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2024 · Week 10

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-13.6-6.80+6.8+13.6Pittsburgh — Off. field pos.: +2.8+2.8SMU — Off. field pos.: +6.1+6.1Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Pittsburgh — Off. scoring eff.: -5.8-5.8SMU — Off. scoring eff.: +11.9+11.9Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Pittsburgh — Def. field pos.: -6.1-6.1SMU — Def. field pos.: -2.8-2.8Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Pittsburgh — Def. scoring eff.: -11.9-11.9SMU — Def. scoring eff.: +5.8+5.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Pittsburgh — Possessions: -2.0-2.0SMU — 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.
PittsburghSMUBreaks 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

02753Q1Q2Q3FinalPittsburgh 25SMU 48
PittsburghSMUhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

PittsburghSMU
Total yards453467
Rushing yards103161
Rushing attempts3236
Yds / rush3.24.5
Passing yards350306
Passing attempts5931
Yds / pass5.99.9
First downs2919
Turnovers20
Penalties610
Penalty yards6685
Sacks23
Time of possession31:4428:16

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Pittsburgh
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)69% / 31%31%4.2
Q2(21)76% / 24%33%3.7
Q3(28)57% / 43%36%3.5
Q4(25)80% / 20%52%8.0
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 99th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(23)10.039%4.1
2nd(24)8.250%7.7
3rd(12)7.933%4.3
4th(2)7.00%3.0
All (61)—41%5.6
Rushing by down(offense 60th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)9.933%3.8
2nd(6)6.833%3.2
3rd(4)4.825%2.3
4th(1)2.0100%4.0
All (26)—35%3.4
SMU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(23)52% / 48%48%6.7
Q2(15)27% / 73%53%10.1
Q3(11)55% / 45%18%1.9
Q4(16)63% / 38%25%9.2
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(10)10.030%10.7
2nd(11)8.936%9.2
3rd(11)10.445%7.5
All (32)—38%9.1
Rushing by down(offense 43rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)8.632%6.7
2nd(11)6.945%4.5
3rd(3)2.367%2.0
All (33)—39%5.5

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → TD3Drive 3: own 28 → Punt5Drive 5: own 25 → TD7Drive 7: own 29 → TD9Drive 9: opp 49 → Punt11Drive 11: opp 36 → TD13Drive 13: own 41 → FG15Drive 15: opp 28 → FG17Drive 17: own 6 → Punt19Drive 19: own 25 → TD21Drive 21: own 20 → TD23Drive 23: own 48 → Punt25Drive 25: own 25 → Punt27Drive 27: opp 39 → Punt29Drive 29: own 25 → End of halfown 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 14:58775TD1.97+5.1
3own 28Q1 9:164-3Punt2.10-2.1
5own 25Q1 5:551885TD1.97+5.1
7own 29Q2 10:43171TD2.27+4.8
9opp 49Q2 9:4969Punt2.80-2.8
11opp 36Q2 3:351041TD3.57+3.5
13own 41Q2 0:49626FG2.63+0.4
15opp 28Q3 13:25818FG3.83-0.8
17own 6Q3 5:0140Punt1.40-1.4
19own 25Q3 0:34775TD1.97+5.1
21own 20Q4 9:56180TD1.87+5.2
23own 48Q4 8:5840Punt2.80-2.8
25own 25Q4 6:2544Punt1.90-1.9
27opp 39Q4 3:524-7Punt3.40-3.4
29own 25Q4 0:192-2End of half1.90-1.9
15 drives7046736.148+11.9

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