The Tigers ranked second in kick
return success rate (Tony Pollard averaged 28.1 yards per
return with two scores), fourth in
kickoff success rate (68 percent of Jake Elliott's kicks were touchbacks), fifth in punt
success rate (Spencer Smith averaged a booming 45.1 yards per kick), and 16th in field goal efficiency (Elliott made an incredible 12 of 15 field goals longer than 40 yards).
The Minutemen ranked a ghastly 125th in Special Teams S&P +; Logan Laurent and Mike Caggiano combined to make just six of 10 under - 40 field goals, only 14 percent of Caggiano's
kickoffs reached the end zone, and while Laurent's punts were long enough (41.6 yard average), opponents were able to
return enough of them to render the Minutemen just 95th in punt
success rate.