Where Josh Heupel’s offense ranks nationally in 2022
Tennessee defeated Clemson, 31-14, in the Capital One Orange Bowl to conclude its 2022 season on Dec. 30.
Tennessee’s 2022 regular-season schedule featured home games against Ball State (W, 59-10), Akron (W, 63-6), Florida (W, 38-33), Alabama (W, 52-49), UT Martin (W, 65-24), Kentucky (W, 44-6) and Missouri (W, 66-24).
The Vols’ 2022 schedule featured road contests at Pittsburgh (W, 34-27 OT) in the second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic, LSU (W, 40-13), Georgia (L, 27-13), South Carolina (L, 63-38) and Vanderbilt (W, 56-0).
Following the conclusion of the 2022 season with Georgia defeating TCU, 65-7, in the College Football Playoff national championship game, Vols Wire looks at Josh Heupel’s offense by the numbers.
Tennessee’s offensive statistics in 2022 are listed below.
Points
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599 (second nationally)
Points per game average
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46.1 (first nationally)
Touchdowns
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79 (first nationally)
Rushing touchdowns
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40 (third nationally)
Passing touchdowns
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38 (tied-sixth nationally)
Passing yards
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4,239 (seventh nationally)
Rushing yards
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2,593 (24th nationally)
Total yards
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6,832 (fourth nationally)
Yards per game
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525.5 (first nationally)