Sentences with phrase «yards against a defense»

Against Georgia, the Gators rushed for 418 yards against a defense that had previously allowed just 105.1 yards per game.

Not exact matches

Their offense was decent, and aside from a late glitch against MTSU (the Blue Raiders only gained 368 yards against Illinois, but 153 came in two late touchdowns drives), the defense was impenetrable.

(Even with the way Michigan's defense was fading, scoring 41 points and averaging 5.9 yards per play is impressive against that unit.)

Of course, Royce Freeman averaged 6.8 yards per carry against this awesome defense last year.

Rare is the team that has enough time to let downfield passing plays develop against Georgia's defense, which ranks second nationally behind Alabama with just 5.58 yards allowed per pass attempt.

The 2017 No. 5 overall pick is in a prime position to bounce back against a Texans defense that's allowed an additional 6.1 points per game and 75.3 passing yards per game since losing J.J. Watt (leg, IR) and Whitney Mercilus (pec, IR) in Week 5.

Sunday's matchup against the Lions sets up well for Collins with the Ravens as 3 - point home favorites against a Lions defense that's allowed an additional 8.4 points per game and 76.2 rushing yards per game since losing defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (biceps, IR) in Week 5.

To be sure, 524 yards (6.6 per play) is impressive even if it comes against a mid-major defense; that Tennessee managed that against N.C. State was fantastic.

Alabama boasts the top rushing defense in the country, and Gallman struggled against the FBS» No. 2 unit when Boston College reduced him to a season - low 48 yards.

Against a Michigan defense that ranks second in the same category, Trace McSorley completed 17 of 26 passes for 282 yards, one touchdown, and one pick in the Nittany Lions» romp over the Wolverines.

Glasgow's absence was felt against the Hoosiers, who ran for a total of 307 - yards against the No. 1 ranked Wolverines defense.

He's been held to fewer than 4.4 yards per rush just once, against Boston College and the nation's top all - around defense.

In so doing, Oklahoma plowed up 307 yards rushing against a team that had been proud of its defense.

He laid particular waste to Texas Tech on Oct. 22, when he posted a stat line that's almost unbelievable, even against a lousy defense: 27 - of - 36 passing for 545 yards, seven touchdowns, and no interceptions.

Maryland (7 - 6) could only muster 222 total yards, including just eight yards on the ground against the Cardinal, which came into the game ranked second in the nation in scoring defense (16.0 points per game) and fourth in total yards allowed per game (287).

In all, Richardson managed to gain 89 yards — a solid accomplishment against this LSU defense — but the Tide were done in by big losses.

Texas» defense has allowed just 4.1 yards per play and allowed just 27 combined points in three games against teams not named BYU.

Against North Carolina, Duke lost the field position battle by an average of nine yards per possession, and a bend - don «t - break defense broke.

Against an aggressive Syracuse defense, Hackenberg completed 22 of 31 passes for 278 yards, two scores and two picks.

The Broncos also ended the regular season with the No. 3 defense in the league overall, not coincidentally because they ended the regular season as the No. 2 defense in the league against the run (surrendering just under 80 yards on the ground a game on average).

In San Francisco's 45 - 31 shootout victory against the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional round, Kaepernick threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns, while shredding Green Bay's defense with his legs, racking up 181 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

McGuire only had one breakout performance his first year in the league, which came when he had 131 total yards and a touchdown in Week 4 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, arguably the best defense in the NFL this season.

They also have Josh Gordon back, and against Dom Capers» defense, which is allowing an average of more than 84 yards per game to No. 1 receivers, that can be the difference.

The Buckeyes opened on an 80 - yard field goal drive, all on the ground, against a Bama defense that averaged 88 rushing yards allowed per game.

Russell Wilson finished 12 of 24 for 168 yards, a touchdown and a pick against the Niners» tough defense, but came up big when the Seahawks needed him to (with some help from a bad roughing the passer call), connecting with Paul Richardson for a touchdown with 13:20 remaining.

Oh, and Elliott essentially clinched that Ohio State victory with an 85 - yard TD run against Robinson's defense.

He averaged a solid 5.2 yards per carry against an awesome Florida defense, then 3.8 per carry over the next four games.

Against USC, Barrett scored twice, on a one - yard keeper and a beautiful 28 - yard explosion up the left side of the defense.

He doesn't have to do everything; he just needs to keep his average over about 5 yards per carry for the defense to fail against run / pass options and play action.

His matchup against the Seahawks» ninth - ranked defense in rush DVOA isn't ideal, although they've allowed an additional 5.1 PPG and 24 rushing yards per game in 14 games without SS Kam Chancellor (neck, IR) since 2015.

If you deduct the one 70 yard run he somehow managed (the longest of his career) and the 127 yards he ran for against the Redskins (the worst rushing defense in the league) his average was actually quite pedestrian..

Stidham completes passes to Johnson (11 yards) and Davis (nine and 12 yards), giving him 12 first - quarter completions, the most anybody has had against a Saban defense at Alabama.

In regulation, Karlos Williams and Mario Pender combined to rush 16 times for 35 yards against a Clemson defense that got gashed by Georgia's run game in Week 1.

Teams can control the ball for four or five yards per try against them (and that is just what Miami, with a driving, control type of offense, might do on September 17), but seldom does the defense permit long touchdown runs or passes.

But it was still the third - year receiver's sixth catch of the day — even if Williams hadn't whiffed, Diggs would've had about 100 yards on 10 targets against the league's No. 7 pass efficiency defense.

He also has a decent matchup against a Detroit defense that has allowed the 13th most passing yards this year.

And Brady did his part in it, dinking, dunking, darting, picking, and plucking against the Seattle defense, never completing a pass longer than 23 yards while winning his fourth Super Bowl and third MVP award.

McSorley was brilliant against Northwestern (9 - for - 10 on passing downs for 112 yards, albeit with two sacks), but against an attacking IU defense, he was just 5 - for - 9 for 61 yards and four sacks on passing downs.

On Saturday, against a hostile, confident Auburn home crowd and an athletic defense, they gained 274 yards in their first 27 snaps.

An opening night road game against a physical opponent is likely to be more frustrating than fun, and the fact that TCU won (while its retooled defense held Minnesota's retooled offense to 4.6 yards per play) is good enough.

The Tigers were able to put up 448 yards of offense of their own against the vaunted Horned Frog defense.

The offense slipped down the stretch in losses (against great defenses), and the defense didn't hold up its end of the bargain in allowing 532 yards to Ole Miss..

UCLA's run defense is decent and seems to have improved in recent weeks; Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey, he of the 400 - yard performance against Colorado, gained just 71 yards in 20 touches versus UCLA, and Utah's John White gained just 48 in 12 a few weeks earlier.

Bortles nearly cost the Jaguars their first playoff game in a decade, managing just 87 yards passing against the Buffalo Bills and forcing the defense to lead the way in a 10 - 3 win.

In Week 1, Ben Roethlisberger passed for 351 yards against the Patriots defense.

Both couldn't ask for a better get - right spot at home against a Texans defense that ranks dead last in points allowed and 40 - plus - yard receptions allowed.

In the regular season finale against Alabama, the offense exploded for more than 40 points and 600 yards, but the defense imploded in a 55 - 44 loss.

Lamar Jackson just didn't have enough against an aggressive Clemson defense, though he threw for over 300 yards with help from some productive drives after the Cardinals were already down by three touchdowns.

Mallett finished 8 of 13 for 98 yards in the final six minutes, and although it was with the game out of reach and the Chiefs playing conservative defense, it was apparently enough to earn him the start against the Panthers.

Jones has one reception for seven yards, while Pitta is having a lot of success against the Giants defense — with a little over ten minutes left in the forth quarter he has 56 receiving yards.