During the playoffs the Bengals went back to fundamentals, running for an average of 214.5
yards a game against the Seattle Seahawks and the Bills.
Jake Butt, following his one - catch for 41 -
yards game against BYU, tweeted out the following when discussing the tight position coach, Jay Harbaugh.
Hill had a 154 -
yard game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, completing two touchdowns on 24 carries.
He responded with nine 100 -
yard games against Power 5 opponents and arguably the best performance of his career in the only bowl game in which he had the chance to play.
Not exact matches
The logic: The Cowboys looked about as bad as a football team can possibly look last week
against the Seahawks, losing what was essentially an elimination
game despite the fact that Seattle had more penalty
yards than they had actual
yards.
After starting the season 9 - 2, the Ravens have dropped three - straight
games, which easily could have been four if it wasn't for an improbable 30 -
yard catch and run by Ray Rice on a 4th - and - 29
against the San Diego Chargers.
Sherman then celebrated a Thanksgiving night win in a road
game against the 49ers the following season by eating a turkey leg on the 50 -
yard line.
In a preseason
game against Hollywood Hills his junior season, Ridley scored a 70 -
yard touchdown on a slant and returned a kickoff for another touchdown.
In a preseason
game against Hollywood Hills his junior season, Ridley scored a 70 -
yard touchdown on a slant and...
In his last three
games — a win over the Vikings, a showdown with the Lions to determine the NFC North champion, and a Wild Card
game against the Giants — he's thrown for at least 300
yards and four touchdowns in each.
In a
game against Baltimore, Ken Hunt held on to the ball so long on a mighty throw to the infield that when he finally released it, the ball struck the ground two or three
yards in front of him.
By rushing for 218
yards on 28 carries, with TD runs of 44 and 28
yards, in the Bulldogs» 30 - 22 win over Virginia, Tate became the first Georgia back to rush for more than 200
yards in a
game since Herschel Walker gained 219
against Florida in 1982.
Being good on offense
against Arkansas in a 49 - 30 win isn't a big reason for excitement, since the Razorbacks had allowed over 10
yards a play in a
game already.
Tom Brady and the Patriots have won their past six
games against the Titans, including their most recent
game in week 15 of the 2015 season, with New England winning 33 - 15 thanks to 51 rushing
yards by Joey Iosefa (yeah, that happened).
His season ended when he was suspended for a marijuana citation
against Arkansas, but
against Vandy and Tennessee, with the passing
game finding its way a bit, he rushed 44 times for 379
yards.
Colston had six catches and 81
yard against the Packers, but according to head coach Sean Payton he injured his collarbone on a diving catch on the second to last play of the
game.
He carried just 22 times for 95
yards in his first four
games and lost a fumble
against West Virginia, but he found his way in the glorified end - of - September scrimmage
against Delaware State and maintained that rhythm.
The record for a single
game is 716 passing
yards from Houston's David Klingler
against Arizona State in 1991.
Green finished the
game with just one reception for 6
yards as he struggled to find much room
against Ramsey.
In a home
game against Post University of Waterbury, Connecticut, the Tigers drew even, 26 - 26, with 10:45 left in the fourth on a 27 -
yard touchdown reception by Wolfe, and a successful two - point conversion.
With Florida flopping in its opener
against Michigan and Tennessee barely squeaking past Georgia Tech in double overtime despite getting gashed for 655
yards last week, the Bulldogs could well take the division and give the Crimson Tide a
game in the conference title bout.
They averaged at least 7.4
yards per play in eight of 13
games and gained a patently absurd 854
yards in 76 snaps
against Texas Tech.
Given another chance to shine as a junior, Tomlinson led the nation in rushing with 1,850
yards in 11
games, including a Division I - A record 406
yards against Texas — El Paso.
Memphis» first play of the
game against ECU was an 89 -
yard touchdown pass.
Overall, AB has posted 11 / 144/1 and 10 / 96/1 lines in two
games against the Smith-less Ravens since 2013, but failed to surpass seven receptions and 90 receiving
yards while scoring just two total touchdowns in his seven
games vs. Smith.
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.
In 12
games, Kaepernick completed 59.2 percent of his passes for 2,241
yards with 16 touchdowns
against just four interceptions.
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.
He needs 167 more
yards to set the mark, and under the circumstances, it's reasonable to think he has a shot
against Atlanta in what figures to be a high scoring
game during primetime on a national stage.
If the Gophers can break off some occasional big plays, then not only might that open things up for more highly - touted targets like sophomore Devin Crawford - Tufts (4 - for - 5 for 49
yards), but more importantly, it could prevent defenses from loading up
against what really could be a strong running
game.
He ranks both No. 5 in passer rating
against Power 5 opponents (among QBs who've faced three or more) and No. 1 in QB rushing
yards per
game against the same.
He has run for 1,482
yards in 13
games so far (he did not play
against Wake Forest), averaging 5.5
yards per carry.
And in his lone showcase
game thus far, Barrett was a little too much like late - 2016 J.T. for OSU fans» comfort —
against Oklahoma, he had a 54 percent completion rate, 9.6
yards per completion, and a 92.5 passer rating.
This week's 30 -
yard catch was
against the San Diego Chargers, and eventually led to the
game tying TD for Washington.
What made some folks think differently was his 532 -
yard game as a sophomore
against Florida State in 1984.
The stats will say that Charles Tillman had a fantastic
game on Calvin Johnson (and three receptions for 34
yards on 11 targets is a fantastic
game against one of the league's top receivers) but he didn't do it alone.
The redshirt junior, who entered the Indiana
game with 259 -
yards receiving and three - touchdowns, nearly doubled those numbers (10 - catches, 207 -
yards and 4 TDs)
against Indiana.
The Tigers can deploy Watson's legs with two tactics he used for a season - high 145 rushing
yards against Oklahoma, and now he doesn't have to worry about staying fresh for a following
game.
The run
game was humming along pretty well
against the Utes, producing 200
yards at 4.8
yards per carry, though it struggled more
against a Houston front that includes sensational nose tackle Ed Oliver, rushing for 152
yards at 3.9
yards per carry.
Tight end Blake Bell got involved
against Tennessee, catching three passes for 52
yards, but for the most part OU's passing
game has consisted of the three wideouts above.
But overall it was below average (the Saints allowed 357.8
yards per
game, eighth - worst in the league) and particularly dreadful
against the run, with an average of 122.2
yards allowed per
game (21st in the NFL).
Was the 191 -
yard rushing effort the 49ers had
against the Saints — the quarterback was the leading rusher in their two previous
games — an aberration?
And early Monday night
against Clemson, Alabama's Adam Griffith missed a 44 -
yard field goal in a
game that would remain within one score for almost all of 60 minutes.
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).
His Badgers, who had been rushing for more than 300
yards a
game, got just 104
against the Buckeyes, who cut off Wisconsin's favorite cut - back maneuvers.
Over the next three
games, Tate took 15 carries for 230
yards against UCLA, 17 for 137
against California, and 13 for 146
against Washington State.
Texas» defense has allowed just 4.1
yards per play and allowed just 27 combined points in three
games against teams not named BYU.
He also has converted the second - longest field goal in the NFL this year, 54
yards, and took advantage of the high altitude in Mexico City on Oct. 2 to blast two kickoffs through the uprights — 80
yards away — in a
game against the 49ers.
The Miami Dolphins went to the Super Bowl in 1985, but Stallworth had touchdown catches of 65 and 19
yards in the AFC championship
game against them.
It was the strongest in the country
against rushing, allowing opponents a mere 38.5
yards per
game (only two teams in the past 20 years have given up less: Penn State's 17
yards per
game in 1947, and Syracuse's 19.3 in 1959).