"Field position" refers to the location on a playing field where a team begins their offensive possessions or where they defend against their opponents. It indicates the starting point for a team's offensive or defensive plays.
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That way the team that completely went overboard celebrating still gets penalized with
bad field position.
Players typically kick the ball to a teammate in an effort to advance it or to the opposing team to obtain relief from
poor field position.
Field position doesn't appear to hold the key to what went wrong with the offense, so we'll transition to looking at different types of drives.
Finally, we seek to
control field position and give our opponent a long field to work with on each drive (7th in average opponent starting position).
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The return score provided a cushion, as did a somewhat lucky plus - 2 turnover margin, a 2.5 - yard
field position advantage, and far more success at finishing drives.
On their following drive, the Lancers had to punt from their own end zone and the Spartans ended up having
great field position starting at the Lancers 27 yard line.
Plus, despite extreme defensive efficiency, special teams has led to Clemson ranking just 68th
in field position margin.
Rutgers took advantage of good
field position on its next possession, starting at Maryland's 49 and knocking in a 50 - yard field goal (the program's first since 2012) to take a 10 - 7 lead.
It probably isn't a surprise that both Alabama and LSU tend to create
excellent field position for their defenses; on average, opponents begin drives against Alabama at the 27.1 (19th in FBS) and against LSU at the 27.4 (26th).
The fast starts continued for Florida Atlantic as Sharrod Neasman quickly intercepted Grammer in great
field position for the Owls.
The rest of the special teams unit was forgettable — decent returns, below average place - kicking and kickoffs — but in Davidson, the Falcons boast one of the best
field position weapons in the conference.
Wisconsin took advantage of great
field position at the end of the first half after Nick Nelson's 20 - yard return.
The Tide won by 13 on the road, moved the ball much better than its opponent, and won the punting and
field position game by a country mile.
Even with a dreadfully inefficient pass defense (in a pass - heavy conference), the combination offensive firepower and a couple of huge legs nearly made Oklahoma State the best
field position team in the country last year.
The first of those sacks directly led to points and the second helped
flip field position for the Panthers offense, giving it the ball back at the 40 - yard line and leading to a field goal.
On average, each turnover is worth about 4.5 points in
field position lost by Team A and gained by Team B.
Punting also favors TCU, so barring turnover pandemonium I'd expect the Horned Frogs to
win field position in this one.
So in the end, both teams will try the same thing: Run the ball,
play field position, try forcing turnovers and make enough plays at the quarterback position.
It was scooped up by Vikings tight end David Morgan at the 20 and returned 18 yards to the 38, setting up Minnesota with
decent field position.
The Horned Frogs are being done in by a devastating level of attrition and injury, while opponent adjustments and a small sample of non-garbage time plays (plus a shaky special teams unit that is creating
field position disadvantages) have left us with an unclear picture of Baylor's capabilities.
They promptly squandered their good
field position when Jags quarterback Blake Bortles threw an interception on the second play of the drive.
You're just wasting a good return man like Likely if you're allowing the same returns and
field position bumps that Likely is providing you.
In the third quarter, Pitt was dealt
terrible field position after Quadree Henderson caught a punt using a fair catch on the 5 - yard line.
In this period, the Utes are 14 - 8 in one - possession games; they keep the score manageable,
dominate field position, make aggressive defensive plays when they need to, and win close games.
Florida State's defense made it difficult for the Wolfpack for the rest of the 4th quarter, but a blocked punt with 2:34 to go set N.C. State up with
fantastic field position.
They finished ninth in the league in scoring but only because the defense scored six touchdowns and often gave the Chiefs the ball in
favorable field position.
Three TDs equals 7 FGs and may result and probably will result in a greater TOP but the 3 TDs results in a better points per drive or points per 100 yds., a better TD to FG ratio and converting 3rd downs will result in more scoring opportunities or at least
improving field position.
While Gostkowski missed yet another extra point in what has been an uneven season for New England's star kicker on scoring plays, he has retained much of his effectiveness on kickoffs and created
valuable field position for the Patriots» defense in Sunday's second half.
One teacher played football so often that she made a felt board for the gridiron with a felt football so she could make changes in
field position more easily.
Bryant was confident his defense could hold them and get the ball back with good
enough field position for a field goal.
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