#5 Nebraska Cornhuskers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	416	4,434	824	5.4	3,360	656	5.1	1,074	168	6.4
Team Rank		3rd	24th	23rd	25th	2nd	6th	4th	98th	98th	74th
Opponent	11	150	2,592		3.7	1,053	442	2.4	1,539	266	5.8
Opponent Rank		6th	2nd		2nd	8th	27th	6th	11th	21st	14th
Net		+266	+1,842	+824	+1.7	+2,307	+214	+2.7	-465	-98	+0.6
Net Rank		3rd	5th	23rd	5th	2nd	7th	2nd	78th	85th	39th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Steve Taylor S. Taylor	10	52	124	41.9	12.4	808	6.5	80.8	6	7	101.3	4.8	5.6
Clete Blakeman C. Blakeman	11	19	37	51.4	3.4	242	6.5	22.0	4	2	131.2	10.8	5.4
McCathorn Clayton M. Clayton	6	2	6	33.3	1.0	24	4.0	4.0	1	1	88.6	16.7	16.7
Tyreese Knox T. Knox	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Keith Jones K. Jones	10	161	16.1	830	5.2	83.0	14	163	848
Steve Taylor S. Taylor	10	130	13.0	537	4.1	53.7	9
Tyreese Knox T. Knox	10	70	7.0	419	6.0	41.9	2	71	416
Ken Kaelin K. Kaelin	9	68	7.6	380	5.6	42.2	2
Micah Heibel M. Heibel	11	54	4.9	302	5.6	27.5	2
Dana Brinson D. Brinson	11	37	3.4	286	7.7	26.0	2	51	494
Terry Rodgers T. Rodgers	10	27	2.7	135	5.0	13.5	1
Clete Blakeman C. Blakeman	11	26	2.4	110	4.2	10.0	4
Jon Kelley J. Kelley	5	22	4.4	133	6.0	26.6	2	23	139
McCathorn Clayton M. Clayton	6	22	3.7	66	3.0	11.0	1
Jeff Wheeler J. Wheeler	8	16	2.0	74	4.6	9.3	1	17	77
Doug Dalton D. Dalton	9	9	1.0	52	5.8	5.8	0
Von Sheppard V. Sheppard	5	7	1.4	29	4.1	5.8	0	10	90
Hendley Hawkins H. Hawkins	10	3	0.3	13	4.3	1.3	0	4	18
Jerry Mlinar J. Mlinar	1	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0
Wendell Wooten W. Wooten	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0
Rod Smith R. Smith	11	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-1.0	0	13	179

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dana Brinson D. Brinson	11	14	1.3	208	14.9	18.9	1	51	494
Rod Smith R. Smith	11	12	1.1	190	15.8	17.3	1	13	179
Todd Millikan T. Millikan	11	11	1.0	230	20.9	20.9	4
Robb Schnitzler R. Schnitzler	10	8	0.8	122	15.3	12.2	1
Jason Gamble J. Gamble	10	8	0.8	111	13.9	11.1	0
Tom Banderas T. Banderas	6	6	1.0	70	11.7	11.7	2
Von Sheppard V. Sheppard	5	3	0.6	61	20.3	12.2	1	10	90
Willie Griffin W. Griffin	9	3	0.3	42	14.0	4.7	1
Keith Jones K. Jones	10	2	0.2	18	9.0	1.8	0	163	848
Mark Diaz M. Diaz	8	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.4	0
Jon Kelley J. Kelley	5	1	0.2	6	6.0	1.2	0	23	139
Hendley Hawkins H. Hawkins	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	4	18
Jeff Wheeler J. Wheeler	8	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.4	0	17	77
Mark Cooper M. Cooper	10	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0
Tyreese Knox T. Knox	10	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0	71	416

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Bryan Siebler B. Siebler	11	3	10	3.3	0
Charles Fryar C. Fryar	11	3	3	1	0
Mark Blazek M. Blazek	11	2	26	13	0
Marc Munford M. Munford	11	2	18	9	0
Jeff Tomjack J. Tomjack	11	1	36	36	0
Brian Davis B. Davis	11	1	32	32	1
Cleo Miller C. Miller	11	1	11	11	0
Chris Carr C. Carr	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Steve Taylor S. Taylor	10	9		15			90
Keith Jones K. Jones	10	14	0	14			84
Dale Klein D. Klein	11				10	51	81
Clete Blakeman C. Blakeman	11	4		8			48
Todd Millikan T. Millikan	11		4	4			24
Dana Brinson D. Brinson	11	2	1	3			18
Tom Banderas T. Banderas	6		2	2			12
McCathorn Clayton M. Clayton	6	1		2			12
Micah Heibel M. Heibel	11	2		2			12
Ken Kaelin K. Kaelin	9	2		2			12
Jon Kelley J. Kelley	5	2	0	2			12
Tyreese Knox T. Knox	10	2	0	2			12
Robb Schnitzler R. Schnitzler	10		1	2			12
Rod Smith R. Smith	11	0	1	2			12
Brian Davis B. Davis	11			1			6
Willie Griffin W. Griffin	9		1	1			6
Terry Rodgers T. Rodgers	10	1		1			6
Von Sheppard V. Sheppard	5	0	1	1			6
Jeff Wheeler J. Wheeler	8	1	0	1			6
Craig Schnitzler C. Schnitzler	1					2	2
Gregg Barrios G. Barrios	4					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dana Brinson D. Brinson	11	13	280	21.5	0	27	330	12.2	0
Rod Smith R. Smith	11					12	227	18.9	1
Terry Rodgers T. Rodgers	10	6	77	12.8	0	5	50	10.0	0
Von Sheppard V. Sheppard	5	5	135	27.0	0	1	0	0.0	0
Doug Dalton D. Dalton	9	4	64	16.0	0
Jeff Wheeler J. Wheeler	8	2	29	14.5	0
Robb Schnitzler R. Schnitzler	10					1	70	70.0	1
Bryan Siebler B. Siebler	11					1	19	19.0	0
Morgan Gregory M. Gregory	3					1	6	6.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Dale Klein D. Klein	11	10	13	76.9	51	52	98.1	81
Gregg Barrios G. Barrios	4				1	1	100.0
Craig Schnitzler C. Schnitzler	1				2	2	100.0

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
John Kroeker J. Kroeker	11	46	1,824	39.7
Jim Toner J. Toner	1	1	45	45.0
Dale Klein D. Klein	11	1	37	37.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375