#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

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250