | 10.7 | 1 |
| 2 | Tim Marlowe | 12 | 284 | 23.7 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Alfonzo Dennard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Tyler Legate | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Rex Burkhead | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 |
| 6 | Ben Cotton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Graham Stoddard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Eric Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Mathew May | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Alex Henery | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 24 | 28 | 85.7 | 110 | 77 | 3187 | 41.4 |
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Alex Henery | 38 | 24 | 110 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Roy Helu Jr. | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Niles Paul | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||
| 4 | Rex Burkhead | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 5 | Mike McNeill | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Ben Cotton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 7 | Cody Green | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Dontrayevous Robinson | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Zac Lee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 10 | Larry Asante | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Menelik Holt | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Khiry Cooper | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Justin Blatchford | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Curenski Gilleylen | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Chris Brooks | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Ryan Hill | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Tyler Legate | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Matt O'Hanlon | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||