9 Games in, here's where we rank from a Team Stat's Perspective:

OFFENSE
Third Down Conversion Percentage #13 (of 130 Teams) 58 successful on 118 attempts 49.2% converted
Fourth Down Conversion Percentage #1 Nationally 8 successful on 9 attempts 88.9% converted
First Downs Gained #93 180 First Downs (including only 9 gained by defensive penalty, which is the 7th least in the nation)
Red Zone Offense #14 92.5% converted into scores (31 TD's and 6 FG's)
Scoring Offense #19 36.2 Points Per Game
Time of Possession #64 30 minutes per game

Passing Offense #100 . 193.8 YPG
Team Passing Efficiency #56 141.03 Rating
Completion Percentage #54 150 completed of 242 passes 62.2%
Sacks Allowed #26 1.44 allowed per game
Tackles for Loss Allowed #66 5.78 per game
Passes Had Intercepted Tied for 14th (with 14 teams) Total of 4

Rushing Offense #21 217.6 YPG
Fumbles Lost tied for #2 (with San Diego Total of 1

DEFENSE
Third Down Conversion Percentage Tied for 8th 38 conversions allowed on 129 attempts 29.5%
Fourth Down Conversion Percentage #105 10 conversions allowed on 16 attempts 62.5%
Defensive TD's Scored Tied for 15th with 25 teams 2 Scored
First Downs Allowed tied for #17 with Northwestern 141 allowed
Passing Defense #13 182.9 yards per game
Total Passing Defense Efficiency #27
Rushing Defense #56 148.6 yards per game
Red Zone Defense #52 opponents score 81.8% of the time (14 TD's, 4 FG)
Scoring Defense tied for 18th 19.1 points per game
Fumbles Recovered-- Tied for #73 Five Recoveries
Interceptions -- Tied for #62 Seven Interceptions
Sacks-- Tied for #51 2.33 per game
Tackles for Loss-- Tied for #52 6.3 per game

SPECIAL TEAMS
Blocked Kicks Tied for #1 Nationally with Baylor Five Blocked Kicks
Blocked Kicks Allowed Tied for #1 Nationally with 42 other teams Zero
Kickoff Return Defense Tied for #33 18.81 yards per return
Punt Return Defense #17 3.5 yards per return
Net Punting #44 . 39.37 Yards per punt
Kickoff Returns #1 in the Nation 30.53 Yards per return
Punt Returns #34 . 11.06 yards per return

Composites
Total Offense--#63 411.3 Yards Per Game
Total Defense--#27 331.4 Yards Per Game
Turnovers Lost--tied for #2 Nationally with San Diego State and Wyoming 5 lost
Turnover Margin--Tied for #13 . +7
Fewest Penalties #83 with UCONN 61 penalties committed
Fewest Penalty Yards per Game #108 66.75 yards per game

We could compete with multiple teams in multiple conferences. I love that I graduated from App!!

They real head scratcher for me in those numbers is our passing game.

Mjohn1988 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:36 pm

They real head scratcher for me in those numbers is our passing game.

I think many thought we'd be a wide open, throw it around the field offense under Coach Drink this year. We're really the same run first team that we were last year:

ZT is basically matching his stats from last year:
For all of 2018, he was 159 of 254 (62.6% completions) for 2039 yards (8.0 per pass) 21 TD's, 6 INT's and was sacked 14 times
For 9 games in 2019, he is 148 of 237 (62.4% completions) for 1671 yards (7.1 per pass) 14 TD's, 4 INT's and has been sacked 13 times.

He opened up 2018 with 270 yards against Penn State and 295 (career high) against Charlotte. Since then, he's only eclipsed 200 yards passing 6 times in 18 games:
247 yards against Texas State last year
282 yards against Georgia State last year
224 yards against North Carolina this year
246 yards against Coastal Carolina this year
214 yards against Louisiana-Monroe this year
and 271 against Georgia Southern this year

We have big game capability in the Passing Game, but it's more of an exception than a norm.

Excellent work!

This is just anecdotal but it feels like Drink wants to air it out and then there'll be several near interceptions and then he goes conservative and the opposing defense starts stacking the box. Drink also seems to like to slow the game way down when we have a lead early in the 4th quarter. Kinda reminds me of the old Dean Smith 4 corners thing back in the day.
This is just an observation and NOT a criticism or complaint, we're 8-1 with 2 P5 wins and in the hung for another Sun Belt championship. No complaints here, in fact given our coaching staff turnover it's amazing we're having this much success in their first year especially with the starters we lost on defense from last year and the injuries we've had at RB.

Fourth Down Conversion Percentage #1 Nationally 8 successful on 9 attempts 88.9% converted

On the last drive in the 4th quarter in Columbia, you could have sold me that this was our opponents stat against us.

Black Saturday wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:23 am

Fourth Down Conversion Percentage #1 Nationally 8 successful on 9 attempts 88.9% converted

On the last drive in the 4th quarter in Columbia, you could have sold me that this was our opponents stat against us.

It almost is. While we rank 8th in the nation in stopping teams on 3rd down, we are #105 on 4th Down. Opponents have converted 10 times in 16 attrempts which is a 62.5 conversion rate.

I never thought it would be bad news to back up another team 5 yards on a FG attempt. Then, they go for it on offense and convert the 1st Down.