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BYU18atSMU15

2024 · Week 2

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-16.1-80+8+16.1BYU — Off. field pos.: +1.9+1.9SMU — Off. field pos.: +4.6+4.6Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Off. scoring eff.: -14.0-14.0SMU — Off. scoring eff.: -13.6-13.6Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Def. field pos.: -4.6-4.6SMU — Def. field pos.: -1.9-1.9Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Def. scoring eff.: +13.6+13.6SMU — Def. scoring eff.: +14.0+14.0Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Possessions: +6.0+6.0SMU — Possessions: -6.0-6.0PossessionsValue 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.
BYUSMUBreaks 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

01020Q1Q2Q3FinalBYU 18SMU 15
BYUSMUhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

BYUSMU
Total yards336261
Rushing yards134117
Rushing attempts3536
Yds / rush3.83.3
Passing yards202144
Passing attempts2936
Yds / pass7.04.0
First downs1618
Turnovers33
Penalties57
Penalty yards4569
Sacks31
Time of possession30:5329:07

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

BYU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)46% / 54%54%5.3
Q2(19)53% / 47%26%2.5
Q3(13)46% / 54%54%10.6
Q4(17)41% / 59%24%5.3
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 34th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)10.033%3.5
2nd(10)8.950%12.9
3rd(7)8.414%4.3
All (29)34%6.8
Rushing by down(offense 18th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)10.047%3.8
2nd(10)8.340%3.4
3rd(5)6.00%1.8
4th(3)1.367%14.7
All (33)39%4.4
SMU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(18)61% / 39%28%3.0
Q2(24)54% / 46%38%4.4
Q3(16)44% / 56%19%2.8
Q4(13)62% / 38%31%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 20th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)10.050%5.3
2nd(13)10.423%4.0
3rd(12)10.817%1.8
4th(2)5.50%0.0
All (39)28%3.5
Rushing by down(offense 43rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.629%5.5
2nd(9)7.622%2.1
3rd(4)5.825%5.5
4th(2)1.0100%2.0
All (32)31%4.3

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → Punt3Drive 3: opp 43 → Punt5Drive 5: own 22 → Downs7Drive 7: own 48 → FG9Drive 9: own 32 → Punt11Drive 11: own 29 → FG14Drive 14: own 29 → FG17Drive 17: opp 35 → FG19Drive 19: own 10 → Punt21Drive 21: own 9 → Turnover25Drive 25: opp 45 → FG27Drive 27: own 40 → Downsown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
SMU 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 15:004-9Punt1.90-1.9
3opp 43Q1 11:464-9Punt3.20-3.2
5own 22Q1 7:081372Downs1.80-1.8
7own 48Q2 14:52616FG2.83+0.2
9own 32Q2 12:044-6Punt2.30-2.3
11own 29Q2 9:291036FG2.23+0.8
14own 29Q2 2:461160FG2.23+0.8
17opp 35Q3 13:411224FG3.63-0.6
19own 10Q3 6:486-1Punt1.50-1.5
21own 9Q3 1:08871Turnover1.50-1.5
25opp 45Q4 9:08617FG3.03+0.0
27own 40Q4 1:5840Downs2.60-2.6
12 drives7326128.615-13.6

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