NCAA - Best of 1980's Offense Offense Run Yards Ave TD Pass Comp Comp% Yards Ave Int Int% TD TD% Rate Run/G Pass/G Tot/G Play 84 BYU 398 1322 3.3 10 510 284 55.7 3474 6.8 6 1.2 29 5.7 90.9 110.2 289.5 399.7 5.1 83 Nebraska 615 3223 5.2 36 190 95 50.0 1351 7.1 4 2.1 11 5.8 83.9 268.6 112.6 381.2 5.6 85 Michigan 581 2088 3.6 17 263 167 63.5 2122 8.1 9 3.4 15 5.7 93.4 174.0 176.8 350.8 4.9 86 Penn St 572 2232 3.9 23 232 134 57.8 1897 8.2 3 1.3 13 5.6 97.6 186.0 158.1 344.1 5.0 87 Miami 442 1542 3.5 17 339 203 59.9 2448 7.2 12 3.5 13 3.8 80.1 128.5 204.0 332.5 5.0 88 Notre Dame 578 2542 4.4 23 205 96 46.8 1424 6.9 15 7.3 7 3.4 50.9 211.8 118.7 330.5 5.0 87 Florida St 474 1999 4.2 16 329 159 48.3 1892 5.8 12 3.6 11 3.3 62.3 166.6 157.7 324.3 4.7 81 Clemson 581 2165 3.7 23 205 107 52.2 1710 8.3 9 4.4 11 5.4 79.9 180.4 142.5 322.9 4.8 81 Pittsburgh 417 1250 3.0 14 389 213 54.8 2480 6.4 24 6.2 15 3.9 61.4 104.2 206.7 310.8 4.5 80 Georgia 618 2195 3.6 24 160 76 47.5 1316 8.2 4 2.5 3 1.9 71.8 182.9 109.7 292.6 4.4 88 W. Virginia 509 1702 3.3 14 221 102 46.2 1789 8.1 22 10.0 6 2.7 43.7 141.8 149.1 290.9 4.6 85 Oklahoma 627 2311 3.7 17 122 51 41.8 1103 9.0 5 4.1 6 4.9 73.9 192.6 91.9 284.5 4.5 83 Auburn 544 2192 4.0 18 181 91 50.3 872 4.8 9 5.0 3 1.7 48.9 182.7 72.7 255.3 4.1 82 SMU 565 2225 3.9 20 147 55 37.4 728 5.0 6 4.1 1 0.7 39.2 185.4 60.7 246.1 4.0 84 Washington 438 1254 2.9 2 334 147 44.0 1459 4.4 19 5.7 6 1.8 39.2 104.5 121.6 226.1 3.5 81 Texas 499 1443 2.9 11 224 80 35.7 978 4.4 16 7.1 5 2.2 27.7 120.3 81.5 201.8 3.2 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 84 BYU 4796 1 84 BYU 399.7 1 83 Nebraska 356 2 83 Nebraska 4574 2 83 Nebraska 381.2 2 88 Notre Dame 329 3 85 Michigan 4210 3 85 Michigan 350.8 3 81 Clemson 322 4 86 Penn St 4129 4 86 Penn St 344.1 4 85 Michigan 307 5 87 Miami 3990 5 87 Miami 332.5 5 86 Penn St 302 Points/Game Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards 1 83 Nebraska 29.7 1 85 Oklahoma 627 1 83 Nebraska 3223 2 88 Notre Dame 27.4 2 80 Georgia 618 2 88 Notre Dame 2542 3 81 Clemson 26.8 3 83 Nebraska 615 3 85 Oklahoma 2311 4 85 Michigan 25.6 4 81 Clemson 581 4 86 Penn St 2232 5 86 Penn St 25.2 5 85 Michigan 581 5 82 SMU 2225 Rushing Yards/Game Rushing Touchdowns Rushing Average 1 83 Nebraska 268.6 1 83 Nebraska 36 1 83 Nebraska 5.2 2 88 Notre Dame 211.8 2 80 Georgia 24 2 88 Notre Dame 4.4 3 85 Oklahoma 192.6 3 88 Notre Dame 23 3 87 Florida St 4.2 4 86 Penn St 186.0 4 86 Penn St 23 4 83 Auburn 4.0 5 82 SMU 185.4 5 81 Clemson 23 5 82 SMU 3.9 Rushing Touchdown% Pass Attempts Pass Completions 1 83 Nebraska 5.9 1 84 BYU 510 1 84 BYU 284 2 86 Penn St 4.0 2 81 Pittsburgh 389 2 81 Pittsburgh 213 3 88 Notre Dame 4.0 3 87 Miami 339 3 87 Miami 203 4 81 Clemson 4.0 4 84 Washington 334 4 85 Michigan 167 5 80 Georgia 3.9 5 87 Florida St 329 5 87 Florida St 159 Passing Yards Pass Yards/Game Passing Int's 1 84 BYU 3474 1 84 BYU 289.5 1 86 Penn St 3 2 81 Pittsburgh 2480 2 81 Pittsburgh 206.7 2 83 Nebraska 4 3 87 Miami 2448 3 87 Miami 204.0 3 80 Georgia 4 4 85 Michigan 2122 4 85 Michigan 176.8 4 85 Oklahoma 5 5 86 Penn St 1897 5 86 Penn St 158.1 5 84 BYU 6 Passing TD's Yards/Pass Attempt Yards/Completion 1 84 BYU 29 1 85 Oklahoma 9.0 1 85 Oklahoma 21.6 2 85 Michigan 15 2 81 Clemson 8.3 2 88 W. Virgini 17.5 3 81 Pittsburgh 15 3 80 Georgia 8.2 3 80 Georgia 17.3 4 86 Penn St 13 4 86 Penn St 8.2 4 81 Clemson 16.0 5 87 Miami 13 5 88 W. Virgini 8.1 5 88 Notre Dame 14.8 Passing Comp% Passing Int% Passing TD% 1 85 Michigan 63.5 1 84 BYU 1.2 1 83 Nebraska 5.8 2 87 Miami 59.9 2 86 Penn St 1.3 2 85 Michigan 5.7 3 86 Penn St 57.8 3 83 Nebraska 2.1 3 84 BYU 5.7 4 84 BYU 55.7 4 80 Georgia 2.5 4 86 Penn St 5.6 5 81 Pittsburgh 54.8 5 85 Michigan 3.4 5 81 Clemson 5.4 Times Sacked Sack% Passing Rating 1 88 Notre Dame 9 1 84 Washington 4.0 1 86 Penn St 97.6 2 85 Oklahoma 10 2 88 Notre Dame 4.2 2 85 Michigan 93.4 3 84 Washington 14 3 81 Pittsburgh 4.4 3 84 BYU 90.9 4 86 Penn St 15 4 84 BYU 4.9 4 83 Nebraska 83.9 5 81 Clemson 15 5 87 Miami 5.3 5 87 Miami 80.1 First Downs Fumbles Penalties 1 84 BYU 269 1 81 Pittsburgh 13 1 86 Penn St 57 2 83 Nebraska 252 2 87 Florida St 15 2 81 Clemson 57 3 85 Michigan 230 3 84 Washington 15 3 85 Oklahoma 57 4 86 Penn St 222 4 88 Notre Dame 16 4 83 Auburn 59 5 87 Miami 216 5 83 Nebraska 20 5 84 Washington 63