Option Offense Playbooks

1975 University of Alabama Offense

The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 18th year. They finished season with eleven wins and one loss (11–1 overall, 6–0 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a victory over Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.

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1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers Offense

Coached by Tom Osborne, this team was nicknamed "The Scoring Explosion," for its prolific offense, which is still widely considered one of the greatest in college football history. The team and some of its individual players set several NCAA statistical records, some of which still stand. Nebraska scored a total of 654 points on the season.

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1995 Hawaii Spread Option

Hawaii rushed for 2688 yards averaging 224 per game in 1995 with this offense.

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1995 Air Force Offense

Fisher DeBerry's Falcons rushed for 3661 yards and put up 30.8 points per game on their way to the Western Athletic Conference title in 1995.

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1996 Nebraska RB Playbook

Behind a prolific offense, Osborne's Cornhuskers participated in the very first Big 12 Championship Game by winning the North Division. They were upset by the unranked winners of the South Division, Texas. They played in the Orange Bowl where they beat Virginia Tech.

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1996 Rice University Spread Option

Ken Hadfield's Rice Owls rushed for 3,359 yards during their 1996 campaign.

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1997 Army Flexbone Offense

Coached by Bob Sutton, the Army Black Knights rushed for 2,775 during the 1997 season.

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1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers Offense

Coached by Tom Osborne, Nebraska won their third national championship in four seasons. Behind this offense, they gained 4,711 yards on the ground and put up 47.1 points per game.

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1998 Air Force Flexbone

Fisher DeBerry's Falcons ran the flexbone to a 12-1 record and beat Washington in the Oahu Bowl in 1998. They rushed for 2,628 yards that season.

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1999 Syracuse University Freeze Option

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2002 West Virginia Offense

The 2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with a 9–4 record and traveled to the Continental Tire Bowl. They finished with a ranking of 25/20.

WVU's 9–4 record marked the biggest one-season turnaround in Big East Conference history, after posting a 3–8 record the previous season.

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Arkansas Wishbone Offense

Ken Hatfield's Razorbacks put up a 55-17-1 record and back-to-back Southwest Conference titles in the 80's behind this offense.

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2005 West Virginia Offense

The 2005 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with an 11–1 record. The Mountaineers won their third consecutive Big East Title with a conference record of 7–0. They ended the season with a 38–35 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia.

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