Record: 10-4, .714 W-L% (21st of 120) ▪ Rank: 20th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 12 (North Division)
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bo Pelini (10-4)
PS/G: 30.9 (39th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 17.4 (9th of 120)
SRS: 12.85 (17th of 120) ▪ SOS: 2.42 (42nd of 120)
Bowl Game: Lost Holiday Bowl 19-7 versus Washington
| 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 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 57.8 | 150.6 | 1.1 | 45.3 | 247.6 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 65.4 | 398.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 18.1 | 7.8 | 70.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| Defense | 14 | 13.6 | 27.9 | 48.7 | 153.6 | 0.9 | 39.3 | 153.1 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 67.1 | 306.8 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 17.0 | 4.5 | 39.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Difference | -2.0 | -7.8 | +9.1 | -3.0 | +0.2 | +6.0 | +94.5 | +1.6 | +1.4 | -1.7 | +91.3 | +1.5 | -0.5 | +3.0 | -1.4 | +1.1 | +3.3 | +31.5 | +0.8 | -0.8 | +0.1 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Taylor Martinez | 116 | 196 | 59.2 | 1631 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 10 | 7 | 138.8 |
| 2 | Cody Green | 33 | 60 | 55.0 | 340 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 3 | 1 | 115.8 |
| 3 | Zac Lee | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 102 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 97.8 |
| 4 | Rex Burkhead | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 23.8 | 3 | 0 | 396.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Roy Helu Jr. | 188 | 1245 | 6.6 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 193 | 1291 | 6.7 | 11 |
| 2 | Rex Burkhead | 172 | 951 | 5.5 | 7 | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 0 | 187 | 1099 | 5.9 | 7 |
| 3 | Taylor Martinez | 162 | 965 | 6.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 163 | 966 | 5.9 | 12 |
| 4 | Cody Green | 37 | 96 | 2.6 | 1 | 37 | 96 | 2.6 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Dontrayevous Robinson | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 25 | 75 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 6 | Zac Lee | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Austin Jones | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 1 | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Niles Paul | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 39 | 516 | 13.2 | 1 | 44 | 530 | 12.0 | 1 |
| 9 | Tim Marlowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Alex Henery | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Lester Ward | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Collins Okafor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Brandon Kinnie | 44 | 494 | 11.2 | 5 | 44 | 494 | 11.2 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Kyler Reed | 22 | 395 | 18.0 | 8 | 22 | 395 | 18.0 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | Mike McNeill | 21 | 346 | 16.5 | 1 | 21 | 346 | 16.5 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Joe Broekemeier | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Ben Cotton | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Will Henry | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Jake Long | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Ryan Hill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Quincy Enunwa | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Tyler Legate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Lavonte David | 85 | 67 | 152 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | Dejon Gomes | 55 | 44 | 99 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Jared Crick | 36 | 34 | 70 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Pierre Allen | 25 | 39 | 64 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Cameron Meredith | 35 | 29 | 64 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Prince Amukamara | 36 | 23 | 59 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13 | ||||||||
| 7 | Eric Hagg | 41 | 8 | 49 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Austin Cassidy | 24 | 24 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Baker Steinkuhler | 16 | 30 | 46 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 10 | Courtney Osborne | 21 | 20 | 41 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | P.J. Smith | 17 | 21 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Rickey Thenarse | 14 | 20 | 34 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Alfonzo Dennard | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Eric Martin | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Terrence Moore | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 16 | Will Compton | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Anthony West | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Josh Williams | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 19 | Graham Stoddard | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Mathew May | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Ciante Evans | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 22 | Alonzo Whaley | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Thaddeus Randle | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Lance Thorell | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Jase Dean | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Blatchford | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Thomas Grove | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Jay Martin | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Jim Ebke | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Brett Moravec | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Kyler Reed | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Jason Ankrah | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Ryan Hill | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Mike McNeill | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Niles Paul | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Andrew Green | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Alex Henery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Ricky Henry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Adi Kunalic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 40 | P.J. Mangieri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Marcus Mendoza | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Kevin Thomsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Niles Paul | 19 | 464 | 24.4 | 1 | 14 | 160 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2 | Tim Marlowe | 13 | 285 | 21.9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 3 | Brandon Kinnie | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Ben Cotton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Rex Burkhead | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Eric Hagg | 1 | 95 | 95.0 | 1 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Alex Henery | 54 | 54 | 100.0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 108 | 69 | 2982 | 43.2 |
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Alex Henery | 54 | 18 | 108 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Taylor Martinez | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Roy Helu Jr. | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Kyler Reed | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Rex Burkhead | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Brandon Kinnie | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Niles Paul | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 | Eric Hagg | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Austin Jones | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Mike McNeill | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Dejon Gomes | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Cody Green | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Rickey Thenarse | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Austin Cassidy | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Alfonzo Dennard | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Tyler Legate | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||