Sentences with phrase «yards per play with»

The Dawg defense held Notre Dame's Brandon Wimbush to a total of 212 yards despite the Irish QB throwing or running 55 times, an average of 3.9 yards per play with a pair of lost fumbles.

They held Nick Fitzgerald to 130 total yards on 39 combined passes or runs, for a total of 3.3 yards per play with a pair of interceptions to boot.

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.)

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.

Combined with the offense averaging 9.7 yards per play, it is difficult to see how Tech's first game of 2012 could have gone much better; only turnovers (Northwestern State was plus - 11.8 in turnover points margin, as defined here) failed to go Tech's way.

Still, USC has shown that this type of offense is in its wheelhouse, and if the Trojans can prevent big gashes and hold UCLA to 5.5 or fewer yards per play, the USC offense should have enough to work with to steal the win.

In three games, the Tigers have averaged 41.6 points per game with play - caller Steve Ensminger, with new school records including the most yards in an SEC game and the most rushing yards for one player in a game.

Tech averaged 9.3 yards per play and finished with the fifth most yards in bowl history: 687.

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

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.

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.

Unfortunately, Foster has a history of recurring hamstring injuries, and he plays with the league's most promising backup, Ben Tate, whose 5.4 yards per rush last year ranked fourth in the NFL among those with at least 150 carries.

The Buffaloes lost to UCLA, 45 - 23, because their offense couldn't close drives and their defense couldn't hold up its end of the bargain (UCLA averaged 7.2 yards per play), but they came in with a plan and executed it.

With no play - makers to speak of and execution that wasn't good enough to offset the lack of explosiveness, Purdue averaged 4.6 yards per play in 2013.

Obviously trips to Oklahoma, TCU, West Virginia, and Baylor give the Wildcats one of the most difficult road slates in conference play (especially with the way TCU and WVU seem to have improved), but after handling Auburn's offensive athleticism and keeping the Tigers under five yards per play, Snyder and his staff have to feel pretty good about their defense's ability to hang with just about anybody.

With a sound defensive line and plenty of speed in the back, Texas has allowed 4.7 yards per play and risen to 19th in Def.

Last season the 6» 4 ″ receiver hauled in just 26 catches, but showed big play ability with 21.1 yards per reception and 8 touchdowns.

He led the league in yards per receptions in his 2015 season with the 49ers, but his play has since dropped off.

SMU should enjoy the support of the home crowd playing 30 miles from campus, especially since they haven't been to a Bowl since 2012, but can you really lay points with an SMU defense that allows 6.7 yards per play, 123rd in the country and worst among all bowl teams?

The Gators beat LSU, 14 - 6, with two perfect drives; they averaged 7.1 yards per play, mostly on the back of running back Mike Gillislee.

Aaron Rodgers is playing well, averaging 322.3 yards and two touchdowns passing per game — but Ty Montgomery has struggled as a lead runner with 3.0 yards per carry and 13.7 carries per game.

Steelers at Chargers O / U 45 Based on yards per play, Pittsburgh and San Diego are the # 1 and # 4 ranked offenses in the league with 6.7 and 6.1 yards per play, respectively.