Sentences with phrase «yard line last»

Side note: NFL offenses used 3 or more WRs roughly 64 % of all plays outside of the opponents 10 yard line last season.

Not exact matches

But at least one rule change appears to have improved the numbers: touchbacks have only resulted in 17 to 20 concussions over the last several years, about half the injuries compared with pre-2011 seasons when that play moved the ball to the 20 - yard rather than 25 - yard line.

The piles of hurricane debris that lined US - 1 for months were finally cleared last month, eliminating 2.5 million cubic yards of garbage that towered over the only road connecting the Keys to the Florida mainland.

In all, 11 of the league's 14 teams returned a vast majority of last year's passing yards, nine returned at least half of their rushing yards (10 if you include Missouri with the return from injury of Henry Josey), and eight returned at least half of their offensive line starts.

Houston's excellent offensive line is second only to its defense, which finished behind New York by 12 yards last season.

Last Tuesday, Roddy White, a Duke fan, told a fan on Twitter that if # 14 Mercer beat his Blue Devils, he'd give him «season tickets 50 yard line first row.»

None of the three actually did much damage — Howe and Pinnix averaged just 3.8 yards per carry last year, and Scott averaged 4.9 in 2016 — but they're more experienced now, and they... might have a stable line?

Brooks recently rewatched tape of a play against South Carolina last season in which Mahelona flew through the line of scrimmage after the snap, his body practically parallel to the ground, and wrapped up running back Daccus Turman five yards deep in the backfield.

The former Bulldog had 17 runs of 20 or more yards last season, and Turner, who is sensitive to criticism he believes is unwarranted, may try to make the point that the running game's struggles were about Tomlinson's declining skills more than they were about his play - calling, the offensive line or some other factor.

Fast - forward a month, and Ball is averaging 90 yards a game (he left last week's game in the second quarter with a head injury), O'Brien has been benched for a redshirt freshman and first - year offensive line coach Mike Markuson has been fired.

Baltimore actually made it all the way down to the Steelers» 28 - yard line on their last play before the two - minute warning.

On the last play of the game a Zorn scramble was stopped two yards short of the goal line, and Seattle lost 27 - 20.

Chiefs wide receiver Frankie Hammond, who is technically in his first season even though he spent time on their practice squad last year, is listed as having caught the ball on the 0 - yard line.

Perhaps the most thrilling game ever played in Palmer was in 1981 against Yale, won in the last four seconds when Tigers quarterback Bob Holly, who had already passed for an Ivy League - record 501 yards, scored on a keeper from the one - yard line.

Quarterback Jason Gesser (199 of 375 for 3,010 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2001), wide receiver Mike Bush (46 receptions, 20.8 yards per catch) and four starters on the line return to an offense that last season averaged 35 points per game.

Last season the league's competition committee voted to move the extra point from the 2 - yard line to the 15 - yard line, which caused an uptick in missed extra points.

The fifth - year veteran has improved steadily every year and posted an incredible stat line last season with over 4,000 passing yards and a 34:8 touchdown to interception ratio.

King, who'll get ample protection from an offensive line anchored by two All - SWC selections, center Chris Jackson and guard Andrew Campbell, will throw often to wide receiver Ron Morris, a potential game - breaker who had 41 catches for 688 yards last fall.

Last year Auburn had a way of letting drives stall inside the opponents» 30 - yard line.

Trailing the Washington Federals 16 - 13 with 4:06 left to play last Saturday, the Oklahoma Outlaws took over at their own seven - yard line.

Landry, meanwhile, was third - to - last among qualifying receivers in yards at catch; on average, he got the ball 4.4 yards away from the line of scrimmage.

That said, the last time New England lost in the playoffs, they made two early mistakes (a first quarter missed PAT kick, and a second quarter Brady interception that set Denver up on the Patriot 16 yard line) that tilted the game against them.

A big personal foul would get the Chippewas into the Hawkeye end of the field, and Radcliff would run the ball to the Iowa 30 yard line before using the Chippewas» last time out.

Facing a 4 — 4 Indiana team a week after escaping from East Lansing with a last - play win (the Hawkeyes beat Michigan State on Stanzi's seven - yard TD connection to McNutt as time expired), Iowa needed that pair of clutch bombs from its quarterback, a slew of favorable calls from the officials and — with the Hoosiers leading 21 — 7 and lining up two yards from another touchdown in the third quarter — a miraculous interception in which the ball ricocheted four times among three players before landing in the hands of Iowa safety Tyler Sash, who dashed 86 yards for a touchdown.

Arkansas passed on seven of its last nine first downs; those seven passes netted this passing line: 2 - for - 7 for 17 yards and an interception.

In their last three November games, they beat Georgia via tipped prayer, they beat Alabama by returning a missed field goal 109 yards as time expired, and they beat Ole Miss by recovering two fourth - quarter fumbles near their goal line.

Last year's rule change that moved PAT kicks from the 2 - yard line to the 15 - year line slightly increases the value of several key numbers, but that's a story for a different day.

How about you ask Christian Hackenberg if his face is still imprinted at the 50 - yard line of Lincoln Financial Field from last year's Temple ass - whippin» of Penn State.

AJ McCarron's line against LSU was just about a 10th of his seasonal stat line entering last week (145 - for - 209, 1,862 passing yards, 16 TDs), and it was boring.

Origi has scored five goals in his last five games leading the Liverpool line, quickly establishing himself as a fan favourite with his willingness to also put in the hard yards.

San Francisco is averaging 4.2 yards per rush behind a revamped offensive line, while the Niners have held Mario Bates of New Orleans and Lawrence Phillips of St. Louis to a combined 45 yards... The latest shot fired in the NFL versus Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Last week Jones signed a three - year contract with Nortel, a telecommunications company, to create a Cowboys home page on the World Wide Web.

Last season with the Cowboys, running back DeMarco Murray rushed for 1,845 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns behind arguably the best offensive line in football.

Last season Cook ran for 1691 yards and 19 touchdowns, and the Seminoles will return essentially the same offensive line.

Kentucky QB Stephen Johnson ran in the go - ahead touchdown from 11 yards out with 33 seconds left, and Guarantano's last - gasp Hail Mary was hauled in three yards short of the goal line.

In an amazing coincidence, SCORECARD in that same Jan. 18 issue carried an item on a high school game between Shawnee Mission (Kans.) South and Shawnee Mission West that parallels this situation: The «winning» quarterback took the final snap on his opponent's 40 - yard line and then, without downing the ball, retreated toward his own goal line, waiting for the last five seconds of the game to elapse.

In his first career start last weekend, rookie quarterback Zach Mettenberger provided a silver lining in Tennessee's 30 - 16 loss to Houston by passing for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns.

I remember last year Clemson had the ball leading in the fourth quarter at about the 50 yard line and went three and out, opening the door for Bama to come running back into the game.

Bryant could wind up running the majority of his routes against Ross Cockrell, who was partially responsible for Bryant's 6 -116-1 line in Pittsburgh last season — which was the last time he eclipsed 100 yards in a regular season game.

Last week ended with landscapers, who were fixing some drainage issues in our yard, cutting our internet / cable / phone lines.

The weather around here has been so crazy that we actually had a 40 ′ tree in our yard fall into the power lines last week (if you follow me on Instagram, you've seen this — maybe a lot of it!)