Week 7: Totally Meaningless Stats Comparison vs. Southern Miss

Christopher Walker · October 7, 2019

Another week, another post of (mostly) meaningless stats. The further we go along, the less meaningless this will become.

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 - T 43rd nationally at 33.0 ppg	UNT - T 97th at 30.4 ppg
SoMiss - T 77th nationally at 27.6 ppg	SoMiss - T 97th at 30.4 ppg

Rushing Offense	Rushing Defense
UNT - 50th nationally at 182.0 ypg, 6 TD	UNT - 102nd nationally at 189 ypg,11 TD
SoMiss - 116th nationally at 107.6 ypg, 4 TD	SoMiss - 40th nationally at 123.2 ypg, 8 TD

Passing Offense	Passing Defense
UNT - 41st nationally at 269.4 ypg,13 TD, 3 INT	UNT - 27th nationally at 189.2 ypg, 6 TD, 2 INT
SoMiss - 13th nationally at 313.2 ypg, 10 TD, 4 INT	SoMiss - 108th nationally at 267 ypg, 11 TD, 2 INT

Total Offense	Total Defense
UNT - 36th nationally at 451.4 ypg	UNT - 58th nationally at 378.2 ypg
SoMiss - T 66th nationally at 420.8 ypg	SoMiss - 66th nationally at 390.2 ypg

First Downs	Opp First Downs
UNT - T 54th nationally at 22.0 pg	UNT - 52nd nationally at 19.4 pg
SoMiss - T 100th nationally at 19.0 pg	SoMiss - T 47th nationally at 19.2 pg

3rd Down Conversions	Opp 3rd Down Conversions
UNT - 92nd nationally at 36.25%	UNT - 93rd nationally at 41.03%
SoMiss - 15th nationally at 48.44%	SoMiss - 80th nationally at 38.33%

4th Down Conversions	Opp 4th Down Conversions
UNT - T 64th at 50.00%	UNT - T 39th at 40.00%
SoMiss - T 1st at 100.00%	SoMiss - T 129th at 100%

Red Zone Scoring Conversions	Opp Red Zone Scoring Conversions
UNT - T 12th at 95.24%	UNT - T 95th at 87.50%
SoMiss - 25th at 92.31%	SoMiss - T 118th at 92.86%

Sacks Allowed	Sacks
UNT - T 57th nationally (10), 2 sacks pg	UNT - T 27th nationally (15), 3 sacks pg
SoMiss - T 26th nationally (7), 1.4 sacks pg	SoMiss - T 23rd nationally (16), 3.2 sacks pg

Tackles For Loss Allowed	Tackles For Loss
UNT - T 91st nationally (36), 7.2 TFLs pg	UNT - T 55th nationally (33), 6.6 TFLs pg
HOU - T 66th nationally (31), 6.2 TFLs pg	UTSA - T 48th nationally (34), 6.8 TFLs pg

S P E C I A L • T E A M S
Punt Returns	Opp Punt Returns
UNT - 46th nationally at 9.5 avg ypr, 0 TD	UNT - 123rd nationally at 17.33 avg ypr, 1 TD
SoMiss - 13th nationally at 15.88 avg ypr, 1 TD	SoMiss - 101st nationally at 11.4 avg ypr, 0 TD

Kickoff Returns	Opp Kickoff Returns
UNT - 39th nationally at 23 avg ypr, 1 TD	UNT - 118th nationally at 26.38 avg ypr, 1 TD
SoMiss - T 17th nationally at 26.27 avg ypr, 2 TD	SoMiss - 105th nationally at 24.31 avg ypr, 1 TD

Punting / Field Positioning	Opp Punting / Field Positioning
UNT - T 59th nationally at 42.32 avg ypp	UNT - 93rd nationally at 42.96 avg ypp
SoMiss - 112th nationally at 38.95 avg ypp	SoMiss - 26th nationally at 36.98 avg ypp

Field Goals / PAT Kicking	Opp Field Goals / PAT Kicking
UNT - T 19th at 90%, 1.8 made pg / Tied 1st at 100%, 3.6 made pg	UNT - T 71st at 75%, 1.2 made pg / T 37th at 94.1%, 3.2 made pg
SoMiss - T 51st at 75%, 1.2 made pg / T 1st at 100%, 2.8 made pg	SoMiss - T 27th at 57.1%, 0.8 made pg / T 57th at 100%, 4.0 made pg

T E A M • S T A T S
Turnover Margin	Time of Possession
UNT - T 43rd nationally, 0.40 margin pg	UNT - 40th nationally, 31:24.40 pg
SoMiss - T 116th nationally, -1.00 margin pg	SoMiss - 42nd nationally, 31:13.40 pg

Penalties	Opp Penalties
UNT - T 99th nationally, 67 penalty ypg	UNT - T 124th nationally, 35.4 penalty ypg
SoMiss - T 86th nationally, 61.6 penalty ypg	SoMiss - 116th nationally, 39.8 penalty ypg

MASON FINE vs JACK ABRAHAM
Completion Percentage	QB Rating
Fine - 57th nationally, 62.4%	Fine - 69th nationally, 136.96
Abraham - T 20th nationally, 69.4%	Abraham - 12th nationally, 172.89

Passing Yards	Rushing Yards, Touchdowns
Fine - 36th nationally, 1291 yards (258.2 ypg)	Fine - N/R, -22 yards, 0 TDs
Abraham - 13th nationally, 1515 yards (303 ypg)	Abraham - N/R 16 yards, 2 TDs

Yards Per Attempt	Interceptions
Fine - T 89th nationally, 6.9 ypa	Fine - T 75th nationally, 3 INT (0.6 INT pg)
Abraham - 7th nationally, 10.5 ypa	Abraham - T 99th nationally, 4 INT (0.8 INT pg)

Passing Touchdowns	Total Offense
Fine - T 22nd nationally, 11 TDs (2.2 TD pg)	Fine - 49th nationally, 253.8 ypg
King - T 46th nationally, 9 TDs (1.8 TD pg)	Abraham - 13th nationally, 306.2 ypg

Welcome surprise of the week: our defenses are even!

Unwelcome surprise of the week: we may have another rough outing in special teams coverage and just, ugh - looking at Jack Abraham's numbers compared to Fine's.

Edited October 7, 2019 by Christopher Walker