NCAA - Best of 1980's Defense Defense Run Yards Ave TD Pass Comp Comp% Yards Ave Int Int% TD TD% Rate Run/G Pass/G Tot/G Play 87 Miami 501 1389 2.8 10 261 111 42.5 1440 5.5 7 2.7 10 3.8 62.1 115.8 120.0 235.8 3.6 85 Oklahoma 491 1590 3.2 10 270 119 44.1 1263 4.7 12 4.4 8 3.0 49.7 132.5 105.3 237.8 3.6 86 Penn St 467 1583 3.4 13 260 126 48.5 1603 6.2 14 5.4 6 2.3 53.4 131.9 133.6 265.5 4.3 81 Clemson 464 1622 3.5 9 269 133 49.4 1717 6.4 16 5.9 10 3.7 57.5 135.2 143.1 278.3 4.5 81 Pittsburgh 545 1477 2.7 14 241 128 53.1 1993 8.3 10 4.1 10 4.1 77.3 123.1 166.1 289.2 4.2 82 SMU 543 2113 3.9 24 227 117 51.5 1473 6.5 12 5.3 8 3.5 61.8 176.1 122.8 298.8 4.6 81 Texas 590 2037 3.5 16 180 91 50.6 1565 8.7 8 4.4 14 7.8 87.8 169.8 130.4 300.2 4.6 85 Michigan 490 2116 4.3 14 275 122 44.4 1511 5.5 11 4.0 11 4.0 58.6 176.3 125.9 302.3 4.6 84 BYU 568 2256 4.0 18 270 126 46.7 1535 5.7 18 6.7 12 4.4 51.7 188.0 127.9 315.9 4.5 83 Nebraska 511 1989 3.9 22 260 141 54.2 1909 7.3 9 3.5 9 3.5 75.0 165.8 159.1 324.8 4.9 84 Washington 611 2403 3.9 19 209 114 54.5 1498 7.2 7 3.3 13 6.2 84.2 200.3 124.8 325.1 4.7 80 Georgia 476 2003 4.2 22 302 162 53.6 2005 6.6 19 6.3 8 2.6 57.1 166.9 167.1 334.0 5.1 88 Notre Dame 504 1864 3.7 22 307 156 50.8 2216 7.2 8 2.6 8 2.6 72.3 155.3 184.7 340.0 5.0 88 W. Virginia 576 2361 4.1 28 239 132 55.2 1736 7.3 9 3.8 8 3.3 73.8 196.8 144.7 341.4 4.9 87 Florida St 547 2417 4.4 21 254 145 57.1 1723 6.8 7 2.8 10 3.9 79.6 201.4 143.6 345.0 5.1 83 Auburn 574 2465 4.3 23 227 137 60.4 1856 8.2 8 3.5 10 4.4 86.4 205.4 154.7 360.1 5.3 8458 3.7 4051 50.9 6.7 4.3 3.8 165.0 305.9 31685 285 2060 27043 175 155 67.0 140.8 4.6 Net Yards Net Yards/Game Points 1 87 Miami 2829 1 87 Miami 235.8 1 86 Penn St 170 2 85 Oklahoma 2853 2 85 Oklahoma 237.8 2 85 Oklahoma 174 3 86 Penn St 3186 3 86 Penn St 265.5 3 81 Clemson 184 4 81 Clemson 3339 4 81 Clemson 278.3 4 85 Michigan 223 5 81 Pittsburgh 3470 5 81 Pittsburgh 289.2 5 87 Miami 231 Points/Game Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards 1 86 Penn St 14.2 1 81 Clemson 464 1 87 Miami 1389 2 85 Oklahoma 14.5 2 86 Penn St 467 2 81 Pittsburgh 1477 3 81 Clemson 15.3 3 80 Georgia 476 3 86 Penn St 1583 4 85 Michigan 18.6 4 85 Michigan 490 4 85 Oklahoma 1590 5 87 Miami 19.3 5 85 Oklahoma 491 5 81 Clemson 1622 Rushing Yards/Game Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Average 1 87 Miami 115.8 1 81 Clemson 9 1 81 Pittsburgh 2.7 2 81 Pittsburgh 123.1 2 87 Miami 10 2 87 Miami 2.8 3 86 Penn St 131.9 3 85 Oklahoma 10 3 85 Oklahoma 3.2 4 85 Oklahoma 132.5 4 86 Penn St 13 4 86 Penn St 3.4 5 81 Clemson 135.2 5 81 Pittsburgh 14 5 81 Texas 3.5 Rushing Touchdown% Pass Attempts Pass Completions 1 81 Clemson 1.9 1 81 Texas 180 1 81 Texas 91 2 87 Miami 2.0 2 84 Washington 209 2 87 Miami 111 3 85 Oklahoma 2.0 3 83 Auburn 227 3 84 Washington 114 4 81 Pittsburgh 2.6 4 82 SMU 227 4 82 SMU 117 5 81 Texas 2.7 5 88 W. Virgini 239 5 85 Oklahoma 119 Passing Yards Pass Yards/Game Passing Int's 1 85 Oklahoma 1263 1 85 Oklahoma 105.3 1 80 Georgia 19 2 87 Miami 1440 2 87 Miami 120.0 2 84 BYU 18 3 82 SMU 1473 3 82 SMU 122.8 3 81 Clemson 16 4 84 Washington 1498 4 84 Washington 124.8 4 86 Penn St 14 5 85 Michigan 1511 5 85 Michigan 125.9 5 85 Oklahoma 12 Passing TD's Yards/Pass Attempt Yards/Completion 1 86 Penn St 6 1 85 Oklahoma 4.7 1 85 Oklahoma 10.6 2 80 Georgia 8 2 85 Michigan 5.5 2 87 Florida St 11.9 3 85 Oklahoma 8 3 87 Miami 5.5 3 84 BYU 12.2 4 82 SMU 8 4 84 BYU 5.7 4 80 Georgia 12.4 5 88 W. Virgini 8 5 86 Penn St 6.2 5 85 Michigan 12.4 Passing Comp% Passing Int% Passing TD% 1 87 Miami 42.5 1 84 BYU 6.7 1 86 Penn St 2.3 2 85 Oklahoma 44.1 2 80 Georgia 6.3 2 88 Notre Dame 2.6 3 85 Michigan 44.4 3 81 Clemson 5.9 3 80 Georgia 2.6 4 84 BYU 46.7 4 86 Penn St 5.4 4 85 Oklahoma 3.0 5 86 Penn St 48.5 5 82 SMU 5.3 5 88 W. Virgini 3.3 Sacks Sack% Passing Rating 1 81 Pittsburgh 35 1 81 Pittsburgh 12.7 1 85 Oklahoma 49.7 2 87 Miami 30 2 87 Miami 10.3 2 84 BYU 51.7 3 85 Oklahoma 24 3 81 Texas 10.0 3 86 Penn St 53.4 4 83 Nebraska 21 4 85 Oklahoma 8.2 4 80 Georgia 57.1 5 86 Penn St 20 5 83 Nebraska 7.5 5 81 Clemson 57.5 First Downs Fumbles Penalties 1 85 Oklahoma 148 1 81 Pittsburgh 42 1 87 Miami 55 2 87 Miami 152 2 81 Clemson 35 2 81 Texas 61 3 86 Penn St 164 3 84 Washington 32 3 83 Auburn 61 4 81 Clemson 166 4 81 Texas 29 4 88 W. Virgini 61 5 81 Pittsburgh 167 5 80 Georgia 28 5 84 Washington 63