Utah vs. Nebraska Football Game, 1968 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1968 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Utah	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	17	7	0	7	31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Paul Rogers 28 yard field goal	0	3
	TD	Mike Green 3 yard run (Paul Rogers kick)	0	10
	TD	Joe Orduna 1 yard run (Paul Rogers kick)	0	17
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Tom Penney 41 yard pass from Frank Patrick (Paul Rogers kick)	0	24
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Jim McFarland 6 yard pass from Ernie Sigler (Paul Rogers kick)	0	31

Team Stats
	Utah	Neb
1st Downs	11	20
Rushing 1st Downs	4	10
Passing 1st Downs	4	10
Penalty	3	0
Rushing	46	204
Rushing Attempts	38	61
Yards Gained Rushing	99	231
Yards Lost Rushing	53	27
TDs Rushing	0	2
Passing	92	314
Passes Attempted	29	32
Passes Completed	10	19
Intercepted	0	2
TDs Passing	0	2
Pass Efficiency	61.13	149.93
Total Offensive Plays	67	93
Total Net Yards	138	518
Average Gain Per Play	2.06	5.57
Fumbles - Lost	4 - 3	5 - 3
Penalties - Yards	4 - 28	6 - 60
Interceptions - Yards	2 - 0	0 - 0
Punts - Yards	8 - 362	5 - 177
Average Per Punt	45.25	35.40
Punt Returns - Yards	3 - 25	6 - 54
Kickoff Returns - Yards	5 - 98	2 - 27

Game Info
Stadium	Memorial Stadium
Location	Lincoln, Nebraska
Date	Sep 21, 1968
Attendance	65,424
Temperature	82°F
Weather	Clear
Conference	Utah: WAC Neb: Big 8
Head Coach	Utah: Bill Meek Neb: Bob Devaney
AP Rank	Utah: NR Neb: 14
Season Record	Utah: 3-7 Neb: 6-4

Nebraska Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Paul Rogers	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
Mike Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Joe Orduna	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tom Penney	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim McFarland	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	4	1	4	0	0	0	31

Utah Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Timothy Collins	7-19-0	58	3.1	0	62.48
Ray Groth	3-11-0	34	3.1	0	53.24
TOTALS	10-30-0	92	3.1	0	59.09

Nebraska Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
Ernie Sigler	8-12-1	165	13.8	1	193.00
Frank Patrick	9-18-1	122	6.8	1	114.16
Tony Dvorsak	2-2-0	27	13.5	0	213.40
TOTALS	19-32-2	314	9.8	2	149.93

Utah Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Gregory Soulds	8	27	5	22	2.8	0
Steven Molnar	4	11	0	11	2.8	0
Nate Tyler	3	12	4	8	2.7	0
Timothy Collins	11	27	21	6	0.5	0
Calvin Poulson	3	4	0	4	1.3	4
William Fowler	4	7	6	1	0.2	0
Ray Groth	5	11	17	-6	-1.2	0
TOTALS	38	99	53	46	1.2	4

Nebraska Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD
Joe Orduna	18	74	7	67	3.7	1
Mike Green	12	60	1	59	4.9	1
Dan Schneiss	6	30	0	30	5.0	0
Dick Davis	10	25	1	24	2.4	0
Larry Frost	4	19	0	19	4.8	0
Frank Vactor	4	9	1	8	2.0	0
Mick Ziegler	2	4	0	4	2.0	0
Frank Patrick	3	9	7	2	0.7	0
Ernie Sigler	2	1	5	-4	-2.0	0
TOTALS	61	231	22	209	3.4	2

Utah Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Louis (Speedy) Thomas	3	36	12.0	0
William Fowler	3	20	6.7	0
Jack Andrews	2	18	9.0	0
Gregory Soulds	2	13	6.5	0
Calvin Poulson	1	5	5.0	0
TOTALS	11	92	8.4	0

Nebraska Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Larry Frost	5	56	11.2	0
Tom Penney	4	122	30.5	1
Guy Ingles	3	47	15.7	0
Jim McFarland	3	11	3.7	1
Dick Davis	1	46	46.0	0
Paul Rogers	1	15	15.0	0
Dan Schneiss	1	9	9.0	0
Paul Topliff	1	8	8.0	0
TOTALS	19	314	16.5	2

Utah Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Craig Smith	1	0	0
Joe Galarze	1	0	0
TOTALS	2	0	0

Utah Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU
Fred McFarren	12	6	6	1/5	0		0
Larry Stone	11	6	5	0/0	0		1
Daniel Bailey	11	4	7	1/7	0		0
Craig Smith	10	7	3	0/0	0		1
Gary Barker	10	4	6	1/1	0		1
James Street	9	3	6	2/11	1	1	2
Douglas Poulson	9	2	7	0/0	0		0
Jack Miller	7	1	6	0/0	0		0
Norman McBride	6	3	3	2/2	1	1	0
Randell Hansen	6	2	4	0/0	0		0
Richard Worly	5	2	3	0/0	0		1
TOTALS	96	40	56	7/26	2	2	6

Nebraska Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FF	FR	PBU
Jerry Murtaugh	6	5	1	3/25	0		1
Dan Kobza	6	3	3	1/3	0		1
Randy Reeves	5	3	2		0
Adrian Fiala	4	2	2	1/9	0		0
Ken Geddes	4	1	3	0/0	0		0
Ed Periard	3	3	0	1/1	0		0
Bob Best	3	3	0		0
Dennis Gutzman	3	1	2	1/4	0		1
Bob Liggett	3	1	2	0/0	1	1	1
Sherwin Jarmon	2	2	0	1/8	1	1	1
Tom Linstroth	1	1	0	0/0	0		0
Dave Walline	1	1	0	0/0	0		0
Frank Avolio						1
TOTALS	41	26	15	8/50	2	3	5

Utah Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
James Street	5	98	19.6	0
TOTALS	5	98	19.6	0

Nebraska Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Dick Davis	1	17	17.0	0
Gale Williams	1	3	3.0	0
TOTALS	2	20	10.0	0

Utah Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Gary Barker	2	13	6.5	0
James Street	1	12	12.0	0
TOTALS	3	25	8.3	0

Nebraska Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Tom Heller	3	34	11.3	0
Dana Stephenson	1	11	11.0	0
Al Larson	2	9	4.5	0
TOTALS	6	54	9.0	0

Nebraska Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Paul Rogers	1-	28	4-4	7
TOTALS	1-	28	4-4	7

Utah Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Craig Smith	8	362	45.2
TOTALS	8	362	45.2

Nebraska Punting
	No	Yds	Avg
Joe Armstrong	4	143	35.8
Dana Stephenson	1	34	34.0
TOTALS	5	177	35.4

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