Running back, Nebraska, 1981–85
Tom Rathman
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Tom Rathman played running back at Nebraska (1981–85). The San Francisco 49ers took Rathman in round 3, No. 56 overall in the 1986 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984
All-America: AP third team 1985
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 1981 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 26 | 143 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 |
| 1984 | 11 | 75 | 381 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 118 | 881 | 7.5 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 |
| Career | 45 | 223 | 1,425 | 12 | 5 | 70 | 1 | ||
From the college statistics table in Rathman’s Wikipedia article (Tom Rathman, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
- 1981 Nebraska9–3No. 11 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1982 Nebraska12–1No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1983 Nebraska12–1No. 2 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1984 Nebraska10–2No. 4 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions
- 1985 Nebraska9–3No. 11 in the final AP poll
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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