Defensive Statistics

[GBRsal]

They also have a full on erection for USC, too.

god no guff...they might as well wear maroon and gold

 

[Nexus]

Of course, there is already someone on there who has said

And Arizona played against the best offenses in the country in the Pac-10 while Nebraska played in the Big 8 and the early Big 12 which was awful. Believe me, I saw those Nebraska defenses firsthand and they were no comparison to the '92-'94 Cats.

I wonder if it is even worth my time (aside from gaining the knowledge myself) to post this stuff on there. Stats never tell the whole story but they can give you a generally good indicator of a team's overall performance in certain areas.

Tell them that our defense was good enough to get us into the NC game in '93 and won it in '94. At least we had something to show for it. :dunno

That's a good point. One guy was arguing how Nebraska's defense had nothing to do with our success with NCs in the 90s. Funny enough, he supposedly "went to school here." I don't think they'd be able to comprehend that after the 1992 season TO and CB went to FSU to learn what made their defenses tick, then the next year we were playing them in the NC!

Here's something for those AZ fans to ponder when it comes to questioning the legitimacy of our Blackshirt tradition.

Charlie McBride served as an assistant coach at Nebraska for 23 seasons from 1977 to 1999, including the final 18 seasons as the Huskers' defensive coordinator. McBride's Blackshirt defenses ranked in the top 10 nationally in total defense 11 times, including leading the nation in 1984 and ranking fourth in his final season in 1999.
http://www.huskerpedia.com/interviews/Charlie_McBride.html

 

[caveman99]

The problem with some of the defensive stats in the 90's Nebraska had a lot of backups playing when the game was decided.

Yeah but those teams also had an offense that could move the ball, score points (allowing the line to pin their ears back), and eat up the clock. The number of plays the Blackshirts had this year is incredible.

 

[schuhbdoo]

Try this one on them. This is a chart of our 10 best Defenses since 1990.

The chart using the same Top 10 total defensive performances since 1990--the measure we used initially--is below, this time with the total number of plays each defense faced. Using that, you can see Nebraska's plays and yards per field goal (used three points rather than one because an offense never scores less than a field goal).

The results aren't very close given the sheer number of plays the Nebraska defense faced this season. On average, the Blackshirts forced teams to go 18.58 plays and 75.8 yards for every three points scored. How often do you see an 18 play drive? And that's just for a field goal. Touchdowns required over 36 plays on average. Just as a basis for comparison, Boise State--the top scoring offense in the country this season--scored three points every 4.67 plays. Houston--the top total offense in the nation--scored three points for every 39.68 yards gained.

Scary thought!!!! Bo thinks this unit is going to be better than this years.

Can you imagine the point total being less than this year???

Was the scoring defense a record this year? No wise cracks about the offense, please.

 

[schuhbdoo]

Try this one on them. This is a chart of our 10 best Defenses since 1990.

The chart using the same Top 10 total defensive performances since 1990--the measure we used initially--is below, this time with the total number of plays each defense faced. Using that, you can see Nebraska's plays and yards per field goal (used three points rather than one because an offense never scores less than a field goal).

The results aren't very close given the sheer number of plays the Nebraska defense faced this season. On average, the Blackshirts forced teams to go 18.58 plays and 75.8 yards for every three points scored. How often do you see an 18 play drive? And that's just for a field goal. Touchdowns required over 36 plays on average. Just as a basis for comparison, Boise State--the top scoring offense in the country this season--scored three points every 4.67 plays. Houston--the top total offense in the nation--scored three points for every 39.68 yards gained.

Scary thought!!!! Bo thinks this unit is going to be better than this years.

Can you imagine the point total being less than this year???

Was the scoring defense a record this year? No wise cracks about the offense, please.

Sorry, next years unit!!!

 

[caveman99]

Try this one on them. This is a chart of our 10 best Defenses since 1990.

The chart using the same Top 10 total defensive performances since 1990--the measure we used initially--is below, this time with the total number of plays each defense faced. Using that, you can see Nebraska's plays and yards per field goal (used three points rather than one because an offense never scores less than a field goal).

The results aren't very close given the sheer number of plays the Nebraska defense faced this season. On average, the Blackshirts forced teams to go 18.58 plays and 75.8 yards for every three points scored. How often do you see an 18 play drive? And that's just for a field goal. Touchdowns required over 36 plays on average. Just as a basis for comparison, Boise State--the top scoring offense in the country this season--scored three points every 4.67 plays. Houston--the top total offense in the nation--scored three points for every 39.68 yards gained.

Scary thought!!!! Bo thinks this unit is going to be better than this years.

Can you imagine the point total being less than this year???

Was the scoring defense a record this year? No wise cracks about the offense, please.

One thing that should/may help the Defense beat the numbers of the 2009 unit is that the 2010 NU Offense should be better. That alone may reduce the number of snaps the Blackshirts play in 2010.

 

[MrBumstead]

Try this one on them. This is a chart of our 10 best Defenses since 1990.

The chart using the same Top 10 total defensive performances since 1990--the measure we used initially--is below, this time with the total number of plays each defense faced. Using that, you can see Nebraska's plays and yards per field goal (used three points rather than one because an offense never scores less than a field goal).

The results aren't very close given the sheer number of plays the Nebraska defense faced this season. On average, the Blackshirts forced teams to go 18.58 plays and 75.8 yards for every three points scored. How often do you see an 18 play drive? And that's just for a field goal. Touchdowns required over 36 plays on average. Just as a basis for comparison, Boise State--the top scoring offense in the country this season--scored three points every 4.67 plays. Houston--the top total offense in the nation--scored three points for every 39.68 yards gained.

Scary thought!!!! Bo thinks this unit is going to be better than this years.

Can you imagine the point total being less than this year???

Was the scoring defense a record this year? No wise cracks about the offense, please.

Sorry, next years unit!!!

Yeah, and Watson said Zac Lee was almost as good as Joe Ganz. IMO, that's just coach speak. Not that next year's defense won't be good, but it's hard for the defense to get better while losing one of the best defensive players ever.

 

[newenglandhusker]

No, the scoring defense was not a record this year. It wasn't even first place.

 

[Nexus]

No, the scoring defense was not a record this year. It wasn't even first place.

Would you be kind and share what year was? I'm curious to know.

 

[newenglandhusker]

No, the scoring defense was not a record this year. It wasn't even first place.

Would you be kind and share what year was? I'm curious to know.

The lowest Scoring Defense I've ever seen was Miami 2001. Something like 9.83 ppg or something.

Also, I assume the poster was talking about it being an NCAA record.

Edit: ran across this gem in a GOOGLing of the best scoring defense in college football history. Really awesome to see how many times Nebraska is high on that list.

 

[Nexus]

No, the scoring defense was not a record this year. It wasn't even first place.

Would you be kind and share what year was? I'm curious to know.

The lowest Scoring Defense I've ever seen was Miami 2001. Something like 9.83 ppg or something.

Also, I assume the poster was talking about it being an NCAA record.

My bad, I thought you meant an NU school record. But yeah, we're 2nd in scoring defense this year.