Week 5: Totally Meaningless Stats Comparison vs. Houston

Christopher Walker · September 23, 2019

Well, now that D'Eriq King has literally taken his ball and gone home, the end of this comparison is going to be even more meaningless.

Compiled via http://cfbstats.com/.

Top 10 Nationally underlined.

O F F E N S E	D E F E N S E
Scoring Offense	Scoring Defense
UNT - 42nd nationally at 35.0 ppg	UNT - T 75th at 26.5 ppg
HOU - 65th nationally at 30.8 ppg	HOU - T 107th at 33.8 ppg

Rushing Offense	Rushing Defense
UNT - 41st nationally at 203 ypg, 5 TD	UNT - T 94th nationally at 177.5 ypg, 8 TD
HOU - 17th nationally at 255 ypg, 9 TD	UTSA - 108th nationally at 199.5 ypg, 7 TD

Passing Offense	Passing Defense
UNT - 64th nationally at 247.3 ypg,11 TD, 3 INT	UNT - T 47th nationally at 205.5 ypg, 5 TD, 2 INT
HOU - 114th nationally at 167 ypg, 6 TD, 2 INT	HOU - 120th nationally at 301.5 ypg, 11 TD, 2 INT

Total Offense	Total Defense
UNT - 43rd nationally at 450.3 ypg	UNT - 70th nationally at 383 ypg
UTSA - 63rd nationally at 422 ypg	HOU - 123rd nationally at 501.5 ypg

First Downs	Opp First Downs
UNT - T 55th nationally at 22.5 pg	UNT - 62nd nationally at 20.0 pg
HOU - T 36th nationally at 23.8 pg	HOU - 111th nationally at 23.5 pg

3rd Down Conversions	Opp 3rd Down Conversions
UNT - T 92nd nationally at 37.29%	UNT - 90th nationally at 41.79%
HOU - T 45th nationally at 43.40%	HOU - 58th nationally at 35.42%

4th Down Conversions	Opp 4th Down Conversions
UNT - 82nd at 45.45%	UNT - T 42nd at 40.00%
HOU - T 66th at 50.00%	HOU - T 99th at 66.67%

Red Zone Scoring Conversions	Opp Red Zone Scoring Conversions
UNT - 15th at 94.74%	UNT - T 68th at 83.33%
HOU - T 21st at 93.33%	HOU - T 83rd at 85.71%

Sacks Allowed	Sacks
UNT - T 85th nationally (9), 2.25 sacks pg	UNT - T 14th nationally (13), 3.25 sacks pg
HOU - T 114th nationally (12), 4 sacks pg	HOU - T 47th nationally (9), 2.25 sacks pg

Tackles For Loss Allowed	Tackles For Loss
UNT - T 107th nationally (28), 7 TFLs pg	UNT - T 23rd nationally (28), 7 TFLs pg
HOU - T 100th nationally (27), 6.75 TFLs pg	UTSA - T 45th nationally (24), 6 TFLs pg

S P E C I A L • T E A M S
Punt Returns	Opp Punt Returns
UNT - 55th nationally at 8.71 avg ypr	UNT - 92nd nationally at 10.25 avg ypr
HOU - 59th nationally at 8.25 avg ypr	HOU - 86th nationally at 9.29 avg ypr

Kickoff Returns	Opp Kickoff Returns
UNT - 44th nationally at 22.87 avg ypr, 1 TD	UNT - T 77th nationally at 21.80 avg ypr, 0 TD
HOU - T 108th nationally at 17.00 avg ypr, 0 TD	HOU - 49th nationally at 19.50 avg ypr, 0 TD

Punting / Field Positioning	Opp Punting / Field Positioning
UNT - 70th nationally at 41.86 avg ypp	UNT - 69th nationally at 42.06 avg ypp
HOU - 20th nationally at 45.81 avg ypp	HOU - 14th nationally at 38.11 avg ypp

Field Goals / PAT Kicking	Opp Field Goals / PAT Kicking
UNT - T 34th at 87.5%, 1.8 made pg / Tied 1st at 100%, 4.3 made pg	UNT - T 64th at 71.4%, 1.3 made pg / T 25th at 91.7%, 2.8 made pg
HOU - T 76th at 66.7%, 1.5 made pg / T 1st at 100%, 3.8 made pg	HOU - T 38th at 60%, 0.8 made pg / T 43rd at 100%, 4.5 made pg

T E A M • S T A T S
Turnover Margin	Time of Possession
UNT - T 32nd nationally, 0.50 margin pg	UNT - 50th nationally, 31:00:01 pg
HOU - T 58th nationally, 0.00 margin pg	HOU - 46th nationally, 31:12:50 pg

Penalties	Opp Penalties
UNT - 108th nationally, 69.5 penalty ypg	UNT - 119th nationally, 36.8 penalty ypg
HOU - T 54th nationally, 52.5 penalty ypg	HOU - 1st nationally, 101.5 penalty ypg

MASON FINE vs D'ERIQ KING
Completion Percentage	QB Rating
Fine - 73rd nationally, 61.8%	Fine - 66th nationally, 140.20
King - N/R, 52.7%	King - N/R, 117.72

Passing Yards	Rushing Yards, Touchdowns
Fine - 40th nationally, 940 yards (235.0 ypg)	Fine - N/R, -20 yards, 0 TDs
King - 92nd nationally, 663 yards (165.8 ypg)	King - 42nd nationally, 312 yards, 6 TDs

Yards Per Attempt	Interceptions
Fine - T 80th nationally, 7.2 ypa	Fine - T 91st nationally, 3 INT (0.75 INT pg)
King - N/R, 6.0 ypa	King - T 46th nationally, 2 INT (0.50 INT pg)

Passing Touchdowns	Total Offense
Fine - T 19th nationally, 9 TDs (2.25 TD pg)	Fine - 75th nationally, 230.0 ypg
King - T 53rd nationally, 6 TDs (1.5 TD pg)	King - 62nd nationally, 243.8 ypg