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Virginia Tech11atSouth Carolina24

2025 · Week 1 · neutral site

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-12.9-6.50+6.5+12.9Virginia Tech — Off. field pos.: -0.5-0.5South Carolina — Off. field pos.: +4.3+4.3Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Virginia Tech — Off. scoring eff.: -11.2-11.2South Carolina — Off. scoring eff.: -0.9-0.9Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Virginia Tech — Def. field pos.: -4.3-4.3South Carolina — Def. field pos.: +0.5+0.5Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Virginia Tech — Def. scoring eff.: +0.9+0.9South Carolina — Def. scoring eff.: +11.2+11.2Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Virginia Tech — Possessions: +2.1+2.1South Carolina — 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.
Virginia TechSouth CarolinaBreaks 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

01326Q1Q2Q3FinalVirginia Tech 11South Carolina 24
Virginia TechSouth Carolinahover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Virginia TechSouth Carolina
Total yards336334
Rushing yards115125
Rushing attempts3734
Yds / rush3.13.7
Passing yards221209
Passing attempts3519
Yds / pass6.311.0
First downs1916
Turnovers20
Penalties48
Penalty yards4051
Sacks42
Time of possession34:1725:43

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Virginia Tech
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)63% / 38%19%5.7
Q2(20)45% / 55%45%5.0
Q3(18)39% / 61%44%4.5
Q4(18)61% / 39%39%4.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 114th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)10.031%7.5
2nd(11)9.527%7.2
3rd(11)9.018%3.8
4th(2)5.5100%8.0
All (37)—30%6.4
Rushing by down(offense 10th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)9.740%3.4
2nd(13)8.046%4.1
3rd(7)5.157%3.0
All (35)—46%3.6
South Carolina
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(17)41% / 59%29%5.8
Q2(14)43% / 57%43%6.6
Q3(10)70% / 30%40%4.5
Q4(13)8% / 92%38%7.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 70th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(9)10.667%15.2
2nd(6)10.833%6.7
3rd(6)7.817%2.0
All (21)—43%9.0
Rushing by down(offense 47th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)9.920%2.2
2nd(11)10.436%4.7
3rd(6)10.850%8.8
4th(1)5.0100%6.0
All (33)—33%4.4

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → TD3Drive 3: own 27 → Punt5Drive 5: own 2 → Safety7Drive 7: own 19 → Punt9Drive 9: own 20 → Punt11Drive 11: own 21 → FG14Drive 14: own 17 → Punt16Drive 16: own 18 → Punt19Drive 19: own 25 → TD21Drive 21: own 47 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
South Carolina 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 14:55775TD1.97+5.1
3own 27Q1 10:34819Punt2.00-2.0
5own 2Q1 4:5620Safety(−2 opp)1.10-1.1
7own 19Q1 2:4144Punt1.70-1.7
9own 20Q2 13:3059Punt1.70-1.7
11own 21Q2 8:211484FG1.73+1.3
14own 17Q3 10:33739Punt1.60-1.6
16own 18Q3 3:1056Punt1.60-1.6
19own 25Q4 8:35375TD1.97+5.1
21own 47Q4 4:361522End of half2.70-2.7
10 drives5533417.924+6.1

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