College football

Spurrier primer

The Ol' Head Ball Coach is back in the SEC and taking on his old team, the Gators. Each day, we look at a different aspect of him.

By Times staff writers
Published November 12, 2005

When Spurrier became coach at Florida in 1990, the SEC was a smash-mouthed, run-oriented league. He changed all that with his Fun 'n' Gun offense.

Sixteen of the top 17 team season-scoring totals in the SEC came after 1989, with Spurrier's Gators holding five of the top six.

All of the top-10 passing yards for a season and passing yards per game totals came after 1992.

None of the top-10 rushing seasons or rushing yards per game came after 1985.

First team since NCAA began keeping statistics in 1937 to score more than 500 points in four consecutive seasons*:

1993: 513

1994: 538

1995: 558

1996: 611

*includes bowl games

"College offenses about this time were starting to change across the country," former SEC commissioner Roy Kramer told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "(Spurrier) brought that concept into the SEC. He was so innovative, all of his ideas and his daring calls offensively."

Information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was used in this report.

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