Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders

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This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders shows the individual career, season, and single-game leaders of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program in passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. [1] Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890, but early records are often incomplete and inconsistent as they were reported and compiled by various newspapers or wire services, which often contradicted each other. [2] The university generally excludes records prior to 1946.

Contents

These lists are dominated by recent players for several reasons, including college football's progressively increasing season length, the NCAA forbidding freshmen from playing varsity football until 1972, and the exclusion of bowl game statistics in official records prior to 2002. [3] For consistency, statistics from bowl games prior to 2002 are not included in these lists.

Rushing

Yards

Touchdowns

Passing

Yards

Touchdowns

Receiving

Receptions

Yards

Touchdowns

Total offense

Total offense (for an individual player) is the sum of passing, rushing, and receiving yards. [5]

All-purpose yards

All-purpose yardage is the sum of rushing, receiving, kick return, and punt return yardage.

Scoring

Defense

Tackles

[a]

Sacks

Tackles for loss

Interceptions

Pass breakups

Special teams

Kicking

Punting

Kick returns

Punt returns

Notes

  1. Tackles includes the total of solo and assisted tackles

References

  1. "Football History and Records". Nebraska Athletics. 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  2. "Forgotten Feat". HuskerMax. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  3. "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN . Associated Press. August 28, 2002. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "2024 Nebraska Cornhuskers Stats". College Football Reference.
  5. "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2008.