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Nebraska Cornhuskers

4-8 (3-6 Big Ten)Last: L 28-31 at Iowa

Scott Frost · 1st season · .333 at Nebraska · .605 career since 2016

Rating
+2.456
Adj Off
31.341
Adj Def
28.971
WAP
-4.3887

Style profile

Style

What the offense does with the ball, and what the defense faces.

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate50.2%7849.2%86
Plays per game73.34275.721
Time of possession27:4410632:1217
Yards per pass attempt7.3746.737
Yards per rush5.4165.0106
Points per game30.05831.388
Points per opportunity3.52743.5569
Starting field positionOwn 26125Own 32111

Efficiency and EPA

Down-by-down quality, measured in predicted points.

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.21534+0.16571
Adj. EPA per play+0.21633+0.15158
Success rate47.9%1845.0%94
Explosiveness1.16961.2164
Rushing EPA per play+0.25612+0.230121
Passing EPA per play+0.19582+0.11627
Std downs success53.7%1048.8%83
Passing downs success34.5%5137.3%115

Situational

Red zone finishing, ball security, discipline, and money downs.

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate71.0%7669.8%53
Turnovers per game1.83971.6744
Penalties per game7.61156.538
Penalty yards per game71.712256.846
3rd down conversion37.2%8843.2%104
4th down tries per game1.67601.5877
4th down conversion45.0%10057.9%90

Rank out of 130 FBS teams. Green is good for the team, red is bad. Blue only orients neutral traits like tempo and run rate.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 8Wk 271ColoradoL28-33-0.90+0.21+0.16
Sep 15Wk 372TroyL19-24-0.90+0.10+0.03
Sep 22Wk 4@7Michigan#14L10-56-0.34-0.12+0.24
Sep 29Wk 542PurdueL28-42-0.80+0.28+0.25
Oct 6Wk 6@18WisconsinL24-41-0.51+0.32+0.36
Oct 13Wk 7@36Northwestern#21L31-34-0.64+0.07+0.16
Oct 20Wk 849MinnesotaW53-28+0.18+0.56+0.14
Oct 27Wk 9Bethune-Cookman(FCS)W45-9+0.00+0.38-0.02
Nov 3Wk 10@4Ohio State#3L31-36-0.30+0.18+0.19
Nov 10Wk 11102IllinoisW54-35+0.03+0.50+0.32
Nov 17Wk 1234Michigan StateW9-6+0.24-0.16-0.15
Nov 23Wk 13@14Iowa#25L28-31-0.45+0.21+0.26

Key players

Sorted by how much of the offense runs through them. Bold rows are the primary option at each spot; the shade tracks their share.

Offense

Quarterbacks

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareC/ACmp%YdsY/ATDINT
9Adrian MartinezSR86%224/34764.5%26177.5178
17Andrew BunchJR12%31/4766.0%3206.822

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
22Devine OzigboSR33%15510827.01223
26Maurice WashingtonJR17%774555.9324
22Greg BellSR8%351734.904

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
8Stanley Morgan Jr.WR SR17%70100414.37
10JD SpielmanWR SR16%6681812.48
86Jack StollTE SR5%2124511.73
85Kade WarnerWR SR4%17955.60

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
94Khalil DavisDL SR418.03.040
91Freedom AkinmoladunDL SR293.02.540
96Carlos DavisDL SR273.01.015
95Ben StilleDL SR255.05.062
93Damion DanielsDL JR121.00.000
2Caleb TannorDE SR101.01.000

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
7Mohamed BarryLB SR11211.02.010
5Dedrick Young IIILB SR833.00.051
12Luke GiffordOLB SR6213.05.520
43Tyrin FergusonLB SR366.01.010
13JoJo DomannLB SR191.01.020

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
24Aaron WilliamsDB SR70413.0
8Tre NealDB SR57512.0
25Antonio ReedDB SR44323.0
7Dicaprio BootleCB SR391500.0
21Lamar JacksonCB SR28721.0
8Deontai WilliamsS SR23221.0
6Eric Lee Jr.S SR13000.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
32Barret PickeringSO14/1878%4740/4182

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
98Isaac ArmstrongSR3243.67393
30Caleb LightbournSR2441.65231