Scoring and players per game were down in major college football last season to their lowest levels since 2011.
A year-by-year look at scoring and plays per game (official NCAA statistics):
Plays per game:
2005 - 67.7
2006 - 64.0
2007 - 71.9
2008 - 67.6
2009 - 67.7
2010 - 68.4
2011 - 69.8
2012 - 71.5
2013 - 71.8
2014 - 71.9
2015 - 71.5
2016 - 71.6
2017 - 69.9
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Points per game per team:
2005 - 27.1
2006 - 24.4
2007 - 28.4
2008 - 27.1
2009 - 27.1
2010 - 28.0
2011 - 28.3
2012 - 29.5
2013 - 29.5
2014 - 29.4
2015 - 29.0
2016 - 30.2
2017 - 28.8
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