College Football

Sporting News, The, Nov 30, 1998

RELATED ARTICLE: TOTAL OFFENSE

                      TOP 5

School                 W-L     Plays     Yds.        YPG

1. Louisville          7-4       883     6156     559.64
2. Louisiana Tech      6-5       814     5954     541.27
3. Kentucky            7-4       911     5876     534.18
4. Nevada              6-5       869     5577     507.00
5. Ohio St.           10-1       853     5539     503.55

                BOTTOM 5

School                  W-L     Plays     Yds.        YPG

112. Northern Ill.      2-9       698     2676     243.27
111. UNLV              0-11       695     2808     255.27
110. North Texas        3-8       675     2844     258.55
119. Iowa               3-8       709     2935     266.82
118. Auburn             3-8       716     2972     270.18

TOTAL DEFENSE

                   TOP 5

School              W-L     Plays     Yds.       YPG

1. Florida St.     11-1       747     2578     214.8
2. Texas A&M       10-1       707     2759     250.8
3. Kansas St.      11-0       787     2768     251.6
4. Ohio St.        10-1       762     2835     257.7
5. Wisconsin       10-1       714     2973     270.3

                BOTTOM 5

School               W-L     Plays     Yds.       YPG

112. SW'ern La.      2-9       779     5607     509.7
111. Cincinnati      2-9       748     5328     484.4
110. Louisville      7-4       821     5287     480.6
109. Kent           0-11       767     5209     473.5
108. New Mex. St     3-8       791     5122     465.6

RELATED ARTICLE: NOTABLE NUMBERS

98: Number of yards covered in a TD run by Central Michigan's Eric Flowers in a 31-21 victory over Ball State, a school record.

79: An ACC-record number of receptions for NC State's Torry Holt.

40: Consecutive home wins by Florida State, achieved with a 23-12 victory over Florida.

35: Consecutive losses to top 10 opponents by Missouri in the last 17 years.

20: School-record winning streak by UCLA, the longest in the country.

3: Number of players ejected before kickoff in the FSU-Florida game.

.736: The NCAA-record completion percentage for Central Florida's Daunte Culpepper.