Presented without comment:
| Statistically Speaking |
| Ohio State |
Value (Rank) |
Value (Rank) |
Iowa |
Advantage |
| Rushing Offense (ypg) |
191.4 (23) |
118.7 (37) |
Rushing Defense (ypg) |
Push |
| Passing Offense (ypg) |
182.4 (98) |
173.0 (16) |
Passing Defense (ypg) |
Iowa+ |
| Pass Efficiency |
173.0 (56) |
94.3 (4) |
Pass Efficiency Defense |
Iowa+ |
| Total Offense (ypg) |
373.8 (61) |
291.7 (14) |
Total Defense (ypg) |
Iowa |
| Scoring Offense (ppg) |
30.3 (35) |
15.9 (13) |
Scoring Defense (ppg) |
Push |
| Rushing Defense (ypg) |
85.4 (3) |
119.2 (94) |
Rushing Offense (ypg) |
Ohio State++ |
| Passing Defense (ypg) |
168.7 (11) |
230.6 (47) |
Passing Offense (ypg) |
Ohio State |
| Pass Efficiency Defense |
94.9 (6) |
123.6 (79) |
Pass Efficiency Offense |
Ohio State+ |
| Total Defense (ypg) |
254.1 (6) |
349.8 (82) |
Total Offense (ypg) |
Ohio State++ |
| Scoring Defense (ppg) |
11.2 (4) |
24.1 (84) |
Scoring Offense (ppg) |
Ohio State++ |
| Turnover margin |
+0.90 (13) |
+0.50 (35) |
Turnover margin |
Push |
| Penalty Yards/game |
43.2 (13) |
34.3 (3) |
Penalty Yards/game |
Push |
| Sacks (/game) |
2.80 (12) |
2.20 (74) |
Sacks Allowed (/game) |
Ohio State+ |
| Sacks Allowed (/game) |
1.50 (48) |
2.00 (54) |
Sacks (/game) |
Push |
| Redzone Offense (%) |
75.0 (99) |
87.5 (100) |
Redzone Defense (%) |
Push |
| Redzone Defense (%) |
81.3 (61) |
85.7 (34) |
Redzone Offense (%) |
Iowa |
| 3rd Down Conv. (%) |
41.4 (50) |
36.7 (42) |
3rd Down Conv. Def (%) |
Push
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| 3rd Down Conv. Def (%) |
31.5 (12) |
41.5 (47) |
3rd Down Conv. (%) |
Ohio State |
Legend
Difference <25 in National Rank = Push
Difference >25 in National Rank = Ohio State
Difference >50 in National Rank = Ohio State+
Difference >75 in National Rank = Ohio State++
Differences >100 in National Rank = Ohio State+++ |
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Okay, just this comment: Yes, OSU’s defense gives up scores 81 percent of the time in the red zone. They’ve only allowed opposing offenses into the red zone 16 times. That’s less than twice per game.
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4 Responses to “Iowa, On Paper”
There were 2 gift touchdowns, 1 for USC and the other for Penn State, that were really stopped. Therefore, a defacto 11/16=68% We don’t get those TDs back, but the reality is that they were stopped.
By Ron on Nov 13, 2009
Yes indeed Ron. The TD in the PSU game was a bad call.
By Mike on Nov 13, 2009
@Ron – that would also drop our ppg into single digits. Scary.
By el Kaiser on Nov 13, 2009
It really is a very good, almost scary good, defense. If the offense were consistently average on the year (think 2002), and fewer dumb turnovers, the opponents number of plays and time-of-possession would be even lower, and the defense would show even better.
By Ron on Nov 13, 2009