Sentences with phrase «yards per game allowed»

The similarities continue on defense, with Green Bay 25th in the NFL in total yards per game allowed (379.2) and Chicago's defense at No. 21 (372.4 yards).

It ranked fourth in rushing defense with 88.2 yards per game allowed and 12th in total offense.

Not exact matches

The Hilltoppers ranked 35th in IsoPPP (which measures the magnitude of an offense's successful plays) and 18th in 20 - yard gains per game allowed (3.8).

The Pats have averaged just 103.29 yards per game on the ground while the Bears have allowed 108.43 yards per contest.

Washington's defense in regular season: Allowed 92 rushing yards per game, best in FBS Washington's defense vs. Saquon Barkley: Allowed 92 rushing yards on one play

The Golden Eagles couldn't contain UNT's spread and got outmuscled by Florida State but otherwise allowed just 21.2 points per game and 4.8 yards per play.

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.

Finally, the Browns allow 149.8 rushing yards per game, more than any other team in the league.

You don't need numbers to understand that Florida's defense is incredible, but here are a few basic ones: The Gators are allowing just 217.0 yards per game, second in the country behind Michigan State.

They have picked off eight passes and are allowing just 2.8 yards per carry and 65 rushing yards per game (also second).

The battle to watch will be the one between Luck and the Baltimore secondary, which has allowed 258.75 passing yards per game.

Colts at Jaguars Indianapolis is on a well - publicized quest for perfection, but Jacksonville has quietly won five straight games behind a stingy defense that is allowing 283.2 yards per game.

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).

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).

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

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).

The Ravens uncharacteristically allowed opponents to rush for over 122 yards - per - game — No. 20 in the entire NFL.

The Patriots have not been all that great at stopping the run this year, ranking 25th in the league in running yards allowed per game.

F / + and allowed at least 6.1 yards per play in each of their first eight games.

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.

The Patriots allowed just 237.9 passing yards and 15.6 points per game this season, but Jones thinks that doesn't matter.

That patience is paying off for a group that is has allowed the second - fewest plays of 20 - plus yards per game in the country (1.00).

Washington has the best defense in the country in terms of yards per game, and has allowed over 20 points just once this season.

They allowed just 172.0 yards per game on average over the course of the regular season.

The Bulldogs arrived in Knoxville having allowed only 212.5 yards and 6.3 points per game, but at the first sign of adversity they reverted to the mediocrity that has been their trademark in recent years.

Between 2009 - 14, Borland's worst UWW defense allowed 12.2 points per game and 4.4 yards per play.

These two versatile players will join a historically bad defense that allowed 411 yards per game — good for 31st in the league.

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.

Texas lost tight early games to Cal and Oklahoma because its defense allowed nearly 50 points per game and over 7 yards per play.

In Penn State's three losses, the Nittany Lions allowed a nightmarish 48 points per game and 6.3 yards per play; they scored at least 39 points and lost twice, which is almost a Texas Tech statistic.

Against seven other power conference opponents, the Tigers have allowed an average of seven targets, four catches, and 51 yards per game to No. 1 receivers.

Utah allowed 10 more gains of 30 - plus yards — nearly one per game — and fell from 18th to 38th in Def.

Owls running back Devin Singletary is 204 rushing yards away from 2,000 on the season, and Akron is 99th in the country in rushing yards allowed per game (197.2).

It's the Turnover Chain vs. the nation's top defense by yards allowed per game, which could mean a long night for quarterbacks Malik Rosier and Alex Hornibrook.

The return game was hit - or - miss, and sophomore Blake Cusick occasionally outkicked his coverage — he averaged 42 yards per punt, but Fresno State allowed 14.5 yards per return, sixth - worst in FBS.

But Oregon is allowing a thoroughly mediocre 5.7 yards per play in 2014, and it's gone up in each game: 5.1 vs. South Dakota, 5.6 vs. Michigan State, 5.9 vs. Wyoming, 6.2 vs. Washington State.

But the return game was inefficient (I'm talking about kick returns here — opponents didn't punt), and Thomas Bennett's punts didn't travel far enough (42.3 - yard average with minimal fair catches) to justify allowing 8.5 yards per return.

The Tigers finished having allowed 5.8 yards per play; that's an accomplishment considering they didn't allow between 4.5 and 5.9 per play in any one game all year.

The Denver Broncos were one of only two teams in the NFL to allow under 300 yards per game during the regular season this year, leading the league with only 283.1 total yards surrendered per game.

With uncertainty everywhere on the depth chart, Arizona's 2016 defense was ultra-conservative; the Wildcats did a decent job of avoiding big plays; they allowed 4.7 gains per game of 20 - plus yards (60th in FBS) and 3.1 such passes per game (54th), and that constituted the closest thing they had to a strength.

The Denver defense, meanwhile, is allowing 314.8 yards (would be seventh) and 15.5 points per game (would be second).

Maryland (10 - 1) leads the nation with 24 interceptions, 10 more than any other team in the ACC, and leads the league in rushing defense (90.6 yards allowed per game), scoring defense (19.1 points allowed per game) and net punting (40.4 net yards per punt).

In losses to North Carolina (48 - 43) and Florida State (37 - 35), Tech allowed 42.5 points per game and 7.1 yards per play.

Meanwhile, the Panthers will need to improve defensively to avoid allowing the Bears running game to destroy them, as they currently rank 27th in the NFL for rushing yards allowed per contest.

They've been even more effective stopping the run, allowing an average of less than 80 yards per game.

The Tigers held Dak Prescott and Mississippi State to 19 points and 4.7 yards per play and slowed WKU's nuclear passing game to a crawl, allowing just 20 points and 5.1 yards per play against the high - octane Hilltoppers.

They've allowed an additional nine points and 64.2 rushing yards per game since trading defensive tackle Marcell Dareus to the Jaguars prior to Week 8.

Alabama was the only team to finish the regular season with fewer points surrendered per game than Clemson allowing 11.5 points per game while also ranking second in yards against per game with 258.