Miscellaneous Stats

[Carl Spackler]

Red Zone Possessions / score %
2008 52 / 77%
2009 49 / 84%
2010 49 / 88%
2011 36 / 89%
2012 32 / 85%
2013 33 / 85%
2014 13 / 54%

Turnover Margin
2008 -4 (25/29)
2009 +3 (25/22)
2010 +12 (31/19)
2011 +8 (31/23)
2012 -14 (12/26)
2013 -1 (24/25)
2014 -6 (5/11)

Penalties
2008 66/571
2009 51/386
2010 63/522
2011 63/502
2012 56/466
2013 56/490
2014 30/276

Scoring: team/opp
2008 24.9/19.8
2009 31.2/23.6
2010 26.4/22.0
2011 24.3/24.3
2012 17.8/19.8
2013 20.6/30.3
2014 14.8/28.4

Rushing (att/yds/td)
2008 556 - 2813 - 27
2009 528 - 2219 - 30
2010 501 - 2271 - 20
2011 466 - 1422 - 13
2012 419 - 1055 - 10
2013 387 - 1010 - 12
2014 173 - 390 - 1

Passing (att/yds/td/int)
2008 329 - 164 - 17 - 5
2009 375 - 214 - 13 - 16
2010 357 - 188 - 9 - 10
2011 359 - 182 - 9 - 14
2012 388 - 219 - 18 - 10
2013 439 - 241 - 18 - 16
2014 151 - 79 - 5 - 5



Sometimes numbers do tell stories. You think we would practice some offense regularly, over the next few weeks from the 30 yard line in.

 

[CTMike]

Woof.

 

[gioff23]

if stats don't lie,

• then we will exceed the high for red zone possessions under the prior regime- is that possible? Less than 4 RZ possessions per game is the new normal here?
• we need to asterisk the opponent ppg stat, as they are doing that agianst our offense!

I'd pass on red zone O and start testing the kids on the rules, because they don't understand them, and I'd figure out how to to gain more than 2.2 yards per rush. Because frankly if you can't gain more than 7 yards gross in a 3 down possession (net would include the now routine penalty added in), you don't need to stay awake wondering what happens when you get in to the red zone.

 

[jbdphi]

Red Zone Possessions / score %
2008 52 / 77%
2009 49 / 84%
2010 49 / 88%
2011 36 / 89%
2012 32 / 85%
2013 33 / 85%
2014 13 / 54%

Sometimes numbers do tell stories. You think we would practice some offense regularly, over the next few weeks from the 30 yard line in.

Lies, damn lies and statistics - ever heard that before? Red Zone Possession / Score % is a horrible metric to use since it rewards a team for taking a field goal. Especially when you have such a small sample size, it only takes a few anomalies to skew the results. Our last possession against Temple ended in the red zone and we could have called a time out, kicked a field goal but I don't think improving the statistic would make anyone feel better. Against BYU in the 4th quarter, I think we went for it twice on 4th down in the red zone when we were down multiple scores.

Adjust for those (assuming just kicked a field goal) and our % goes up to 77%. The damning thing is the decline in the number of opportunities where we got to the red zone over the previous three years. Horrific.

 

[uconnflyer88]

Lies, damn lies and statistics - ever heard that before? Red Zone Possession / Score % is a horrible metric to use since it rewards a team for taking a field goal. Especially when you have such a small sample size, it only takes a few anomalies to skew the results. Our last possession against Temple ended in the red zone and we could have called a time out, kicked a field goal but I don't think improving the statistic would make anyone feel better. Against BYU in the 4th quarter, I think we went for it twice on 4th down in the red zone when we were down multiple scores.

Adjust for those (assuming just kicked a field goal) and our % goes up to 77%. The damning thing is the decline in the number of opportunities where we got to the red zone over the previous three years. Horrific.

I would have taken 3 points over a pick six on the first possession

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I would have taken 3 points over a pick six on the first possession

I believe that everyone who understands football would as well.

 

[uconnflyer88]

I believe that everyone who understands football would as well.

It was a joke.

He said stats are skewed because teams will just settle for a FG...........ahhh nevermind

 

[jbdphi]

I would have taken 3 points over a pick six on the first possession

Yeah, I got the joke. But that statistic basically measures your combined turnovers and crappy kickers as opposed to "efficiency" in the red zone.

And yes, I certainly would have taken the FG over a pick 6. But that drive ended with us on the Temple 21 yard line - so it didn't qualify as red zone I don't think. The series later in the half where we recovered the muffed punt and Puyol missed the 45 yd FG did qualify however.