For tomorrow’s story on the offense’s struggles (original topic, I know), I crunched a few numbers as I tried to compare the offense during coordinator Bryan Stinespring’s six season to the six seasons before Stinespring took over.

I wanted to try to calculate how many points per game the offense itself averaged—NOT counting defensive or special-teams touchdowns. Here’s what I came up with (these numbers might be off for a couple tenths, because I took averages of averages, if that makes sense) ...

Before Stinespring ...
1996—30.5
1997—26.9
1998—26.0
1999—36.7
2000—36.8
2001—28.5
The average of these years—30.9

With Stinespring ...
2002—27.1
2003—29.5
2004—27.6
2005—30.0
2006—23.1
2007—24.2
The average of these years—26.9

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A look at Tech’s national ranking in yards per game going back as far as the NCAA keeps these numbers on its Web site ...

2007—100
2006—99
2005—57
2004—65
2003—38
2002—64
2001—64
2000—20
1999—9

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And finally, a breakdown of last season’s offensive production (the touchdowns here are only those scored by the offense itself) ...

East Carolina—278 yards (one touchdown, one field goal)
Louisiana State—149 yards (one touchdown)
Ohio—473 yards (four touchdowns)
William and Mary—287 yards (three touchdowns, three field goals)
North Carolina—241 yards (two touchdowns, one field goal)
Clemson—219 yards (two touchdowns, two field goals)
Duke*—445 yards (five touchdowns, three field goals)
Boston College—265 yards (one touchdown, one field goal)
Georgia Tech—481 yards (three touchdowns, two field goals)
Florida State**—395 yards (four touchdowns, one field goal)
Miami—358 yards (five touchdowns, three field goals)
Virginia—430 yards (three touchdowns, four field goals)
Boston College—300 yards (three touchdowns)
Kansas—306 yards (two touchdowns)

*RT Ed Wang returns from broken ankle, solidifying the offensive line.
**Tech begins using a two-quarterback system with Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor, though Glennon is injured early in the second quarter against FSU.

Breaking it down further ...

First eight games—22 touchdowns, 13 field goals (24 points per game accounted for by offense)
Final six games—20 touchdowns, 10 field goals (28.2 points per game accounted for by offense)

Posted by Darryl Slater in • College Sports • Virginia Tech
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