Sentences with phrase «yards per play over»

They averaged just 3.6 yards per play over their next eight possessions and found themselves down 35 - 13 until a last - second, garbage - time touchdown.

Not exact matches

And when the game was over, the Gators had averaged a rather healthy 5.8 yards per play.

Georgia Tech and UNC both have top - 25 units, but those two teams combined to gain 901 yards (5.6 per play) and score 53 points; the only reason they didn't score more was because they turned the ball over five times.

Instead, the NFL's best defense over the course of the season held the vaunted Packer offense to 4.7 yards per play on the day and held Rodgers himself to just 19 - of - 34 passing for 178 yards, a touchdown and two picks — a 55.8 QB rating.

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.

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

Those early bombs forced safeties to play really deep, and the emergence of freshman running back Justice Hill and senior Chris Carson (combined average: 212.5 rushing yards per game and 7.1 yards per carry over the final four games) created the ultimate pick - your - poison situation.

The Horned Frogs have struggled defensively over the last couple of years, but they dominated in Fayetteville, holding Arkansas to 4.9 yards per play and 9 - for - 23 passing.

However, multiply his record 174.6 yards per game over the 43 games that new record holder Ron Dayne played, and Marinaro would have outrun Dayne by 1,110.8 yards.

The Buckeyes averaged 7.5 yards per play in Saturday's 49 - 7 win over Rutgers, scoring on seven of their first nine possessions (not including end - of - half kneeldowns) and were held under 50 points only by a lost fumble on the opening possession.

After averaging 4.5 catches and 70 receiving yards per game over his first four NFL seasons, Johnson has gone about redefining his position over the last three, playing it better, one could argue, than anyone in the history of the game.

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.

Over the final six, the improving defense only twice allowed greater than 5.2 yards per play or 22 points.

Over a three - game span in the middle of conference play, he rushed 32 times for 277 yards (8.7 per carry) and was the spark for a road upset of Tulane in early - November.

The Hoosiers averaged 6.4 yards per play in building a solid first - half lead over Michigan State, but they fell, 31 - 27, after averaging just 1.6 yards per play (23 for 37) in the second half.)

And Ohio State didn't even need to wait until halftime; after gaining just 17 yards in 13 first - quarter plays, the Buckeyes gained 428 in their final 49 plays (8.7 per play) in a 63 - 38 win over Nebraska.

This wasn't an incredible, dynamic offense by any means — Miami still scored over 30 points or averaged better than 6 yards per play three times, but the passing game grew into itself while still bouncing between young QBs.

An underrated small - school superstar, Ekeler has played only 35.0 percent of the snaps over the past four games, but he's averaged 6.3 carries and three targets in those contests for an efficient 60.5 yards, three receptions, and one touchdown per game.

The Chiefs are averaging a league - best 6.2 yards per play through nine weeks thanks to big - play weapons all over the field.

But don't chalk that up to stellar play by the front 6 stopping the run, as they still give up over 150 yards per game on the ground, ranking them 53rd in the country.