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2023 · Week 8

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-10.8-5.40+5.4+10.8Utah — Off. field pos.: -0.2-0.2USC — Off. field pos.: +5.7+5.7Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Utah — Off. scoring eff.: +9.4+9.4USC — Off. scoring eff.: +3.6+3.6Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Utah — Def. field pos.: -5.7-5.7USC — Def. field pos.: +0.2+0.2Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Utah — Def. scoring eff.: -3.6-3.6USC — Def. scoring eff.: -9.4-9.4Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Utah — Possessions: +2.1+2.1USC — Possessions: -2.1-2.1PossessionsValue of having more or fewer real possessions than the opponent this game (onside kicks, half-opening/closing clock timing, etc.) — not offense or defense skill.
UtahUSCBreaks the final margin of victory down into where it came from, compared to what an average FBS team would do in an average game — the five bars per team always add up to the real final margin. Click a bar for detail.

Running score

01937Q1Q2Q3FinalUtah 34USC 32
UtahUSChover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

UtahUSC
Total yards482401
Rushing yards247145
Rushing attempts4723
Yds / rush5.36.3
Passing yards235256
Passing attempts2335
Yds / pass10.27.3
First downs2318
Turnovers11
Penalties86
Penalty yards5047
Sacks31
Time of possession34:4225:18

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Utah
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)36% / 64%57%9.5
Q2(17)29% / 71%35%7.4
Q3(13)38% / 62%85%9.0
Q4(24)38% / 63%38%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 67th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(11)10.064%8.8
2nd(6)4.850%18.3
3rd(6)7.833%4.4
4th(1)3.0100%9.0
All (24)—54%10.3
Rushing by down(offense 74th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)10.060%7.3
2nd(15)7.740%5.7
3rd(7)10.329%4.6
4th(2)1.050%0.5
All (44)—48%6.0
USC
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)38% / 63%63%10.5
Q2(17)94% / 6%29%4.0
Q3(12)83% / 17%33%6.5
Q4(11)55% / 45%73%8.2
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 10th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)10.331%4.6
2nd(14)8.650%9.9
3rd(8)7.838%3.6
All (38)—39%6.4
Rushing by down(offense 13th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)9.160%9.2
2nd(6)8.383%9.3
3rd(2)3.050%7.0
All (18)—67%9.0

Drive-by-drive — expected vs. actual points, each possession

2Drive 2: own 25 → TD4Drive 4: own 16 → TD6Drive 6: own 25 → Punt8Drive 8: own 25 → Punt10Drive 10: own 17 → Punt12Drive 12: own 10 → End of half13Drive 13: own 18 → Punt15Drive 15: own 32 → Turnover17Drive 17: own 20 → FG20Drive 20: own 13 → FG22Drive 22: opp 11 → TDown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USC drives by field position

Each bar is a drive, from where it started to where it ended. Green = scored, red = turnover/downs/safety.

#StartTimePlaysYdsResultExpPts+/−
2own 25Q1 13:44575TD1.97+5.1
4own 16Q1 10:02884TD1.77+5.3
6own 25Q1 1:4869Punt1.90-1.9
8own 25Q2 10:57611Punt1.90-1.9
10own 17Q2 7:35839Punt1.70-1.7
12own 10Q2 1:19818End of half1.50-1.5
13own 18Q3 14:5540Punt1.70-1.7
15own 32Q3 7:23315Turnover2.30-2.3
17own 20Q3 3:221463FG1.73+1.3
20own 13Q4 8:171279FG1.63+1.4
22opp 11Q4 1:46111TD4.56+1.5
11 drives5940122.432+9.6

Exp = points an average offense scores from that starting spot. +/− = actual minus expected.