To my eye, Matthews's incompletions ballooned from 89 to 143, and his interceptions increased by 50%.
I also think that the completion percentage is incorrect. 239 divided by 328 looks more like 72.9%.
The first clue is that he had more completions in fewer attempts in 1990, yet the completion % remains relatively unchanged.
-Zeb
On May 7, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Woody wrote:
Shane Matthews
1990: Completed 239 of 328 passes (60.6 percent) for 2,962 yards with 23 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He was a consensus All-SEC first-team pick and was the league's player of the year after posting four of the top 10 single-game passing totals in SEC history.
1991: Completed 218 of 361 passes (60.4 percent) for 3,130 yards with 28 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. He was a consensus All-SEC first-team pick and was the league's Player of the Year again -- becoming just the fifth player in SEC history to earn that honor twice. He set 14 school and five SEC records.
Matthews was certainly better in his second season, which was also coach Steve Spurrier's second season in Gainesville. Spurrier and Matthews shredded the SEC and established the Gators as a program that would annually compete for the national championship.
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