Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I thought it would be fun to check out the current stats of the teams on our schedule. Some have said that the Oregon win has lost its lustre already. 3 or 4 games isn't a large sample size, but it should be interesting anyway: (I'm not going to cherry-pick stats that further a narrative, but I'm also not going to look at every stat) First up, Total Offense Rank / Team / YPG / vs Nebraska 10 Ohio State 12 Oregon / 536 / 482 16 Indiana 26 Purdue 30 Nebraska / 485 45 Maryland 64 Minnesota 75 Wisconsin 79 Wyoming / 398 / 320 92 Illinois 98 Fresno State / 364 / 274 101 Iowa 105 Northwestern / 348 / 388 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Scoring Offense Rank / Team / PPG / Vs Nebraska 3 Ohio State / 57 26 Oregon / 42 / 32 29 Maryland 33 Minnesota 38 Nebraska / 39 60 Wyoming / 32 / 17 63 Wisconsin 65 Indiana 66 Iowa 69 Purdue 76 Illinois 80 Rutgers 98 Fresno State / 25 / 10 125 Northwestern / 16 / 13 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Rushing Offense: Rank/Team/Rush Yds/ vs Huskers 7 Ohio State 8 Oregon / 276 / 336 11 Maryland 22 Nebraska 242 31 Minnesota 58 Wisconsin 60 Indiana 61 Wyoming 182 / 131 68 Purdue 86 Iowa 88 Illinois 116 Fresno State 115 / 31 119 Northwestern 108 / 137 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Passing Offense: 13 Indiana 21 Purdue 45 Oregon / 260 / 146 52 Fresno State / 249 / 243 56 Nebraska / 243 61 Northwestern / 240 / 251 62 Ohio State 70 Wisconsin 73 Illinois 77 Wyoming / 217 / 189 95 Minnesota 98 Iowa 102 Maryland 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Total Defense 12 Wisconsin 14 Ohio State 36 Minnesota 38 Indiana 40 Illinois 47 Iowa 48 Maryland 50 Nebraska 366 68 Purdue 94 Northwestern / 435 / 556 97 Wyoming / 444 / 550 99 Oregon / 450 / 428 105 Fresno State / 457 / 406 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Scoring Defense 7 Wisconsin 9 Ohio State 11 Iowa 22T Maryland 22T Northwestern / 17 / 24 25 Nebraska / 18 41 Indiana 56 Minnesota 60 Purdue 79 Illinois 97 Oregon / 33 / 35 102 Wyoming / 34 / 52 112 Fresno State / 37 / 43 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Rush Defense 10 Wisconsin 19 Ohio State 34 Minnesota 41 Indiana 58 Wyoming / 146 / 138 68 Maryland 70 Illinois 71 Nebraska / 159 80 Purdue 84 Northwestern / 178 / 310 86 Iowa 91 Oregon / 193 / 228 122 Fresno State / 263 / 292 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 It's interesting looking at the numbers. One thing that really eschews things is that with 4 of those teams, we are 25% of the data base against them while being 0% for the other. Take Total defense. All four of our opponents so far are at the very bottom. Is that because they played us? Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Pass Defense 24 Ohio State 31 Iowa 34 Fresno State / 194 / 114 39 Wisconsin 40 Illinois 50 Nebraska / 207 52 Maryland 58 Purdue 60 Indiana 68 Minnesota 92 Northwestern / 258 / 246 95 Oregon / 258 / 200 117 Wyoming / 298 / 412 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 It's interesting looking at the numbers. One thing that really eschews things is that with 4 of those teams, we are 25% of the data base against them while being 0% for the other. Take Total defense. All four of our opponents so far are at the very bottom. Is that because they played us? I was wondering that too. I think that we have been a major contributor to Northwestern's low defensive ranking. Our offense seems to become more and more productive every week. With Fresno and Wyoming, I think they are just really bad on defense. With Oregon, we took them out of their game with ball control. They always are ranked low on defensive yards because of the large number of plays in the game. Our next opponent is the opposite of Northwestern on defense. Northwestern allows yards but not scores, limiting big plays. Illinois is much better on limiting yards, but not scores. They might be more susceptible to the "big play". As Riley has already mentioned. Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Here are a few "cherry picked" stats. These are the stats we are in the top-20: Interceptions: #4 Passes had intercepted: #6 Turnover Margin: #8 Pass yds per completion: #12 Sacks allowed: #14 Time of Possession: #17 Red Zone Defense: #18 Pass Eff. Defense: #19 Tackles For Loss Allowed:#20 These offensive stats point to an efficient offense that moves the chains, IMO. Tommy's mobility helps with the TFL and sack numbers, too. I can't pin down our defensive identity. we are way more balanced, I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I don't recall NW putting up 500+ usa of offense Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Everyone hates on our pass d but the stats show we are solid there. This may be mostly the offenses we have faced but we also did a fair job against Oregon Quote Link to comment
Bowfin Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 A #50 ranking on defense isn't really that good, considering that was Wyoming and Fresno State...might as well add Northwestern. The hill gets a lot steeper. Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 I don't recall NW putting up 500+ usa of offenseThat was what our offense put up on their defense. 100 more than their average. Quote Link to comment
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