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Ranking the Passing and Rushing Offenses of the Modern OSU Era

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December 5, 2023 at 4:02pm
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So in my subjective mind, the modern era of OSU football starts with Meyer's 2012 team, when Miller became the FT starter and we abandoned Tressel ball.

So i went back and looked up each team's rushing and passing offenses and ranked them against each other. 

In an attempt to mitigate the usage factor I went with YPC for rushing and QB Eff for passing

Lets start with rushing

1 - 2013 - 6.8 YPC - an astonishing number looking back now, every person who carried the ball 10 times or more averaged 5.3 YPV or better with Hyde, Miller, Hall and even Kenny G getting into the act

2 - 2020 - 6.0 YPC - Sermon, Teague and Fields

3 - 2017 - 5.8 YPC - Dobbins, JT and Weber

4 - 2019 and 2014 tied - 5.7 YPC - '19 included Dobbins, Fields and Teague, '14 was of course Zeke and JT

6 - 2021 and 2015 tied - 5.6 YPC - '21 was Henderson, Williams and Teague, '15 was again Zeke

8 - 2016 - 5.5 YPC - Weber, JT and Samuel

9 - 2022 - 5.4 YPC - Henderson, Williams et al

10 - 2012 - 5.2 YPC - Miller and Hyde

11 - 2018 and 2023 tied - 4.3 YPC - it is astonishing how bad these 2 years are in comparison to all the rest. '18 was Dobbins and Weber, and of course this year of Henderson, Trayanum and Williams. These 2 units are nearly a full YPC worse than any other in the last 12 years

Now passing, these numbers are rounded estimates that include all pass atts

1 - 2021 - 185 - Stroud

2 - 2019 - 180 - Fields

3 - 2022 - 177 - Stroud

4 - 2020 - 176 - Fields

5 - 2018 - 175 - Haskins - 5 different years all above 175 and all in the 5 years before this one

6 - 2014 - 168 - JT

7 - 2017 - 163 - JT

8 - 2023 - 161 - McCord - falls right in the middle of the other 7 season before the last 5

9 - 2013 - 160 - Miller

10 - 2012 and 2015 Tied - 140 Miller and JT/Cardale

12 - 2016 - 135 - JT

Combine ranks

1 - 2019 and 2020 Tied - combined score of 6 with Fields combined with Dobbins, Sermon and Teague

3 - 2021 -  combined 7 - Stroud with Henderson, Williams and Teague

4 - 2013, 2014 and 2017 tied - combined 10 - Miller and Zeke, JT and Zeke vs JT Dobbins and Weber

7 - 2022 - combined 12 - Stroud, Henderson and Williams

8 - 2015 -combined 15 - JT/Cardale and Zeke

9 - 2018 - combined 17 - Haskins, Dobbins and Weber

10- 2023 - combined 19 - McCord, Henderson, Trayanum and Williams

11 - 2012 and 2016 tied - 20 combined - Miller and Hyde vs JT, Weber and Samuel

 

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