Nebraska Cornhuskers football yearly statistical leaders

This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football yearly statistical leaders shows the yearly individual passing, rushing, and receiving leaders of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program. ^[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. When available, this list includes statistical records from 1946 until the present day.

The NCAA did not include bowl game statistics in official records until 2002. ^[3] For consistency, statistics from bowl games prior to 2002 are not included in these lists.

Passing

Led country

Led conference

Program record

Year	Passing yards		Passing touchdowns
Records prior to 1945 are inconsistent or incomplete
1946	Sam Vacanti	291	Sam Vacanti	5
1947	Del Wiegand	176	Not available [a]
1948	Kenny Fischer	296
1949	Fran Nagle	592
1950		697	Fran Nagle	9
1951	John Bordogna	431	John Bordogna	4
1952		532	Three tied	1
1953		655	Bordogna / Fischer	1
1954	Don Erway	329	Don Erway	4
1955		312	Erway / Harshman	1
1956	Roy Stinnett	171	William Greenlaw	2
1957		140	Larry Naviaux	1
1958	George Harshman	201	Harshman / Naviaux	2
1959	Harry Tolly	200	Harry Tolly	4
1960	Pat Fischer	161	Pat Fischer	1
1961	Dennis Claridge	464	Dennis Claridge	3
1962		829		4
1963		440	Claridge / Woods	1
1964	Bob Churchich	893	Bob Churchich	7
1965	Fred Duda	632	Fred Duda	6
1966	Bob Churchich	1,136	Bob Churchich	4
1967	Frank Patrick	1,449	Frank Patrick	7
1968	Ernie Sigler	907	Ernie Sigler	5
1969	Jerry Tagge	1,302	Van Brownson	4
1970		1,383	Jerry Tagge	12
1971		2,019		17
1972	David Humm	2,074	David Humm	17
1973		1,526		12
1974		1,435		12
1975	Vince Ferragamo	1,153	Vince Ferragamo	12
1976		2,071		20
1977	Randy Garcia	568	Randy Garcia	3
1978	Tom Sorley	1,571	Tom Sorley	12
1979	Tim Hager	680	Tim Hager	6
1980	Jeff Quinn	1,337	Jeff Quinn	14
1981	Turner Gill	619	Turner Gill	9
1982		1,182		11
1983		1,516		14
1984	Craig Sundberg	740	Sundberg / Turner	4
1985	McCathorn Clayton	602	Clayton / Turner	3
1986	Steve Taylor	808	Steve Taylor	6
1987		902		13
1988		1,067		11
1989	Gerry Gdowski	1,326	Gerry Gdowski	19
1990	Mickey Joseph	624	Mickey Joseph	11
1991	Keithen McCant	1,454	Keithen McCant	13
1992	Tommie Frazier	727	Tommie Frazier	10
1993		1,159		12
1994	Brook Berringer	1,295	Brook Berringer	10
1995	Tommie Frazier	1,362	Tommie Frazier	17
1996	Scott Frost	1,440	Scott Frost	13
1997		1,237		5
1998	Bobby Newcombe	712	Eric Crouch	4
1999	Eric Crouch	1,269		7
2000		1,101		11
2001		1,510		7
2002	Jammal Lord	1,362	Jammal Lord	12
2003		1,305		6
2004	Joe Dailey	2,025	Joe Dailey	17
2005	Zac Taylor	2,653	Zac Taylor	19
2006		3,197		26
2007	Sam Keller	2,422	Joe Ganz	16
2008	Joe Ganz	3,568		25
2009	Zac Lee	2,143	Zac Lee	14
2010	Taylor Martinez	1,631	Taylor Martinez	10
2011		2,089		13
2012		2,871		23
2013	Tommy Armstrong	966		10
2014		2,695	Tommy Armstrong	22
2015		3,030		22
2016		2,180		14
2017	Tanner Lee	3,143	Tanner Lee	23
2018	Adrian Martinez	2,617	Adrian Martinez	17
2019		1,956		10
2020		1,055		4
2021		2,863		14
2022	Casey Thompson	2,407	Casey Thompson	17
2023	Heinrich Haarberg	967	Heinrich Haarberg	7
2024	Dylan Raiola	2,819	Dylan Raiola	13

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Rushing

Led country

Led conference

Program record

Year	Rushing yards		Rushing touchdowns
Records prior to 1945 are inconsistent or incomplete
1946	Dick Hutton	392	Not available [a]
1947	Dale Adams	249
1948	Cletus Fischer	308
1949	Bill Mueller	559	Fran Nagle	3
1950	Bobby Reynolds	1,342	Bobby Reynolds	19
1951		424	Not available [a]
1952	John Bordogna	576	John Bordogna	8
1953	Bob Smith	704		6
1954	William Greenlaw	427	Dennis Korinek	4
1955	Rex Fischer	599	Don Erway	6
1956	Jerry Brown	690	Jerry Brown	5
1957		398	Roy Stinnett	3
1958	Larry Naviaux	261	Not available [a]
1959	Carroll Zaruba	463
1960	Bill Thornton	422	Pat Fischer	5
1961		618	Bill Thornton	5
1962	Willie Ross	431	Dennis Claridge	10
1963	Rudy Johnson	573	Rudy Johnson	7
1964	Frank Solich	444	Kent McCloughan	8
1965	Harry Wilson	672	Charlie Winters	7
1966		635	Ben Gregory	6
1967	Dick Davis	717	Frank Patrick	3
1968	Joe Orduna	677	Joe Orduna	10
1969	Jeff Kinney	546	Jeff Kinney	9
1970	Joe Orduna	834	Joe Orduna	14
1971	Jeff Kinney	1,037	Jeff Kinney	16
1972	Gary Dixon	508	Gary Dixon	8
1973	Tony Davis	1,008	Tony Davis	12
1974	Monte Anthony	587	Monte Anthony	6
1975		723	Anthony / O'Leary	7
1976	Rick Berns	854	Rick Berns	9
1977	I. M. Hipp	1,301	I. M. Hipp	10
1978		936	Rick Berns	10
1979	Jarvis Redwine	1,042	Jarvis Redwine	8
1980		1,119	Roger Craig	15
1981	Roger Craig	1,060	Phil Bates	7
1982	Mike Rozier	1,689	Mike Rozier	15
1983		2,148		29
1984	Doug DuBose	1,040	Travis Turner	10
1985		1,161	DuBose / Rathman	8
1986	Keith Jones	830	Keith Jones	14
1987		1,232		13
1988	Ken Clark	1,497	Steve Taylor	13
1989		1,196	Gerry Gdowski	13
1990	Leodis Flowers	940	Mickey Joseph	10
1991	Derek Brown	1,313	Brown / Jones	14
1992	Calvin Jones	1,210	Calvin Jones	14
1993		1,043		12
1994	Lawrence Phillips	1,722	Lawrence Phillips	16
1995	Ahman Green	1,086	Tommie Frazier	14
1996		917	DeAngelo Evans	14
1997		1,877	Ahman Green	22
1998	Correll Buckhalter	799	Buckhalter / Newcombe	8
1999	Eric Crouch	889	Eric Crouch	16
2000	Dan Alexander	1,154		20
2001	Dahrran Diedrick	1,299		18
2002	Jammal Lord	1,412	Jammal Lord	8
2003		948		10
2004	Cory Ross	1,102	Jackson / Ross	6
2005		882	Cory Ross	5
2006	Brandon Jackson	989	Glenn / Jackson	8
2007	Marlon Lucky	1,019	Marlon Lucky	9
2008	Roy Helu	803	Helu / Lucky	7
2009		1,147	Roy Helu	10
2010		1,245	Taylor Martinez	12
2011	Rex Burkhead	1,357	Rex Burkhead	15
2012	Ameer Abdullah	1,137	Taylor Martinez	10
2013		1,690	Imani Cross	10
2014		1,611	Ameer Abdullah	19
2015	Terrell Newby	765	Tommy Armstrong	7
2016		879		8
2017	Devine Ozigbo	493	Mikhale Wilbon	6
2018		1,082	Devine Ozigbo	12
2019	Dedrick Mills	745	Dedrick Mills	10
2020	Adrian Martinez	521	Adrian Martinez	7
2021		525		13
2022	Anthony Grant	915	Anthony Grant	6
2023	Heinrich Haarberg	477	Heinrich Haarberg	5
2024	Dante Dowdell	614	Dante Dowdell	12

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Receiving

Led country

Led conference

Program record

Year	Receptions		Receiving yards		Receiving touchdowns
Records prior to 1945 are inconsistent or incomplete
1946	William Moomey	8	Dick Hutton	228	Not available [a]
1947	Cochrane / Damkroger	6	Alex Cochrane	120
1948	Dick Hutton	15	Dick Hutton	231
1949	Frank Simon	7	Frank Simon	221
1950		12		200	Bobby Reynolds	3
1951		21		339	Ray Novak	3
1952	Andy Loehr	8	Andy Loehr	206	Three tied	1
1953		16	Bill Schabacker	193	Korinek / Smith	1
1954	Loehr / Rolston	6	LeRoy Butherus	112	Seven tied	1
1955	Jon McWilliams	14	Jon McWilliams	239	Jon McWilliams	2
1956	Frank Nappi	13	Frank Nappi	139	Frank Nappi	2
1957	Douglas Thomas	6	Clarence Cook	80	Douglas Thomas	1
1958	Pat Fischer	7	Clay White	137	Four tied	1
1959	Clay White	7	Roger Brede	66	Carroll Zaruba	2
1960		6	Clay White	72	Bennie Dillard	1
1961	Richard McDaniel	14	Donald Purcell	173	Three tied	1
1962	James Huge	11	James Huge	208	Six tied	1
1963	Jeter / Tomlinson	9	Richard Callahan	157	Jeter / Love	1
1964	Tony Jeter	18	Freeman White	338	Kent McCloughan	4
1965	Freeman White	28		458	Freeman White	6
1966	Tom Penney	24	Tom Penney	286	Dennis Morrison	2
1967	Dennis Richnafsky	36	Dennis Richnafsky	422	Dennis Richnafsky	3
1968	Tom Penney	25	Tom Penney	424	Jim McFarland	4
1969	Jeff Kinney	41	Jeff Kinney	433	Guy Ingles	3
1970	Johnny Rodgers	35	Johnny Rodgers	665		8
1971		53		872	Johnny Rodgers	11
1972		55		942		8
1973	Ritch Bahe	30	Frosty Anderson	504	Frosty Anderson	8
1974	Don Westbrook	33	Don Westbrook	508	Don Westbrook	7
1975	Bobby Thomas	24	Bobby Thomas	501	Bobby Thomas	7
1976	Three tied	30	Chuck Malito	615		7
1977	Spaeth / Smith	23	Tim Smith	371	Ken Spaeth	2
1978	Junior Miller	30	Junior Miller	560	Junior Miller	5
1979	Tim Smith	30	Tim Smith	477		7
1980	Todd Brown	28	Todd Brown	416	Todd Brown	5
1981	Jamie Williams	22	Jamie Williams	282	Jamie Williams	4
1982	Irving Fryar	24	Todd Brown	399	Todd Brown	4
1983		40	Irving Fryar	780	Irving Fryar	8
1984	Shane Swanson	16	Todd Frain	218	Brian Hiemer	4
1985	Robb Schnitzler	16	Robb Schnitzler	382	Three tied	2
1986	Dana Brinson	14	Todd Millikan	230	Todd Millikan	4
1987	Rod Smith	21	Rod Smith	329	Tom Banderas	6
1988	Morgan Gregory	20	Todd Millikan	308	Todd Millikan	7
1989		19	Richard Bell	357	Jon Bostick	6
1990	Jon Bostick	19	Jon Bostick	375	Johnny Mitchell	7
1991	Johnny Mitchell	31	Johnny Mitchell	534	Bostick / Mitchell	5
1992	Bell / Jones	14	Corey Dixon	279	Gerald Armstrong	7
1993	Abdul Muhammad	25	Abdul Muhammad	383		5
1994		23		360	Eric Alford	4
1995	Clester Johnson	22	Clester Johnson	367	Jon Vedral	5
1996	Brendan Holbein	23	Brendan Holbein	335	Holbein / Jackson	4
1997	Cheatham / Green	14	Matt Davison	232	Sheldon Jackson	2
1998	Matt Davison	32		394		4
1999		29		441	Bobby Newcombe	3
2000		21		389	Tracey Wistrom	5
2001	Wilson Thomas	37	Wilson Thomas	616	Wilson Thomas	3
2002		30		353	Matt Herian	4
2003	Herian / Pilkington	22	Matt Herian	484		3
2004	Ross Pilkington	27	Ross Pilkington	337	Herian / Kriewald	3
2005	Nate Swift	45	Nate Swift	641	Nunn / Swift	7
2006	Terrence Nunn	42	Maurice Purify	630	Maurice Purify	7
2007	Marlon Lucky	75		814		9
2008	Nate Swift	63	Nate Swift	941	Nate Swift	10
2009	Niles Paul	40	Niles Paul	796	McNeill / Paul	4
2010	Brandon Kinnie	44		516	Kyler Reed	8
2011	Kenny Bell	32	Kenny Bell	461	Kenny Bell	3
2012		50		863		8
2013		52	Quincy Enunwa	753	Quincy Enunwa	12
2014		47	Kenny Bell	788	Kenny Bell	6
2015	Jordan Westerkamp	65	Jordan Westerkamp	918	Jordan Westerkamp	7
2016		38		526		5
2017	Stanley Morgan	61	Stanley Morgan	986	Stanley Morgan	10
2018		70		1,004	J. D. Spielman	8
2019	J. D. Spielman	49	J. D. Spielman	898		5
2020	Wan'Dale Robinson	51	Wan'Dale Robinson	461	Five tied	1
2021	Samori Toure	46	Samori Toure	898	Samori Toure	5
2022	Trey Palmer	71	Trey Palmer	1,043	Trey Palmer	9
2023	Billy Kemp	35	Billy Kemp	310	Thomas Fidone	4
2024	Jacory Barney Jr.	55	Jahmal Banks	587	Isaiah Neyor	5

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Pass rushing

Program record

Year	Tackles for loss [b]		Sacks
Records prior to 1968 are inconsistent or incomplete
1968	Sherwin Jarmon	10	Not available [c]
1969	Jarmon / Walline	15
1970	Ed Periard	12
1971	Willie Harper	18
1972	Harper / Johnson	9
1973	John Bell	9
1974	John Lee	10
1975		14
1976	Jeff Pullen	12
1977	George Andrews	8
1978	Kerry Weinmaster	16
1979	Cole / Weinmaster	10
1980	Derrie Nelson	21
1981	Jimmy Williams	18	Jimmy Williams	10
1982	Tony Felici	10	Felici / Strasburger	6
1983	Mark Daum	9	Herrmann / Stuckey	5
1984	Three tied	12	Chris Spachman	7
1985	Jim Skow	25	Jim Skow	15
1986	Danny Noonan	12	Danny Noonan	7
1987	Tim Rother	13	Tim Rother	10
1988	Broderick Thomas	17	Broderick Thomas	10
1989	Kent Wells	12	Kent Wells
1990	Kenny Walker	21	Kenny Walker	11
1991	Travis Hill	9.5	Trev Alberts	7
1992		12	Travis Hill	6
1993	Trev Alberts	21	Trev Alberts	15
1994	Christian Peter	14	Christian Peter	7
1995	Grant Wistrom	15	Jared Tomich	10
1996		20	Grant Wistrom	9.5
1997		17		8.5
1998	Chad Kelsay	14	Eric Johnson	6
1999	Steve Warren	15	Steve Warren	7
2000	Kyle Vanden Bosch	17	Stella / Vanden Bosch	5.5
2001	Chris Kelsay	17	Demoine Adams	5.5
2002		13	Chris Kelsay	7
2003	Demorrio Williams	21	Demorrio Williams	11
2004	Barrett Ruud	18	Benard Thomas	4
2005	Corey McKeon	22	Adam Carriker	9.5
2006	Jay Moore	17		7
2007	Steve Octavien	15	Barry Turner	3
2008	Ndamukong Suh	19	Ndamukong Suh	7.5
2009		24		12
2010	Jared Crick	17	Jared Crick	9.5
2011	Lavonte David	13	Lavonte David	5.5
2012	Eric Martin	18	Eric Martin	8.5
2013	Randy Gregory	19	Randy Gregory	10.5
2014	Maliek Collins	14		7
2015	Ross Dzuris	9	Ross Dzuris	9
2016		11		5.5
2017	Ben Stille	10	Ben Stille	3.5
2018	Luke Gifford	11	Luke Gifford	5.5
2019	Khalil Davis	12	Khalil Davis	8
2020	Domann / Honas	6.5	Will Honas	3
2021	Garrett Nelson	11.5	Garrett Nelson	5
2022		9		5.5
2023	Jimari Butler	8.5	Jimari Butler	5.5
2024		7	Ty Robinson	7

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Tackles

Program record

Year	Total tackles		Unassisted tackles
Records prior to 1965 are inconsistent or incomplete
1965	Mike Kennedy	69	Mike Kennedy	30
1966	Lynn Senkbeil	82	Carel Stith	42
1967	Wayne Meylan	119	Wayne Meylan	59
1968	Jerry Murtaugh	99	Al Larson	52
1969		111	Jerry Murtaugh	41
1970		132		71
1971	Bob Terrio	96	Rich Glover	46
1972	Rich Glover	100		52
1973	John Bell	96	John Bell	50
1974	Tom Ruud	104	Lee / Ruud	38
1975	Clete Pillen	125	Clete Pillen	47
1976		129		65
1977	Lee Kunz	141	Lee Kunz	46
1978		120		63
1979	Kim Baker	78	Kim Baker	51
1980	Jimmy Williams	66	Jimmy Williams	48
1981	Steve Damkroger	116	Steve Damkroger	59
1982		79	Steve McWhirter	53
1983	Mike Knox	125	Mike Knox	64
1984	Marc Munford	96	Marc Munford	58
1985		67		43
1986		90		49
1987	LeRoy Etienne	75	Broderick Thomas	41
1988	Broderick Thomas	98		53
1989	Pat Tyrance	74	Reggie Cooper	38
1990		98	Pat Tyrance	41
1991	Steve Carmer	87	Steve Carmer	35
1992	Travis Hill	82	Travis Hill	35
1993	Trev Alberts	96	Trev Alberts	47
1994	Ed Stewart	96	Moss / Stewart	41
1995	Terrell Farley	62	Farley / Minter	27
1996	Jamel Williams	97	Jamel Williams	36
1997	Mike Brown	77	Mike Brown	36
1998		102		37
1999		96		56
2000	Carlos Polk	90	Carlos Polk	40
2001	Jamie Burrow	84	Keyuo Craver	35
2002	Demorrio Williams	92	Philip Bland	44
2003	Barrett Ruud	149	Demorrio Williams	83
2004		143	Barrett Ruud	86
2005	Corey McKeon	98	Corey McKeon	61
2006	Stewart Bradley	76	Andre Jones	52
2007	Steve Octavien	92	Steve Octavien	56
2008	Ndamukong Suh	76	Larry Asante	45
2009		85	Ndamukong Suh	52
2010	Lavonte David	152	Lavonte David	84
2011		133		65
2012	Will Compton	110	Daimion Stafford	51
2013	Corey Cooper	91	Corey Cooper	52
2014	Zaire Anderson	103	Nate Gerry	49
2015	Nate Gerry	79	Dedrick Young	36
2016	Josh Banderas	93	Joshua Kalu	48
2017	Chris Weber	95	Chris Weber	39
2018	Mohamed Barry	112	Mohamed Barry	55
2019		89	Will Honas	43
2020	JoJo Domann	58	Deontai Williams	37
2021	Luke Reimer	108	Luke Reimer	60
2022		86	Isaac Gifford	43
2023	Isaac Gifford	51		44
2024		73	DeShon Singleton	45

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Secondary

Program record

Year	Interceptions		Pass breakups
Records prior to 1945 are inconsistent or incomplete
1946	Joe Partington	2	Not available [d]
1947	Cochrane / Novak	2
1948	Tom Novak	3
1949		5
1950	Ron Clark	4
1951	Bob Decker	5
1952	Dan Brown	3
1953	Novak / Smith	3
1954	Ron Clark	3
1955	Willie Greenlaw	4
1956	Nappi / Naviaux	2
1957	Hawkins / Sandage	2
1958	Larry Naviaux	2
1959	Harry Tolly	2
1960	Clay White	2
1961	Dennis Claridge	2
1962	Dave Theisen	3
1963	Kent McCloughan	3
1964	Love / Vactor	2
1965	Marv Mueller	5	Marv Mueller	8
1966	Larry Wachholtz	7	Larry Wachholtz	8
1967	Ken Geddes	3	Dana Stephenson	6
1968	Dana Stephenson	5		6
1969		7	Anderson / Stephenson	4
1970	Bill Kosch	7	Jim Anderson	8
1971	Dave Mason	6		6
1972	Joe Blahak	3	Joe Blahak	8
1973	Bob Thornton	4	Zaven Yaralian	8
1974	Jim Burrow	4	Ardell Johnson	4
1975	Dave Butterfield	3	Dave Butterfield	5
1976		4	Larry Valasek	5
1977	Jim Pillen	4	Ted Harvey	7
1978	Andy Means	3	Gary / Means	8
1979	Mark LeRoy	4	Ric Lindquist	5
1980	Ric Lindquist	3	Rodney Lewis	5
1981	Jeff Krejci	4	Jeff Krejci	6
1982	Allen Lyday	3	Bret Clark	8
1983	Bret Clark	5	Mike Knox	6
1984		6	Bret Clark	8
1985	Carr / Washington	3	Brian Davis	8
1986	Fryar / Siebler	3	Charles Fryar	8
1987	Mark Blazek	3	Steve Forch	8
1988	Fryar / Jackson	4	Tim Jackson	5
1989	Reggie Cooper	4	Tahaun Lewis	8
1990	Tyrone Byrd	5	Three tied	8
1991	Kenny Wilhite	6	Tyrone Legette	9
1992	Reece / Wilhite	3	Kenny Wilhite	7
1993	Toby Wright	3	John Reece	9
1994	Barron Miles	5	Barron Miles	13
1995	Booker / Farley	3	Michael Booker	9
1996	Mike Minter	5	Ralph Brown	12
1997	Five tied	2		9
1998	Finley / Walker	3		14
1999	Mike Brown	5		15
2000	Troy Watchorn	5	DeJuan Groce	16
2001	Willie Amos	4		14
2002	Groce / Washington	4	Fabian Washington	13
2003	Josh Bullocks	10		10
2004	Daniel Bullocks	5		15
2005	Corey McKeon	3	Zack Bowman	11
2006	Andrew Shanle	4	Cortney Grixby	11
2007	Grixby / Ruud	2	Grixby / Murillo	7
2008	Three tied	2	Murillo / West	9
2009	Matt O'Hanlon	6	Prince Amukamara	11
2010	Eric Hagg	5		13
2011	Cassidy / David	2	Daimion Stafford	10
2012	Daimion Stafford	4	Stanley Jean-Baptiste	9
2013	Evans / Jean-Baptiste	4		12
2014	Nate Gerry	5	Josh Mitchell	13
2015		4	Three tied	7
2016	Kieron Williams	5	Joshua Kalu	11
2017	Kalu / Williams	2		6
2018	Three tied	2	Dicaprio Bootle	15
2019	Jackson / Taylor	3	Lamar Jackson	12
2020	Cam Taylor	2	Bootle / Domann	5
2021	Deontai Williams	4	Cam Taylor	11
2022	Malcolm Hartzog	3	Quinton Newsome	10
2023	Tommi Hill	4	Tommi Hill	9
2024	Malcolm Hartzog	4	Ceyair Wright	6

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See also

• Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders

Notes

1. Scoring statistics unavailable for several years in the 1940s and 1950s.
2. Tackles for loss include sacks since 1981. ^[1]
3. Sacks were not tracked until 1981.
4. Pass breakup statistics unavailable until 1965.

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.