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2025 · Week 9

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-27.7-13.90+13.9+27.7Tennessee — Off. field pos.: +9.2+9.2Kentucky — Off. field pos.: -1.8-1.8Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Off. scoring eff.: +24.1+24.1Kentucky — Off. scoring eff.: +11.0+11.0Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Def. field pos.: +1.8+1.8Kentucky — Def. field pos.: -9.2-9.2Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Def. scoring eff.: -11.0-11.0Kentucky — Def. scoring eff.: -24.1-24.1Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Tennessee — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Kentucky — 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.
TennesseeKentuckyBreaks 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

03162Q1Q2Q3FinalTennessee 56Kentucky 34
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Box score

TennesseeKentucky
Total yards504476
Rushing yards108146
Rushing attempts3337
Yds / rush3.33.9
Passing yards396330
Passing attempts2636
Yds / pass15.29.2
First downs2425
Turnovers02
Penalties68
Penalty yards5673
Sacks11
Time of possession23:5736:03

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Tennessee
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)63% / 38%63%8.5
Q2(18)50% / 50%44%5.7
Q3(10)60% / 40%50%18.8
Q4(15)13% / 87%73%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 9th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)9.675%13.2
2nd(10)6.480%17.2
3rd(5)9.040%11.0
All (27)70%14.3
Rushing by down(offense 6th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)8.847%4.6
2nd(9)7.733%2.3
3rd(3)1.767%3.3
4th(1)1.0100%1.0
All (32)47%3.7
Kentucky
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(18)61% / 39%39%7.6
Q2(20)35% / 65%50%8.8
Q3(23)52% / 48%43%5.7
Q4(11)55% / 45%73%5.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 92nd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)9.750%6.9
2nd(17)9.653%12.5
3rd(9)9.144%8.6
All (36)50%10.0
Rushing by down(offense 23rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(24)9.642%3.9
2nd(9)7.444%3.9
3rd(2)2.5100%3.5
4th(1)1.0100%13.0
All (36)47%4.1

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

2Drive 2: own 25 → Punt4Drive 4: own 46 → Def. TD5Drive 5: own 25 → TD7Drive 7: own 26 → Punt9Drive 9: own 25 → Turnover11Drive 11: own 25 → TD13Drive 13: own 4 → TD15Drive 15: own 25 → End of half16Drive 16: own 25 → Punt18Drive 18: own 25 → Missed FG20Drive 20: own 25 → TD22Drive 22: own 25 → TDown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Kentucky drives by field position

Each bar is a drive, from where it started to where it ended. Green = scored, red = turnover/downs/safety.

#StartTimePlaysYdsResultExpPts+/−
2own 25Q1 13:30616Punt1.90-1.9
4own 46Q1 9:52765Def. TD(−7 opp)2.70-2.7
5own 25Q1 6:50275TD1.97+5.1
7own 26Q1 4:5748Punt2.00-2.0
9own 25Q1 1:40410Turnover1.90-1.9
11own 25Q2 13:43375TD1.97+5.1
13own 4Q2 10:0419101TD1.27+5.8
15own 25Q2 0:052-1End of half1.90-1.9
16own 25Q3 14:48833Punt1.90-1.9
18own 25Q3 10:28838Missed FG1.90-1.9
20own 25Q3 5:391160TD1.96+4.1
22own 25Q4 13:241264TD1.97+5.1
12 drives7447623.034+11.0

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