beorach
Special Teams Player
It's tough to pick on the Illini so I'll just get right to it. As a reminder, the stats I'm calculating z-scores (and then percentiles listed below) for were from games between conference teams only. Nebraska's games against Colorado, Troy, and Bethune-Cookman haven't been included. That goes for all the teams listed in this thread.
passing defense
completions per game: 11th percentile (NU) to 56th percentile (Illini)
percentage: 56 to 31
yards per attempt: 42 to 8
touchdowns per game: 47 to 6
rating: 51 to 11
yards per game: 8 to 21
passing offense
completions per game: 78 to 18
percentage: 84 to 19
yards per attempt: 64 to 24
touchdowns per game: 44 to 27
rating: 65 to 18
yards per game: 75 to 16
rushing defense
yards per game: 27 to 2
touchdowns per game: 6 to 2
yards per carry: 17 to 3
rushing offense
yards per game: 71 to 93
touchdowns per game: 77 to 77
yards per carry: 80 to 99
scoring defense
touchdowns per game: 12 to 2
points per game: 9 to 3
scoring offense
touchdowns per game: 61 to 49
points per game: 57 to 57
total defense
yards per play: 19 to 3
yards per game: 8 to 2
plays per game: 15 to 28
total offense
yards per play: 80 to 85
yards per game: 87 to 63
plays per game: 70 to 13
turnover margin
fumbles gained per game: 30 to 30
interceptions gained per game: 50 to 78
turnovers gained per game: 37 to 61
fumbles lost per game: 34 to 51
interceptions lost per game: 65 to 13
turnovers lost per game: 51 to 17
turnover margin per game: 41 to 34
EDIT: I had my calculated spread here but I forgot we're going to their house (so things didn't change as much as I thought they had). Pssht, Google was just misleading me so I do want to report I calculated a -10.5 for NU. If you google Nebraska football, it'll bring up the schedule and show Illinois listed second. I don't know why. I think my spread calculation could be improved if I was to look at how teams' stats improved over more recent games instead of taking the whole season into account also. It's obvious we're playing better football now, for example.
passing defense
completions per game: 11th percentile (NU) to 56th percentile (Illini)
percentage: 56 to 31
yards per attempt: 42 to 8
touchdowns per game: 47 to 6
rating: 51 to 11
yards per game: 8 to 21
passing offense
completions per game: 78 to 18
percentage: 84 to 19
yards per attempt: 64 to 24
touchdowns per game: 44 to 27
rating: 65 to 18
yards per game: 75 to 16
rushing defense
yards per game: 27 to 2
touchdowns per game: 6 to 2
yards per carry: 17 to 3
rushing offense
yards per game: 71 to 93
touchdowns per game: 77 to 77
yards per carry: 80 to 99
scoring defense
touchdowns per game: 12 to 2
points per game: 9 to 3
scoring offense
touchdowns per game: 61 to 49
points per game: 57 to 57
total defense
yards per play: 19 to 3
yards per game: 8 to 2
plays per game: 15 to 28
total offense
yards per play: 80 to 85
yards per game: 87 to 63
plays per game: 70 to 13
turnover margin
fumbles gained per game: 30 to 30
interceptions gained per game: 50 to 78
turnovers gained per game: 37 to 61
fumbles lost per game: 34 to 51
interceptions lost per game: 65 to 13
turnovers lost per game: 51 to 17
turnover margin per game: 41 to 34
EDIT: I had my calculated spread here but I forgot we're going to their house (so things didn't change as much as I thought they had). Pssht, Google was just misleading me so I do want to report I calculated a -10.5 for NU. If you google Nebraska football, it'll bring up the schedule and show Illinois listed second. I don't know why. I think my spread calculation could be improved if I was to look at how teams' stats improved over more recent games instead of taking the whole season into account also. It's obvious we're playing better football now, for example.
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