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Kansas vs Nebraska Tale of the Tape


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National Conf Actual Category Actual Conf National
Advantage Rank Rank Rank Rank
Nebraska
85 8
127.78 Rushing Offense 145.56 6
61
Kansas 8
2 303.78 Passing Offense 201.44 10 77
Kansas 24
3
431.56 Total Offense 347.00 11 84
Kansas 32
5
30.78 Scoring Offense 25.67 9 71
Nebraska
35
7
117.67 Rushing Defense 94.44 4
10
Nebraska
48
7
122.07
Pass Efficiency Defense 89.68 1
2
Nebraska
47 7
344.89 Total Defense 274.00 3
11
Nebraska
62
8
24.22 Scoring Defense 10.33 1
2
Kansas
79
10
34.70 Net Punting 34.24 11
97
Nebraska
91
10
6.33 Punt Returns 10.80 5
43
Kansas 66
8 21.55 Kickoff Returns 20.91 10
76
Kansas
79
10
-.22
Turnover Margin 0 7
61
Nebraska
69
4

227.22
Pass Defense 179.56 2
21
Kansas 39
5
137.11 Passing Efficiency 126.52 9
71
Nebraska T-16
5
2.78 Sacks 3
4 9
Nebraska
T-30
5
6.89
Tackles For Loss 7.11
3
22
Nebraska
85
10
2.56 Sacks Allowed 1.33
4
34

 

Want the magical cure for an offense that suddenly can't score, can't move the ball and can't hold onto the football?  It's not Nebraska.  9th in the country at getting to the quarterback, 2nd in the nation in scoring defense and 11th in total defense.  None of these are good things.  To make matters worse a Husker team that had EIGHT turnovers in one game still has a better overall turnover margin than our Jayhawks.

Amazingly Kansas' offense still looks good on paper, it's dwindling but the stats definitely don't tell the tale of the true struggling nature of this group.  On the other side of the ball the defense continues to improve, a silver lining in a season in search of an answer.

Will this be the week Kansas regains it's confidence?  Nebraska certainly doesn't give a lot of hope, but it's senior day and if Kansas does get the ball rolling there might never be a better game than this one for the team to really start feeling good about things again.  Move the ball against the Corn and you are definitely doing something right.  Guess we'll see.