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2025 · Week 5

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-41.4-20.70+20.7+41.4Notre Dame — Off. field pos.: -0.6-0.6Arkansas — Off. field pos.: -0.9-0.9Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Notre Dame — Off. scoring eff.: +36.0+36.0Arkansas — Off. scoring eff.: -4.7-4.7Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Notre Dame — Def. field pos.: +0.9+0.9Arkansas — Def. field pos.: +0.6+0.6Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Notre Dame — Def. scoring eff.: +4.7+4.7Arkansas — Def. scoring eff.: -36.0-36.0Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Notre Dame — Possessions: +2.1+2.1Arkansas — 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.
Notre DameArkansasBreaks 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

03162Q1Q2Q3FinalNotre Dame 56Arkansas 13
Notre DameArkansashover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Notre DameArkansas
Total yards643367
Rushing yards212160
Rushing attempts3929
Yds / rush5.45.5
Passing yards431207
Passing attempts3232
Yds / pass13.56.5
First downs3215
Turnovers02
Penalties56
Penalty yards4260
Sacks31
Time of possession32:4727:13

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Notre Dame
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)38% / 63%56%10.0
Q2(25)64% / 36%72%10.4
Q3(19)53% / 47%37%5.6
Q4(12)8% / 92%50%8.7
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 4th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)10.071%12.2
2nd(11)8.464%13.4
3rd(5)8.260%13.0
4th(3)4.367%11.3
All (33)67%12.6
Rushing by down(offense 7th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(22)9.641%5.0
2nd(12)8.350%6.3
3rd(5)3.460%5.8
All (39)46%5.5
Arkansas
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)56% / 44%63%7.4
Q2(16)38% / 63%38%4.3
Q3(13)62% / 38%31%5.0
Q4(16)69% / 31%50%6.2
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 31st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)10.064%7.5
2nd(10)11.330%1.9
3rd(7)9.314%7.3
4th(3)6.333%-0.7
All (34)41%5.0
Rushing by down(offense 1st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)10.250%4.3
2nd(9)4.633%9.3
3rd(8)5.675%6.5
All (27)52%6.6

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → FG3Drive 3: own 25 → Punt5Drive 5: own 25 → TD7Drive 7: own 25 → Punt9Drive 9: own 25 → FG13Drive 13: own 25 → End of half15Drive 15: own 40 → Downs17Drive 17: own 25 → Downs19Drive 19: own 25 → Turnoverown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Arkansas 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 14:56754FG1.93+1.1
3own 25Q1 8:1145Punt1.90-1.9
5own 25Q1 4:051685TD1.97+5.1
7own 25Q2 8:2041Punt1.90-1.9
9own 25Q2 5:58644FG1.93+1.1
13own 25Q2 0:062-2End of half1.90-1.9
15own 40Q3 10:501047Downs2.50-2.5
17own 25Q3 0:551562Downs1.90-1.9
19own 25Q4 8:44849Turnover1.90-1.9
9 drives6236717.713-4.7

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