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2025 · Week 5

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-18.2-9.10+9.1+18.2USC — Off. field pos.: -2.4-2.4Illinois — Off. field pos.: -0.3-0.3Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.USC — Off. scoring eff.: +15.8+15.8Illinois — Off. scoring eff.: +13.6+13.6Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.USC — Def. field pos.: +0.3+0.3Illinois — Def. field pos.: +2.4+2.4Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.USC — Def. scoring eff.: -13.6-13.6Illinois — Def. scoring eff.: -15.8-15.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.USC — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Illinois — 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.
USCIllinoisBreaks 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

01937Q1Q2Q3FinalUSC 32Illinois 34
USCIllinoishover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

USCIllinois
Total yards490503
Rushing yards126172
Rushing attempts3434
Yds / rush3.75.1
Passing yards364331
Passing attempts4327
Yds / pass8.512.3
First downs2925
Turnovers22
Penalties85
Penalty yards6942
Sacks11
Time of possession32:3427:26

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

USC
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(18)50% / 50%61%6.0
Q2(19)63% / 37%42%6.2
Q3(18)50% / 50%61%7.1
Q4(20)65% / 35%60%7.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 5th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)9.686%10.9
2nd(17)6.835%5.3
3rd(9)8.656%11.3
4th(3)5.767%8.3
All (43)—58%8.7
Rushing by down(offense 36th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(21)9.248%3.8
2nd(4)6.050%5.3
3rd(5)3.260%5.6
4th(2)1.0100%2.5
All (32)—53%4.2
Illinois
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)42% / 58%67%5.3
Q2(18)44% / 56%56%6.0
Q3(15)67% / 33%47%11.2
Q4(13)31% / 69%54%10.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 16th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(9)10.067%7.0
2nd(10)7.850%21.4
3rd(7)5.657%5.0
4th(1)1.0100%3.0
All (27)—59%11.7
Rushing by down(offense 21st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)9.947%4.5
2nd(11)5.655%5.9
3rd(3)2.767%7.7
All (31)—52%5.3

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

2Drive 2: own 30 → TD4Drive 4: own 25 → TD6Drive 6: own 42 → Turnover8Drive 8: own 25 → End of half9Drive 9: own 25 → FG11Drive 11: own 36 → Punt13Drive 13: own 34 → TD15Drive 15: own 25 → TD17Drive 17: own 12 → Turnover19Drive 19: own 25 → FGown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Illinois 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 30Q1 10:431147TD2.27+4.8
4own 25Q1 1:151460TD1.97+5.1
6own 42Q2 4:291466Turnover2.60-2.6
8own 25Q2 0:002-1End of half1.90-1.9
9own 25Q3 14:48849FG1.93+1.1
11own 36Q3 9:3657Punt2.30-2.3
13own 34Q3 7:37266TD2.37+4.7
15own 25Q3 1:40671TD1.97+5.1
17own 12Q4 9:46676Turnover1.50-1.5
19own 25Q4 1:471439FG1.93+1.1
10 drives6250320.434+13.6

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