Husker Opponents Stastistical Rankings

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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

 
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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

 
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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

 
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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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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?

 
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

 
BigRedBuster said:
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?
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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.

 
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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.

 
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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

 
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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.

 
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