Comparing defensive stats and rankings From 1999 to 2018 and the winner is.......

[99jc]

1999 2018

Scoring Defense
13.5 12.0
ranked 5th in NCAA #1 NCAA


Rushing Defense
66.9 yards per game 104.3 yards per game
Ranked #1 in NCAA Ranked # 10 in NCAA

Pass defense
1712 yards allowed 1970 yards allowed
ranked #4 NCAA Ranked # 8 NCAA

Total Defense
222 yards per game 268.4 yards per game
NCAA Ranked #1 NCAA ranked #3


Just to note the 1999 stats are on 11 games

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Total D is wrong- we're only #3 in the country if you don't add in the defensive disasters USCe and Michigan had. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22

That's the official link, notice that their 12th games haven't been included like ours has

[Really Clark?]

It will be a good debate. Honestly for me, this is the best defense when considering the opponents, offensive schemes of today, and the rules toward contact and offensive bias (the 1999 defense wouldn’t be deep enough either to handle all of the ejections each game)