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2025 · Week 8

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-7.3-3.70+3.7+7.3USC — Off. field pos.: -2.1-2.1Notre Dame — Off. field pos.: +6.4+6.4Off. 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.: -0.8-0.8Notre Dame — Off. scoring eff.: +2.8+2.8Off. 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.: -6.4-6.4Notre Dame — Def. field pos.: +2.1+2.1Def. 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.: -2.8-2.8Notre Dame — Def. scoring eff.: +0.8+0.8Def. 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+2.1Notre Dame — 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.
USCNotre DameBreaks 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 24Notre Dame 34
USCNotre Damehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

USCNotre Dame
Total yards396442
Rushing yards68306
Rushing attempts2944
Yds / rush2.37.0
Passing yards328136
Passing attempts4226
Yds / pass7.85.2
First downs2323
Turnovers31
Penalties18
Penalty yards596
Sacks12
Time of possession27:0232:58

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

USC
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(22)59% / 41%32%6.0
Q2(19)58% / 42%32%5.5
Q3(12)58% / 42%50%8.5
Q4(15)73% / 27%33%6.5
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(20)10.035%5.8
2nd(11)7.555%12.0
3rd(9)7.644%11.3
4th(2)2.00%0.0
All (42)—40%8.4
Rushing by down(offense 36th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)9.823%2.2
2nd(9)8.622%3.3
3rd(4)6.350%7.8
All (26)—27%3.5
Notre Dame
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)57% / 43%50%9.9
Q2(16)50% / 50%63%8.6
Q3(19)42% / 58%47%5.1
Q4(22)18% / 82%45%3.5
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(9)10.056%5.9
2nd(11)8.555%5.5
3rd(6)8.217%2.8
4th(2)15.00%0.0
All (28)—43%4.7
Rushing by down(offense 7th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(24)9.454%7.1
2nd(13)5.754%9.3
3rd(5)6.260%4.4
4th(1)1.0100%2.0
All (43)—56%7.3

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

2Drive 2: own 25 → TD4Drive 4: own 25 → Punt6Drive 6: own 29 → Punt8Drive 8: own 37 → TD10Drive 10: own 19 → Turnover12Drive 12: own 16 → Punt14Drive 14: own 25 → TD16Drive 16: own 25 → Punt19Drive 19: opp 44 → Missed FG21Drive 21: 50 → TD23Drive 23: opp 44 → Downs25Drive 25: own 8 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Notre Dame 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 11:02475TD1.97+5.1
4own 25Q1 7:52616Punt1.90-1.9
6own 29Q1 4:2448Punt2.10-2.1
8own 37Q1 1:04563TD2.37+4.7
10own 19Q2 10:111197Turnover1.70-1.7
12own 16Q2 1:36727Punt1.60-1.6
14own 25Q3 14:521375TD1.97+5.1
16own 25Q3 6:1344Punt1.90-1.9
19opp 44Q3 1:431031Missed FG2.90-2.9
2150Q4 11:06850TD2.77+4.3
23opp 44Q4 5:551216Downs2.90-2.9
25own 8Q4 0:593-2End of half1.40-1.4
12 drives7244225.234+8.8

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