3 and out

MoobyCow · Jun 16, 2015

More Football Outsiders stats. This time for various measures of drive efficiency.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/feidef2014

FD Rate (drives that result in at least one first down or a TD)
• Ex: Explosive Drives, the percentage of each offense's drives that average at least 10 yards per play.
• Me: Methodical Drives, the percentage of each offense's drives that run 10 or more plays.

RU Offense (stats only go back to 07)
2007 FD - 12 EX - 7 ME - 4
2008 FD - 16 EX - 23 ME - 73
2009 FD - 91 EX - 28 ME - 116
2010 FD - 118 EX - 92 ME - 107
2011 FD - 72 EX - 116 ME - 82
2012 FD - 96 EX - 105 ME - 87
2013 FD - 52 EX - 51 ME - 94
2014 FD - 95 EX - 68 ME - 49

RU Defense
2007 FD - 24 EX - 58 ME - 13
2008 FD - 56 EX - 65 ME - 15
2009 FD - 13 EX - 42 ME - 15
2010 FD - 60 EX - 94 ME - 4
2011 FD - 11 EX - 30 ME - 15
2012 FD - 22 EX - 21 ME - 25
2013 FD - 74 EX - 105 ME - 118
2014 FD - 102 EX - 118 ME - 18

Things that pop out at me:

2011 was an underrated defense
That 4 under ME for the 2010 is correct. Maybe we just let everyone score quickly so there were no sustained drives, but we managed to be awful at both in 2013.
You can see the deterioration of the offensive line in the inability to sustain drives, or even pick up a first down on a regular basis.
The D has generally been good in preventing long drives. Under Schiano this makes sense, he was a high risk kind of guy on D. He was either going to stop you with a negative play or give up the big play.
2014 we stopped the long drive better than I thought. (Edited this line so it says what I meant to say)
The 3 and out stats on offense are offensive.

jmc11201 · Jun 16, 2015