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

[Martin, Douglas]

You are correct that the stats are unusual.  The one that I always am surprised at is 188 passing yards for OU.  Remember, this was a wishbone team.  They were forced to pass this much due to a combination of fumbles and that nasty Blackshirt defense.
 
Doug Martin, MD

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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Alan Siporin
Sent: Sun 12/17/2006 1:21 AM
To: Bob Beach; Husker List
Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Husker] ESPN: 1995 Huskers Still the Greatest



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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