2023 Regular Season Stats

[cbo 7,929]

With the regular season over, I looked at some team stats. Some of it was interesting to me, so I thought I would share. 

The 2023 defense was a significant improvement over 2022 in all major categories:

2023 Defense (allowed)

• Total Yards: 4,333
• Passing Yards: 2,420
• Rushing Yards: 1,913
• Points: 263

2022 Defense (allowed)

• Total Yards: 4,743
• Passing Yards: 2,671
• Rushing Yards: 2,072
• Points: 354

Unfortunately, the offense was even worse than 2022 in all categories except points scored (which is the most important of course). I was most surprised we had less passing yards in 2023 than 2022. 

2023 Offense

• Total Yards: 4,266
• Passing Yards: 1,885
• Rushing Yards: 2,381
• Points: 327

2022 Offense

• Total Yards: 4,542
• Passing Yards: 2,072
• Rushing Yards: 2,470
• Points: 297

A few other interesting stats:

• Thorne had the best completion percentage of his career (62.6%). That surprised me. Of course, Thorne had by far the least yards of his career. His attempts were way down.
• Auburn was dead last in the SEC in team passing yards. 
• Thorne had the second most rushing yards for a SEC QB, behind only Jayden Daniels.
• Fairweather had the most receiving yards (339) for AU, only 33rd best in the SEC.
• Hunter finished 6th in the SEC in rushing yards.
• Marcus Harris tied for 5th in the SEC with 7 sacks.
• Simpson tied for 2nd in the SEC with 4 INTs. 
• McPherson was 1 of only 3 kickers in the nation who made every field goal. 
• AU was better away (3-2) than at home (3-4). Strength of schedule (Bama and UGA) and the NMSU debacle explain that one.

(Slow work day, but I can't believe I typed all this out either). 

Edited November 28, 2023 by cbo

[Tiger1992 999]

I thought this thread was going to be about how many 5ths of bourbon I had to consume to survive this season.

[ScotsAU 1,343]

1 hour ago, Tiger1992 said:

I thought this thread was going to be about how many 5ths of bourbon I had to consume to survive this season.

Go for single malt scotch or grab a cask strength bourbon. You’ll drop the number a bit because of the higher proof.

[ScotsAU 1,343]

1 hour ago, cbo said:

With the regular season over, I looked at some team stats. Some of it was interesting to me, so I thought I would share. 

The 2023 defense was a significant improvement over 2022 in all major categories:

2023 Defense (allowed)

• Total Yards: 4,333
• Passing Yards: 2,420
• Rushing Yards: 1,913
• Points: 263

2022 Defense (allowed)

• Total Yards: 4,743
• Passing Yards: 2,671
• Rushing Yards: 2,072
• Points: 354

Unfortunately, the offense was even worse than 2022 in all categories except points scored (which is the most important of course). I was most surprised we had less passing yards in 2023 than 2022. 

2023 Offense

• Total Yards: 4,266
• Passing Yards: 1,885
• Rushing Yards: 2,381
• Points: 327

2022 Offense

• Total Yards: 4,542
• Passing Yards: 2,072
• Rushing Yards: 2,470
• Points: 297

A few other interesting stats:

• Thorne had the best completion percentage of his career (62.6%). That surprised me. Of course, Thorne had by far the least yards of his career. His attempts were way down.
• Auburn was dead last in the SEC in team passing yards. 
• Thorne had the second most rushing yards for a SEC QB, behind only Jayden Daniels.
• Fairweather had the most receiving yards (339) for AU, only 33rd best in the SEC.
• Fair was AU's leading WR with 300 yards, 36th best in the SEC. 
• Hunter finished 6th in the SEC in rushing yards.
• Marcus Harris tied for 5th in the SEC with 7 sacks.
• Simpson tied for 2nd in the SEC with 4 INTs. 
• McPherson was 1 of only 3 kickers in the nation who made every field goal. 
• AU was better away (3-2) than at home (3-4). Strength of schedule (Bama and UGA) and the NMSU debacle explain that one.

(Slow work day, but I can't believe I typed all this out either). 

Just making sure, you only included  the regular season for 2022 as well, right?

A little surprised the offense was better last year, especially since we basically didn’t throw the ball the last 3 games of the season.