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2024 · Week 3

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-17-8.50+8.5+17Northern Iowa — Off. field pos.: -0.2-0.2Nebraska — Off. field pos.: +1.2+1.2Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Northern Iowa — Off. scoring eff.: -14.8-14.8Nebraska — Off. scoring eff.: +14.7+14.7Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Northern Iowa — Def. field pos.: -1.2-1.2Nebraska — 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.Northern Iowa — Def. scoring eff.: -14.7-14.7Nebraska — Def. scoring eff.: +14.8+14.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Northern Iowa — Possessions: 0.00.0Nebraska — Possessions: 0.00.0PossessionsValue 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.
Northern IowaNebraskaBreaks 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

01937Q1Q2Q3FinalNorthern Iowa 3Nebraska 34
Northern IowaNebraskahover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Northern IowaNebraska
Total yards307423
Rushing yards145142
Rushing attempts3722
Yds / rush3.96.5
Passing yards162281
Passing attempts3226
Yds / pass5.110.8
First downs1822
Turnovers11
Penalties94
Penalty yards9544
Sacks01
Time of possession38:0721:53

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Northern Iowa
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(15)40% / 60%40%4.3
Q2(15)40% / 60%47%5.9
Q3(17)47% / 53%29%4.0
Q4(22)59% / 41%32%4.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(8)11.313%1.8
2nd(11)9.927%5.6
3rd(13)8.238%5.8
4th(1)5.0100%30.0
All (33)—30%5.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)9.833%3.4
2nd(13)7.254%5.2
3rd(3)4.333%3.0
4th(2)4.550%5.0
All (36)—42%4.1
Nebraska
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(17)59% / 41%82%8.1
Q2(15)67% / 33%53%10.7
Q3(12)42% / 58%50%6.6
Q4(10)40% / 60%40%8.3
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 58th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)10.072%11.9
2nd(4)9.375%7.8
3rd(5)6.460%9.2
4th(2)3.00%0.0
All (29)—66%10.0
Rushing by down(offense 29th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(11)9.827%2.7
2nd(12)5.667%10.3
3rd(2)1.0100%8.5
All (25)—52%6.8

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → TD3Drive 3: own 40 → TD5Drive 5: own 20 → TD7Drive 7: own 34 → Downs10Drive 10: own 19 → FG12Drive 12: opp 21 → FG14Drive 14: own 11 → Turnover16Drive 16: own 20 → TD18Drive 18: own 2 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Nebraska drives by field position

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

#StartTimePlaysYdsResultExpPts+/−
1own 25Q1 15:0014112TD1.97+5.1
3own 40Q1 1:32966TD2.67+4.4
5own 20Q2 8:56480TD1.87+5.2
7own 34Q2 1:50941Downs2.40-2.4
10own 19Q3 9:48957FG1.83+1.2
12opp 21Q3 3:54822FG4.03-1.0
14own 11Q4 10:3410Turnover1.50-1.5
16own 20Q4 9:04982TD1.87+5.2
18own 2Q4 0:0021End of half1.30-1.3
9 drives4942319.334+14.7

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