Due to unpopular demand, there will be no BYU vs Utah statistical extract post. Optometrists and Gastroenterologists everywhere rejoice! In the near future there will be a lengthier examination of Pass Efficiency and why it is absolutely vital that BYU improves significantly from their last place ranking in this category.
Monthly Archives: September 2013
BYU vs Texas – Statistical Extract
The surprisingly dominant victory over 15th ranked Texas provides for a lot of great little statistical tidbits this week:
- The 19 point margin of victory is the 7th largest winning margin for a BYU victory over a ranked opponent. The largest also came against Texas in 1988, when the Cougars crushed 19th ranked Texas 47-6.
- BYU’s 550 rushing yards broke their old record of 465 set in 1958 vs Montana. It was also the most rush yards Texas had ever allowed.
- During the Bronco Era, BYU is 2-3 at home against ranked teams, 2-0 vs ranked teams at neutral sites and 1-10 vs ranked teams on the road.
- Of the 10 road losses to ranked teams, 3 were by only 1 point, 1 was by 3 points and 1 by 7 points
- That means that only 5 of the 18 games against ranked teams were at home. This is not a new phenomenon. BYU has only had 24 home games vs ranked teams, compared to 61 games at road or neutral sites.
- 10-14 at home
- 8-32 on the road
- 8-12-1 at neutral sites
- Jamaal Williams is 2nd in the nation in rushing yards with 326 and 1st in rushing attempts with 63
- The BYU record for rushing attempts in a season is 252 by Ronney Jenkins. Williams is on pace for 410 rushing attempts. The NCAA record for most rushing attempts in a season is 450.
- Taysom Hill’s 259 rushing yards was the 2nd most in BYU history, 13 yards behind Eldon “The Phantom” Fortie’s record 272 set in 1962.
- Hill has run for 522 yards in 4 career starts, or 130.5 yards per game, averaging 8.42 yds/carry.
- Taysom Hill has a career rushing average of 7.7 yds per carry, the highest of any BYU football player with more than 50 rushing attempts.
- BYU had 550 yards rushing versus Texas. It took BYU until the 6th game of the 2011 season to rack up a season total of 550 yards rushing.
- There have been only 13 other teams who have run for more than 550 yards since 2001.
- BYU has averaged 43.5 ppg against Texas in Provo, winning 40-21 in 2013 and 47-6 in 1988.
- BYU threw for 402 yards in 1988, making BYU possibly the only team to both throw and run for over 400 yards against Texas.
- BYU’s 679 yards of total offense is the 3rd most in the Bronco Era, behind 694 against Tulsa in 2007 and 683 vs Air Force in 2005.
- BYU had 211 yards of offense in the 4th quarter vs Virginia. Spanning the 4th quarter of the Virginia game through the end of the 3rd quarter, BYU had 825 yards of total offense and scored 49 points on 119 plays.
- The 119 plays would have been an NCAA record (currently 115).
- BYU had 211 yards of offense in the 4th quarter vs Virginia. Spanning the 4th quarter of the Virginia game through the end of the 3rd quarter, BYU had 825 yards of total offense and scored 49 points on 119 plays.
- Since 1977, BYU is 13-4 against teams that currently or were previously members of the Big12 conference.
- Against the triumvirate of Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma, BYU is a combined 7-2.
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BYU vs Virginia – Statistical Extract
So here are the statistical highlights and (mostly) lowlights from the Virginia game:
- Jamaal Williams had 33 carries for 144 yards. The 33 carries were the most in the nation for week 1, the 144 yards ties him 12th in rushing yards.f
- Jamaal’s 33 carries were the most by a BYU running back since freshman Curtis Brown ran for 217 yards on 33 carries as part of rallying from 27 points down to defeat Utah State 35-34 in 2002.
- Ross Apo’s 52 yard reception on the last play of the game was his 2nd longest of his career. His longest was a 53 yarder vs Idaho in 2012.
- BYU and Virginia combined for 24 punts, which is the highest punt total in a game since at least 2001, which is as far back as the NCAA has published individual game statistics.
- BYU punted 11 times last weekend, but punted only 24 times for the ENTIRE SEASON in 1983.
- BYU had 23 3rd down attempts. Only 12 non-overtime games since 2005 have featured more 3rd down attempts — and only 2 of them involved teams that had the ball for less than 30 minutes.
- BYU completed only 13 of 40 passes (32.5% completion). In the last 12 years, only 5 other D1A teams have thrown at least 40 passes and completed less than 32.5% of them.
- Virginia only gained 223 yards on Saturday. Since Bronco resumed defensive coordinator duties in 2010, BYU has held 23 of their 33 opponents to under 300 yards of offense. They’ve lost 6 of those 23 games.
- Virginia had 223 yards of offense against BYU. Since 2001, 31 of 146 teams (21.2%) have won with between 220 and 225 yards of offense, but such teams only won 5 of 93 games against opponents that gained at least 350 yards. BYU finished with 360 yards of offense.
- Only 3 teams had fewer yards per offensive play than Virginia’s 3.01. BYU’s 3.89 yds/play was only better than 15 other teams.
- BYU’s pass efficiency of 72.5 was their 9th lowest since 2001, spanning 152 games. Their efficiency before the 52 yard clock-expiring heave to Apo was 60.8, which would have been their 6th lowest during that span.
- Since 2001, only 16.2% of NCAA teams have won with a pass efficiency between 70 and 75. BYU’s efficiency was 72.5.
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