Sentences with phrase «yards per play against»

Southern Methodist rushes for 4.8 yards per carry to defenses that allow an average of 4.4, 7.4 passing yards per attempt to 7.3, getting a nice margin of 6.3 yards per play against foes that are permitting an average of just 5.8.

That's 5.9 yards per play against teams normally allowing 5.9.

They scored a combined 60 points and averaged 6.9 yards per play against NIU and Indiana and failed to top 21 points or 5.0 yards per play in any of the other 10 games.

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.

Alabama averaged 7.7 yards per play against the Gators.

Auburn has torched two excellent defenses, with 40 points and averaged 6.9 yards per play against Georgia (No. 11 in Def.

S&P +) and 49 points and 9.1 yards per play against Mississippi State (16th).

They averaged 28 points and 5.7 yards per play against LSU and Georgia, and the Gators had the SEC East locked up by the beginning of November.

The Zips averaged 6.2 yards per play against Ball State, then 3.9 against Western Michigan.

Nobody has averaged more than 5.7 yards per play against Washington all year.

Not exact matches

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

The Seminoles closed out Oklahoma State despite sloppiness in Arlington, while Wake Forest has one of the worst offensive lines you will see in Division I, gaining fewer than two yards - per - play against ULM.

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.

The Bulls averaged under 6.3 yards per play just once all year and posted 8.2 per play against Florida State.

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.

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.

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.

Now, 5.8 yards per play versus Bowling Green is probably about 4.5 against defenses like LSU's, South Carolina's or Georgia's; we won't pretend there isn't still a lot of work to do.

It is fair to say that the Longhorns will have more success against Baylor's offense than SMU (45 points, 5.9 yards per play), Northwestern State (70, 9.2), Buffalo (63, 8.6) or Iowa State (49, 6.2) did.

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

Kansas State was averaging 4.2 yards per play in Big 12 games before averaging 6.1 against Baylor last Thursday.

In its first three drives against Florida, LSU, and Alabama, Texas A&M scored a combined 46 points and averaged 5.8 yards per play.

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.

Louisville entered averaging 5.3 yards per play and averaged only 4.3 against the Tigers.

An offense that averaged 6.7 yards per play in 2015 averaged 4 against those three FBS opponents, and that was with nearly half of each game coming against backups.

And out of nowhere, New Mexico State gained 316 yards (9.6 per play) in its first four drives against Louisiana - Lafayette, scoring touchdowns on all four drives and building a big lead; the Aggies gained just 134 yards (3.0) and scored seven points after that, eventually succumbing, 49 - 35.

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.

Miami gained 100 yards (6.3 per play) and scored seven points on its first two drives against Florida State, then gained just 175 (4.3) thereafter in a blowout loss.

Georgia gained 259 yards (10.0 per play) and scored 20 points in its first four drives against Florida, then gained 155 (4.4) and scored three points afterward, barely holding on for a 23 - 20 win.

Texas Tech transfer Baker Mayfield overtook Trevor Knight for the starting job and has done exactly what Sooner fans were hoping: look spectacular against outmanned opponents (against Akron and Tulsa: 77 percent completion rate, 15.9 yards per completions, seven TDs, no picks, and a passer rating greater than 200) and make the key plays against a better opponent.

Since scoring only 10 points against Michigan, the Nittany Lions have scored at least 29 in seven of eight games and have averaged at least 6.5 yards per play in six.

After averaging 7.1 yards per play and 36 points per game against Illinois, Michigan State, and Minnesota, the Boilermakers averaged 4.3 and 15 in November.

While the defense remained stout — until the bowl against BC, nobody averaged 5 yards per play, not even Ohio State or Michigan State — the offense crashed like a bathtub in a sitcom: over and over, through one floor after another.

In the last two seasons, Navy has averaged 5.7 yards per play and 26.6 points per game against power opponents (Notre Dame twice, Ohio State, Rutgers, Pitt, Duke, Indiana) but 5.2 and 25 in four contests against Air Force and Army.

But the offense did struggle against Clemson in much of last year's title game, just as it had, relatively speaking, against Washington (5.1 yards per play) and LSU (4.6).

Tennessee averaged just 4.2 yards per play, quarterback Justin Worley averaged just 4.9 yards per pass attempt (passes to players not named Marquez North went just 16 - for - 29 for 77 yards), and Tennessee's offense just gave itself no chance to succeed against a good Gamecocks squa --

And while the marriage of Hurts and coordinator Brian Daboll worked well enough to torch iffy defenses in 2017 — 8.2 yards per play and 66 points against Ole Miss, 7.8 and 41 against Arkansas, 7.3 and 59 against Vanderbilt — it again labored against the best defenses on the schedule.

Baylor is sensational on offense getting 5.5 yards per rush against teams that normally allow 4.3, 7.8 yards per pass to 6.8 and a very impressive 6.6 yards per play to 5.5.