Record: 10-4, .714 W-L% (26th of 124) ▪ Rank: 25th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten (Legends Division)
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bo Pelini (10-4)
PS/G: 34.8 (28th of 124) ▪ PA/G: 27.6 (59th of 124)
SRS: 9.79 (23rd of 124) ▪ SOS: 4.21 (30th of 124)
Bowl Game: Lost Capital One Bowl 45-31 versus Georgia
| 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 | 16.6 | 27.0 | 61.6 | 207.4 | 1.7 | 47.3 | 253.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 74.3 | 460.8 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 12.9 | 2.1 | 23.6 | 6.3 | 60.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Defense | 14 | 13.4 | 28.4 | 47.1 | 168.1 | 1.3 | 40.4 | 192.5 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 68.8 | 360.6 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 18.1 | 5.6 | 53.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Difference | +3.2 | -1.4 | +14.5 | +39.3 | +0.4 | +6.9 | +60.9 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +5.5 | +100.2 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +4.6 | 0.0 | +5.5 | +0.7 | +7.0 | +0.9 | 0.0 | +0.9 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Taylor Martinez | 228 | 368 | 62.0 | 2871 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 23 | 12 | 141.6 |
| 2 | Ron Kellogg III | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 22 | 2.4 | -0.3 | 1 | 1 | 79.4 |
| 3 | Rex Burkhead | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 192.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Ameer Abdullah | 226 | 1137 | 5.0 | 8 | 24 | 178 | 7.4 | 2 | 250 | 1315 | 5.3 | 10 |
| 2 | Taylor Martinez | 195 | 1019 | 5.2 | 10 | 195 | 1019 | 5.2 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | Rex Burkhead | 98 | 675 | 6.9 | 5 | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 2 | 109 | 767 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 4 | Imani Cross | 55 | 324 | 5.9 | 7 | 55 | 324 | 5.9 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Braylon Heard | 52 | 348 | 6.7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 55 | 366 | 6.7 | 3 |
| 6 | Mike Marrow | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | C.J. Zimmerer | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 8 | Jamal Turner | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 32 | 417 | 13.0 | 3 | 36 | 418 | 11.6 | 3 |
| 9 | Andy Janovich | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 10 | Kenny Bell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 50 | 863 | 17.3 | 8 | 52 | 871 | 16.8 | 8 |
| 11 | Ron Kellogg III | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Bronson Marsh | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Quincy Enunwa | 41 | 472 | 11.5 | 1 | 41 | 472 | 11.5 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Kyler Reed | 24 | 357 | 14.9 | 2 | 24 | 357 | 14.9 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | Ben Cotton | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 2 | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Steven Osborne | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 2 | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Jake Long | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Tim Marlowe | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Tyler Evans | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Tyler Wullenwaber | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Taariq Allen | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Will Compton | 37 | 73 | 110 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daimion Stafford | 51 | 45 | 96 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 3 | P.J. Smith | 46 | 40 | 86 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | Alonzo Whaley | 24 | 41 | 65 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Eric Martin | 32 | 27 | 59 | 16.5 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Ciante Evans | 38 | 18 | 56 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Cameron Meredith | 22 | 31 | 53 | 6.0 | 5.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Andrew Green | 28 | 22 | 50 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 9 | Sean Fisher | 19 | 29 | 48 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Baker Steinkuhler | 23 | 24 | 47 | 6.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| 11 | Josh Mitchell | 21 | 8 | 29 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 12 | Jason Ankrah | 16 | 10 | 26 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 13 | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | David Santos | 11 | 13 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | Thaddeus Randle | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Chase Rome | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Joseph Carter | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Corey Cooper | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 19 | Harvey Jackson | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Courtney Osborne | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 21 | Justin Blatchford | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 22 | Charles Jackson | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 23 | Graham Stoddard | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Daniel Davie | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 25 | Mohammed Seisay | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Wil Richards | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 | Trevor Roach | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 28 | Zaire Anderson | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Kenny Bell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Avery Moss | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Austin Williams | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Kevin Williams | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Antonio Bell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Ben Cotton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Aaron Curry | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Micah Kreikemeier | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Walker Ashburn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 38 | Jase Dean | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Spencer Long | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Jeremiah Sirles | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Taariq Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Kenny Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Imani Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 44 | K.C. Hyland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Jake Long | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Taylor Martinez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 47 | C.J. Zimmerer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Ameer Abdullah | 17 | 360 | 21.2 | 0 | 16 | 209 | 13.1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kenny Bell | 14 | 325 | 23.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jamal Turner | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 4 | Tim Marlowe | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles Jackson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Conor McDermott | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Justin Blatchford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Rex Burkhead | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Brett Maher | 59 | 59 | 100.0 | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 119 | 61 | 2552 | 41.8 |
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Brett Maher | 59 | 20 | 119 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Ameer Abdullah | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||
| 3 | Taylor Martinez | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Kenny Bell | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Imani Cross | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Rex Burkhead | 5 | 2 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 7 | Jamal Turner | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Braylon Heard | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Steven Osborne | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Kyler Reed | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Ben Cotton | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Will Compton | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Taariq Allen | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Ciante Evans | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Stanley Jean-Baptiste | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Jake Long | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Quincy Enunwa | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||