Punt Returns Opponent Individual Records Football Punt Returns, Game: 9; Oklahoma, Nov. 24, 1951 (136 yards) Punt Return Yards, Game: 136; Oklahoma, Nov. 24, 1951 (9 ret.) Punt Return Average (min. 3 att.), Game: 36.00; Top 10 Individual Rushing Games vs. NU at Colorado, Nov. 4, 1989 (3 ret., 108 yards) Opposing Player, Date (Attempts, TDs) Yards Long Punt Return, Game: 91 yards; Baylor (Del Shofner), 1. Melvin Gordon, at Wisconsin, Nov. 15, 2014 (25, 4) 408 Nov. 17, 1956 2. Jamaal Charles, at Texas, Oct. 27, 2007 (33, 3) 290 Punt Return Touchdowns, Game: 1; several times, 3. Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin, Oct. 7, 2017 (25, 2) 249 most recently vs. Arkansas State, Sept. 2, 2017 4. Billy Sims, at Oklahoma, Nov. 24, 1979 (28, 0) 247 (Blaise Taylor, 63 yards) 5. Brad Smith, at Missouri, Oct. 22, 2005 (28, 3) 246 High Punt Returns, Season: 43; 1947 (503 yards) 6. Curt Warner, Penn St., Sept. 26, 1981 (28, 0) 238 Low Punt Returns, Season: 5; 1995 (12 yards) 7. Ell Roberson, at Kansas St., Nov. 16, 2002 (29, 3) 228 High Punt Return Yards, Season: 503; 1947 (43 ret.) 8. Johnathan Franklin, at UCLA, Sept. 8, 2012 (26, 0) 217 Low Punt Return Yards, Season: 12; 1995 (5 ret.) 9. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin, Dec. 1, 2012 (9, 1) 216 High Yards Per Punt Return, Season: 16.92; 1989 10. Dantrell Savage, Oklahoma St., Oct. 13, 2007 (25, 1) 212 (13 ret., 220 yards) Other Opponents with 175 Yards Low Yards Per Punt Return, Season: 1.94; 1975 Billy Vessells, at Oklahoma, Nov. 25, 1950 (18, 3) 205 (18 ret., 35 yards) Montee Ball, Wisconsin, Dec. 1, 2012 (21, 3) 202 Punt Return Touchdowns, Season: 2; 1956, 2002 Zach Zenner, South Dakota State, Sept. 21, 2013 (21, 2) 202 Kendall Hunter, at Oklahoma St., Oct. 23, 2010 (26, 2) 201 Kickoff Returns Chris Brown, at Colorado, Nov. 23, 2001 (24, 6) 198 Kickoff Return Yards, Game: 248; Iowa St., Braxton Miller, at Ohio State, Oct. 6, 2012 (16, 1) 191 Nov. 15, 1997 (10 returns) Barry Sanders, Okla. St., Oct. 15, 1988 (35, 4) 189 Kickoff Returns, Game: 11; three times, most recently Le'Veon Bell, at Michigan State, Nov. 3, 2012 (36, 2) 188 at Hawaii, Dec. 4, 1976 (112 yards) Demry Croft, at Minnesota, Nov. 11, 2017 (10, 3) 183 Kickoff Return Average (min. 3 att.), Game: 42.00; Chris Polk, Washington, Dec. 30, 2010, (34,1) 177 at Colorado, Oct. 25, 1952 (3 ret., 126 yards) Bowl Game Record Long Kickoff Return: 100; at Colorado (Howard Ballage), Chris Polk, Washington, Dec. 30, 2010, Holiday (34,1) 177 Oct. 25, 1952; at Notre Dame (Julius Jones), Sept. 9, 2000; Southern Miss (Tracy Lampley), Sept. 1, 2012; Top 10 Individual Rushing Attempts vs. NU at Minnesota (Rodney Smith), Nov. 11, 2017 NU Opponent, Date (Yards, TDs) Attempts Kickoff Return Touchdowns, Game: 1; several times, 1. Steve Owens, at Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 1968 (172, 5) 41 most recently vs. Minnesota (Rodney Smith), Nov. 11, 2017 2. Eric Bieniemy, Colorado, Nov. 3, 1990 (137, 4) 38 High Kickoff Return Yards, Season: 1,364; 2008 (57 ret.) 3. Ricky Williams, Texas, Oct. 31, 1998 (150, 0) 37 Low Kickoff Return Yards, Season: 291; 1956 (27 ret.) 4. Le'Veon Bell, at Michigan State, Nov. 3, 2012 (188, 2) 36 High Kickoff Returns, Season: 76; 1983 (1,297 yards) Robbie Rouse, Fresno St., Sept. 10, 2011 (169, 0) 36 Low Kickoff Returns, Season: 18; 1947 (306 yards) June Henley, Kansas, Nov. 6, 1993 (148, 1) 36 High Kickoff Return Average, Season: 24.73; 2004 7. Eric Ball, at UCLA, Sept. 10, 1988 (148, 0) 35 (30 ret., 742 yards) Barry Sanders, Oklahoma St., Oct. 15, 1988 (189, 4) 35 Low Kickoff Return Average, Season: 10.78; 1956 Stephen McGee, Oklahoma St., Oct. 13, 2007 (167, 0) 35 (27 ret., 291 yards) Zach Zwinak, at Penn State, Nov. 23, 2013 (149, 0) 35 Kickoff Return Touchdowns, Season: 2; 1949, 1970, 2004 Bowl Game Record Chris Polk, Washington, Dec. 30, 2010, Holiday (177 yards, 1 TD) 34 Field Goals Field Goals Made, Game: 5; vs. Penn St. (Brian Franco), Top 10 Individual Rushing Touchdowns vs. NU Sept. 26, 1981; vs. Kansas (Bruce Kallmeyer), Oct. 31, 1981 NU Opponent, Date (Attempts-Yards) TDs at Miami (Michael Badgley), Sept. 19, 2015 1. Chris Brown, at Colorado, Nov. 23, 2001 (24-198) 6 Field Goal Attempts, Game: 5; nine times, most 2. Steve Owens, at Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 1968 (41-172) 5 recently vs. Wisconsin (Rafael Gaglianone), Oct. 10, 2015 3. Melvin Gordon, at Wisconsin, Nov. 15, 2014 (25-408) 4 Missed Field Goals, Game: 4; vs. Colorado (Mark Mariscal), James White, Wisconsin, Dec. 1, 2012 (15-109) 4 Nov. 24, 2000 Carlos Hyde, at Ohio State, Oct. 6, 2012 (28-140) 4 Long Field Goal: 61; at Kansas St. (Mark Potter), Oct. 22, 1988 Montee Ball, at Wisconsin, Oct. 1, 2011 (30-151) 4 High Field Goals Made, Season: 20; 2010 Brandon McAnderson, at Kansas, Nov. 3, 2007 (25-119) 4 Low Field Goals Made, Season: 0; eight times, Jorvorskie Lane, Texas A&M, Oct. 20, 2007 (15-130) 4 most recently 1957 Allen Webb, at Kansas St., Oct. 23, 2004 (34-147) 4 High Field Goal Attempts, Season: 27; 2010 Eric Bieniemy, Colorado, Nov. 3, 1990 (38-137) 4 Low Field Goal Attempts, Season: 0; eight times, most recently 1957 Barry Sanders, Okla. St., Oct. 15, 1988 (35-189) 4 High Missed Field Goals, Season: 12; 2005, 2009 James Wilder, Missouri, Nov. 18, 1978 (28-181) 4 Low Missed Field Goals, Season: 0; 17 times, most recently 1963 Bowl Game Record Josh Dobbs, Tennessee, Dec. 30, 2016, Music City Bowl 3 Top 10 Longest Rushing Touchdowns vs. NU NU Opponent, Date Yards 1. Gale Sayers, Kansas, Nov. 9, 1963 99 2. Ell Roberson, at Kansas State, Nov. 16, 2002 91 3. Keith Jackson, at Oklahoma, Nov. 23, 1985 88 4. Frank Madu, Washington State, Sept. 30, 1995 87 5. Marcus Dupree, Oklahoma, Nov. 26, 1982 86 Jamaal Charles, at Texas, Oct. 27, 2007 86 7. Jay Barry, Washington, Sept. 21, 1991 81 8. Venric Mark, at Northwestern, Oct. 20, 2012 80 Jerod Douglas, at Baylor, Oct. 11, 1997 80 10. Brad Smith, at Missouri, Oct. 22, 2005 79 Bowl Game Record Damien Anderson, vs. Northwestern, Dec. 30, 2000, 69 Alamo Bowl 112 2018-19 Nebraska All-Sports Record Book 2018-19 Nebraska All-Sports Record Book Top 10 Individual Passing Games vs. NU 6. Tony Pounds, Oklahoma State, Oct. 24, 1970 4 NU Opponent, Date (Completions-Attempts) Yards Scott Mitchell, Utah, Sept. 16, 1989 4 1. Tim Rattay, La. Tech, Aug. 29, 1998 (46-68) 590 Tim Rattay, Louisiana Tech, Aug. 29, 1998 4 2. Chad May, Kansas St., Oct. 16, 1993 (30-51) 489 Cody Hodges, Texas Tech, Oct. 8, 2005 4 3. Nick Mullens, Southern Miss, Sept. 26, 2015 (26-41) 447 Keith Price, Washington, Sept. 17, 2011 4 4. Sonny Cumbie, at Texas Tech, Oct. 9, 2004 (44-56) 436 Brett Hundley, at UCLA, Sept. 8, 2012 4 Football 5. Aaron Murray, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2013 (18-33) 427 Bret Smith, Wyoming, Aug. 31, 2013 4 6. Jeff Handy, at Missouri, Oct. 24, 1992 (29-44) 424 David Blough, at Purdue, Oct. 31, 2015 4 7. Nate Davis, Ball State, Sept. 22, 2007 (26-43) 422 Connor Cook, Michigan State, Nov. 7, 2015 4 8. Chris Simms, Texas, Nov. 2, 2002 (29-47) 419 J.T. Barrett, at Ohio State, Nov. 5, 2016 4 9. Justice Hansen, Arkansas State, Sept. 2, 2017 (46-68) 415 Bowl Game Record 10. Adam Barmann, Kansas, Sept. 30, 2006 (27-54) 405 Peter Tom Willis, Florida St., Jan. 1, 1990, Fiesta Bowl 5 Bowl Game Record Aaron Murray, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2013, Capital One Bowl 5 Aaron Murray, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2013 427 Capital One Bowl (18-33, 5 TD) Most Interceptions Thrown in a Game Peter Tom Willis, Florida St., Jan. 1, 1990, 422 NU Opponent, Date (Attempts) INTs Fiesta Bowl (25-40, 5 TD) 1. Lynn Dickey, Kansas St., Nov. 14, 1970 (47) 7 2. Landry Jones, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2009 (58) 5 Top 10 Individual Passing Attempts Josh Allen, Wyoming, Sept. 10, 2016 (32) 5 NU Opponent, Date (Completions, Yards) Attempts 4. Jeff Rutledge, Alabama, Sept. 17, 1977 (32) 5 1. Tim Rattay, La. Tech, Aug. 29, 1998 (46, 590) 68 Nathan Enderle, Idaho, Sept. 11, 2010 (31) 5 Justice Hansen, Arkansas State, Sept. 2, 2017 (46, 415) 68 6. Brent Blackman, at Oklahoma St., Oct. 23, 1971 (22) 4 3. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech, Oct. 20, 2001 (33, 353) 63 Darrell Ray Dickey, at Kansas St., Nov. 10, 1979 (23) 4 4. Brian Burrell, at Fresno State, Sept. 13, 2014 (30, 241) 59 Jack Trudeau, Illinois, Sept. 21, 1985 (51) 4 5. Landry Jones, Oklahoma, Nov. 7, 2009 (26, 245) 58 Frank Dolce, Utah, Sept. 5, 1992 (38) 4 6. Sonny Cumbie, at Texas Tech, Oct. 9, 2004 (44, 436) 56 Jeff Kelly, Southern Miss, Sept. 18, 1999 (45) 4 Brad Smith, Missouri, Oct. 30, 2004 (24, 277) 56 Randy McCown, Texas A&M, Nov. 6, 1999 (30) 4 8. Adam Barmann, Kansas, Sept. 30, 2006 (27, 405) 54 Steve LaFalce, Western Illinois, Sept. 4, 2004 (26) 4 9. Randy Essington, at Colorado, Oct. 9, 1982 (24, 361) 51 Bowl Game Record Jack Trudeau, Illinois, Sept. 21, 1985 (29, 292) 51 Paul Gilbert, vs. Georgia, Dec. 20, 1969, 5 Chad May, Kansas St., Oct. 16, 1993 (30, 489) 51 Sun Bowl (30) Bret Meyer, Iowa St., Sept.