What was the best FCS Offense in History?

[GaSouthern]

Pick from the top 10 scoring teams... xthumbsupx

[GaSouthern]

Others of note...

593 Idaho 1993
584 Georgia Southern 1989
584 Florida A&M 1999
570 Delaware 2000
569 Stephen F. Austin TX 1989
564 Georgia Southern 2004
560 Marshall WV 1994
555 Delaware 2003
546 Nevada-Reno 1991
543 Delaware 2007
537 Montana 1999
535 Montana 2004
534 James Madison 2008
533 Montana 2001
531 Nevada-Reno 1986
530 Southern Illinois 2007
529 Grambling State 2005
528 Massachusetts 1998
528 Appalachian State 2006

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

1987 Holy Cross Lockbaum's Sr. year- 511
34, 40, 63, 49, 62, 48, 41, 51, 41, 40, 39

[Gil Dobie]

Need to know how these teams did against great defenses.

[DSUrocks07]

1999 Georgia Southern Schedule:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/schedules/1999/team/ggh/

[DSUrocks07]

1996 Marshall Schedule:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football_team

[DSUrocks07]

1998 Georgia Southern Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Georgia-Southern-Eagles-Football-1998/schedule

[Skjellyfetti]

1999 Georgia Southern Schedule:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/schedules/1999/team/ggh/

Sat. Oct 16 12:30 p.m. at Appalachian St. 16-17 L

xbowx

xhurrayx

[DSUrocks07]

1995 Montana Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Montana-Grizzlies-Football-1995/schedule

[DSUrocks07]

2007 App State Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Appalachian-State-Mountaineers-Football-2007/schedule

[DSUrocks07]

1996 Montana Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Montana-Grizzlies-Football-1996/schedule

[grizband]

Notable scores from the two Montana teams:

1995:
Boise State W 54-28
Eastern Washington 63-7

playoffs:
Eastern Kentucky W 48-0
Georgia Southern W 45-0
Stephen F Austin W 70-614
Marshall W 22-20

1996:
Oregon State W 35-14

playoffs:
Nicholls State W 48-3
East Tennessee State W 44-14
Troy W 70-7

[DSUrocks07]

1984 Mississippi Valley State Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Mississippi-Valley-State-Delta-Devils-Football-1984/schedule

[HenZoneNation]

The 1996 Marshall team was hands down the BEST offense ever...we had an All-American safety named Kenny Bailey and he literally jumped over him. No offense to ASU's 2007 or the two Geogia Southern teams...we had a pretty good defense that year and they beat us up pretty good.

[DSUrocks07]

1986 Georgia Southern Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Georgia-Southern-Eagles-Football-1986/schedule

[DSUrocks07]

1992 Marshall Schedule:
http://www.fanbase.com/Marshall-Thundering-Herd-Football-1992/schedule

[Go...gate]

1987 Holy Cross Lockbaum's Sr. year- 511
34, 40, 63, 49, 62, 48, 41, 51, 41, 40, 39

You beat me to it!

[Skjellyfetti]

96 Marshall, 99 Georgia Southern, or 07 Appalachian.

SoCon bias. xnodx

[DSUrocks07]

1998 Florida A&M Schedule:
http://www.ncaapalace.com/component/sports/floridaam/ncaaf/pastseasons/1998

[tribefootballfan]

Not a fan of having the playoff games in the total number of points scored. Marshall played 15 games in 1996. Still like 43 per game. Still not a fan of counting playoff games in the same stat. Same with baseball, the stats get real big fast!

[Big Dawg]

That 1998 FAMU offense was DANGEROUS!!!

[CrunchGriz]

Not a fan of having the playoff games in the total number of points scored. Marshall played 15 games in 1996. Still like 43 per game. Still not a fan of counting playoff games in the same stat. Same with baseball, the stats get real big fast!

Probably the best way to do it would be to compare the average points scored per game. Then you could include playoff games if you wanted to. In fact, since playoff teams are thought to be, on the whole, better teams, those teams who show well against playoff foes should not be denied the scores from those games.

[CrunchGriz]

Looking at these numbers, it's pretty hard to argue against the best I-AA/FCS offensive matchup all-time:

Montana vs. Marshall in the '96 championship game. Both teams were 14-0 going into the championship game. Unfortunately, they had Randy Moss, and the Griz had no way to stop him.

[grizband]

Probably the best way to do it would be to compare the average points scored per game. Then you could include playoff games if you wanted to. In fact, since playoff teams are thought to be, on the whole, better teams, those teams who show well against playoff foes should not be denied the scores from those games.
I agree, especially considering Montana scored 70 points on two consecutive semi-final opponents in 1995 and 1996.

[catbob]

Notable scores from the two Montana teams:

1995:
Boise State W 54-28
Eastern Washington 63-7

playoffs:
Eastern Kentucky W 48-0
Georgia Southern W 45-0
Stephen F Austin W 70-614
Marshall W 22-20

1996:
Oregon State W 35-14

playoffs:
Nicholls State W 48-3
East Tennessee State W 44-14
Troy W 70-7

Good lord, I was even at that game (man was it freezing), but I could've sworn the Griz won, instead of losing by the biggest margin in the history of sports. xlolx

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

GSU's 1999 team was the best, HANDS DOWN.

49.25 ppg in four playoff games.
49.8 PPG for the whole season (could have been a lot more, but in 4 or 5 of the games the second string was int he game in the second quarter).
59 points in the NC (the most ever)
600+ total yards in the NC game
41 points and 498 yards total offense on a 7-5 Pac 10 team (App. in 2007 is the only FCS team to come close to doing that)

Sorry, but Marshall's 1996 offense wasn't quite that powerful.

[Ivytalk]

GSU's 1999 team was the best, HANDS DOWN.

49.25 ppg in four playoff games.
49.8 PPG for the whole season (could have been a lot more, but in 4 or 5 of the games the second string was int he game in the second quarter).
59 points in the NC (the most ever)
600+ total yards in the NC game
41 points and 498 yards total offense on a 7-5 Pac 10 team (App. in 2007 is the only FCS team to come close to doing that)

Sorry, but Marshall's 1996 offense wasn't quite that powerful.

I saw that team. Awesome.xnodx