[personal] Re: [Husker] ESPN: 1995 Huskers Still the Greatest

[Steve Reichenbach]

I listened (while my son and his friend watched) that game on
DVD on the way to KC for the Big 12 Championship.  I watched
the game live when it was played, but listening to it again
it seemed NU may have been lucky to win.

> The game of the century was not typical, stat-wise, or otherwise. No other
> game was close, for example. Nevertheless, the stats bear me out, not your
> 65 passing yards for the OU game. We averaged more than a hundred yards a
> game more than the 65, at about 170. Yes, Rodgers returned punts and
> kickoffs, but he caught several bombs for tds, too, and many key third down
> catches,including a diving catch to keep THE drive alive.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/16/06 1:59 PM, "Bob Beach" <rbeach at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> >    There aren't a lot of stats I could find on the 1971 team.  I remember
> > them running a lot more than they passed.  Here are the stats from the Game
> > of the Century:
> > 
> >                        NU        OU
> > First downs              19        22
> > Rushes-yards         59-297    64-279
> > Net passing yards        65       188
> > Total net yards         362       467
> > Passes               6-13-0    6-11-0
> > Punts-Avg.           5-36.4    2-34.0
> > Fumbles-lost            1-1       5-3
> > Penalties-yards         1-5       0-0
> > 
> > 
> >    I think this was fairly typical for most games that year.  Here is the
> > Orange Bowl stats against Alabama that year:
> > 
> >   The first column is NU.
> > 
> >     First Downs
> >    15
> >    16
> > 
> >     Rushing, Net
> >    183
> >    241
> > 
> >     Passes Att., Comp., Int.
> >    20-11-0
> >    13-3-2
> > 
> >     Passing, Net
> >    159
> >    47
> > 
> >     Total Offense
> >    342
> >    288
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    This is a little more balanced by still weighted toward rushing.
> > Johnny Rodgers was definitely thrown to but major contributions were made by
> > him on punt returns, kickoff returns, wingback reverses as well.
> > 
> > 
> > Bob Beach
> > 
> > I never learned anything when I was the one doing the talking.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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