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2025 · Week 3

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-15.9-80+8+15.9South Alabama — Off. field pos.: -1.9-1.9Auburn — Off. field pos.: +0.6+0.6Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.South Alabama — Off. scoring eff.: +0.4+0.4Auburn — Off. scoring eff.: +13.8+13.8Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.South Alabama — Def. field pos.: -0.6-0.6Auburn — 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.South Alabama — Def. scoring eff.: -13.8-13.8Auburn — Def. scoring eff.: -0.4-0.4Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.South Alabama — Possessions: 0.00.0Auburn — 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.
South AlabamaAuburnBreaks 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

01734Q1Q2Q3FinalSouth Alabama 15Auburn 31
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Box score

South AlabamaAuburn
Total yards310337
Rushing yards140195
Rushing attempts4239
Yds / rush3.35.0
Passing yards170142
Passing attempts2624
Yds / pass6.55.9
First downs2019
Turnovers20
Penalties54
Penalty yards3543
Sacks11
Time of possession31:2728:33

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

South Alabama
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)43% / 57%43%4.3
Q2(14)36% / 64%36%6.1
Q3(14)43% / 57%50%6.8
Q4(25)40% / 60%20%2.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 100th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(9)10.033%6.6
2nd(9)8.444%7.3
3rd(5)6.280%8.2
4th(4)5.825%1.0
All (27)—44%6.3
Rushing by down(offense 85th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.529%3.5
2nd(12)7.98%2.2
3rd(9)6.233%5.2
4th(2)1.0100%3.0
All (40)—28%3.5
Auburn
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(18)50% / 50%56%6.7
Q2(23)43% / 57%61%6.0
Q3(15)27% / 73%40%4.1
Q4(7)29% / 71%43%3.3
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 51st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(6)9.250%8.8
2nd(11)6.327%3.7
3rd(7)6.143%5.6
4th(1)5.0100%14.0
All (25)—40%5.9
Rushing by down(offense 20th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)9.655%5.6
2nd(10)4.960%4.9
3rd(6)3.067%3.8
4th(2)1.0100%6.0
All (38)—61%5.2

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

1Drive 1: own 8 → TD3Drive 3: own 31 → Punt5Drive 5: opp 33 → TD7Drive 7: own 46 → TD9Drive 9: own 25 → TD12Drive 12: own 22 → FG14Drive 14: own 21 → Punt16Drive 16: own 22 → —own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Auburn 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 8Q1 14:531392TD1.47+5.6
3own 31Q1 3:2844Punt2.20-2.2
5opp 33Q1 0:32733TD3.77+3.3
7own 46Q2 12:16754TD2.77+4.3
9own 25Q2 5:171575TD1.97+5.1
12own 22Q3 9:411662FG1.83+1.2
14own 21Q4 10:3548Punt1.70-1.7
16own 22Q4 2:26615—1.80-1.8
8 drives6433717.231+13.8

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

South Alabama at Auburn — 2025 game breakdown · FanBoardHQ