StatTiger 3,188 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 There is no doubt the 2008 Auburn offense was horrible but it was far from being the worst. Taking the yearly totals from 1963-2008, I rated each AU offense based on yards per play, points per game and TD ratio. Based on those three categories, the 2008 Auburn offense was 39th over the past 46 seasons. 2008: 302.3 YPG / 17.3 PPG / 4.48 YPP / 42.6 TD ratio 1981: 285.3 YPG / 16.9 PPG / 4.13 YPP / 36.1 TD ratio 1965: 250.6 YPG / 15.0 PPG / 4.63 YPP / 31.4 TD ratio 1975: 276.4 YPG / 15.8 PPG / 4.54 YPP / 39.4 TD ratio 1998: 270.2 YPG / 15.1 PPG / 4.15 YPP / 42.1 TD ratio 1964: 265.9 YPG / 12.8 PPG / 4.46 YPP / 37.3 TD ratio 1973: 209.7 YPG / 12.3 PPG / 3.41 YPP / 37.6 TD ratio 1966: 222.1 YPG / 10.4 PPG / 3.92 YPP / 56.7 TD ratio Based on the above data, seven other AU offenses were less efficient than the 2008 AU offense. The 1966 offensive unit averaged 222.1 yards per game, 10.4 points per game, 3.92 yards per play and scored an offensive TD every 56.7 plays, making the 1966 offense the worst in school history over the past 46 seasons. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU Cav 0 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Salt in the wounds, brother. Salt in the wounds. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzurd24 11 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Based on the above data, seven other AU offenses were less efficient than the 2008 AU offense. The 1966 offensive unit averaged 222.1 yards per game, 10.4 points per game, 3.92 yards per play and scored an offensive TD every 56.7 plays, making the 1966 offense the worst in school history over the past 46 seasons. But they didn't have three guys doing the "Hokey Pokey" on the side line before every play...... Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
outoftowntiger 0 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I was there for '98. Long year...I'd almost forgot. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I was there for '98. Long year...I'd almost forgot. I was there for '66. We didn't have any difference makers, no TD scorers, on offense. Bad year. In ways, 2008 was worse because there were playmakers on this past year's team and they simply didn't get it done. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 3,236 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 There is no doubt the 2008 Auburn offense was horrible but it was far from being the worst. Taking the yearly totals from 1963-2008, I rated each AU offense based on yards per play, points per game and TD ratio. Based on those three categories, the 2008 Auburn offense was 39th over the past 46 seasons. 2008: 302.3 YPG / 17.3 PPG / 4.48 YPP / 42.6 TD ratio 1981: 285.3 YPG / 16.9 PPG / 4.13 YPP / 36.1 TD ratio 1965: 250.6 YPG / 15.0 PPG / 4.63 YPP / 31.4 TD ratio 1975: 276.4 YPG / 15.8 PPG / 4.54 YPP / 39.4 TD ratio 1998: 270.2 YPG / 15.1 PPG / 4.15 YPP / 42.1 TD ratio 1964: 265.9 YPG / 12.8 PPG / 4.46 YPP / 37.3 TD ratio 1973: 209.7 YPG / 12.3 PPG / 3.41 YPP / 37.6 TD ratio 1966: 222.1 YPG / 10.4 PPG / 3.92 YPP / 56.7 TD ratio Based on the above data, seven other AU offenses were less efficient than the 2008 AU offense. The 1966 offensive unit averaged 222.1 yards per game, 10.4 points per game, 3.92 yards per play and scored an offensive TD every 56.7 plays, making the 1966 offense the worst in school history over the past 46 seasons. Let's see: there's Shug's last year (1975); Dye's first year (1981); tot's last year (1998) & xCTT's last year (2008.) Where does Barfield's last year (1980) rank? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw 4 au 548 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I was there for '98. Long year...I'd almost forgot. Ditto. That was the year that made Gabe Gross decide to concentrate on baseball (smart move). He was a one-man show pretty much the entire year. He would take the snap and immediately start to run around for his life! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubieMan 0 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I was there for '98. Long year...I'd almost forgot. Ditto. That was the year that made Gabe Gross decide to concentrate on baseball (smart move). He was a one-man show pretty much the entire year. He would take the snap and immediately start to run around for his life! Same here. Loved the experience of going every weekend. Hated the outcome. Thank God it wasn't too long before we got to yell RUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDYYYYY! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
au2004ece 30 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 2008 was the second worst for TD ratio which was a huge part of the problem in the close games where we couldn't score TDs after getting a few yards. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLink02 8 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Stat, which team had the single worst offense in the SEC since 1992? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/56524-08-offense-was-bad-but-not-the-worst/#findComment-583945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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