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2024 · Week 1

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-14.7-7.40+7.4+14.7Western Carolina — Off. field pos.: +1.7+1.7NC State — Off. field pos.: +3.1+3.1Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Western Carolina — Off. scoring eff.: -4.8-4.8NC State — Off. scoring eff.: +12.8+12.8Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Western Carolina — Def. field pos.: -3.1-3.1NC State — Def. field pos.: -1.7-1.7Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Western Carolina — Def. scoring eff.: -12.8-12.8NC State — Def. scoring eff.: +4.8+4.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Western Carolina — Possessions: +2.0+2.0NC State — Possessions: -2.0-2.0PossessionsValue 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.
Western CarolinaNC StateBreaks 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

02142Q1Q2Q3FinalWestern Carolina 21NC State 38
Western CarolinaNC Statehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Western CarolinaNC State
Total yards361521
Rushing yards120203
Rushing attempts1933
Yds / rush6.36.2
Passing yards241318
Passing attempts4040
Yds / pass6.08.0
First downs1628
Turnovers11
Penalties86
Penalty yards7467
Sacks12
Time of possession24:3035:30

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Western Carolina
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(19)68% / 32%42%6.7
Q2(10)80% / 20%30%3.9
Q3(10)50% / 50%40%7.9
Q4(20)80% / 20%45%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)10.558%4.9
2nd(14)6.921%4.8
3rd(8)5.850%9.4
4th(1)1.00%0.0
All (42)—43%5.6
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(6)11.550%7.3
2nd(5)10.240%4.4
3rd(5)8.420%15.2
4th(1)1.00%0.0
All (17)—35%8.4
NC State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)62% / 38%46%8.5
Q2(21)52% / 48%48%6.3
Q3(21)71% / 29%29%4.0
Q4(14)43% / 57%71%12.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 21st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.041%4.9
2nd(13)8.446%10.9
3rd(10)6.770%8.0
All (40)—50%7.7
Rushing by down(offense 75th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)9.743%9.6
2nd(9)7.433%4.6
3rd(3)2.70%1.7
4th(3)1.0100%5.0
All (29)—41%6.8

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

2Drive 2: own 30 → Punt4Drive 4: opp 45 → Turnover6Drive 6: own 30 → TD8Drive 8: own 25 → TD10Drive 10: own 36 → Downs12Drive 12: 50 → Downs14Drive 14: own 32 → FG16Drive 16: own 17 → Punt18Drive 18: own 49 → TD20Drive 20: own 19 → TD22Drive 22: own 20 → TDown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NC State 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 30Q1 10:41722Punt2.20-2.2
4opp 45Q1 6:0310Turnover3.00-3.0
6own 30Q1 5:13770TD2.27+4.8
8own 25Q1 0:00880TD1.97+5.1
10own 36Q2 10:00822Downs2.50-2.5
1250Q2 3:581040Downs2.80-2.8
14own 32Q3 14:231545FG2.33+0.7
16own 17Q3 4:26623Punt1.80-1.8
18own 49Q3 0:28651TD2.87+4.2
20own 19Q4 11:53969TD1.87+5.2
22own 20Q4 4:13575TD1.87+5.2
11 drives7552125.238+12.8

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