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Penn State24atIowa25

2025 · Week 8

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-6.6-3.30+3.3+6.6Penn State — Off. field pos.: +5.8+5.8Iowa — Off. field pos.: +5.1+5.1Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Penn State — Off. scoring eff.: -2.4-2.4Iowa — 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.Penn State — Def. field pos.: -5.1-5.1Iowa — Def. field pos.: -5.8-5.8Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Penn State — Def. scoring eff.: +2.8+2.8Iowa — Def. scoring eff.: +2.4+2.4Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Penn State — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Iowa — 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.
Penn StateIowaBreaks 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

01428Q1Q2Q3FinalPenn State 24Iowa 25
Penn StateIowahover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Penn StateIowa
Total yards266313
Rushing yards173245
Rushing attempts4633
Yds / rush3.87.4
Passing yards9368
Passing attempts2816
Yds / pass3.34.3
First downs1911
Turnovers21
Penalties23
Penalty yards1520
Sacks01
Time of possession36:1223:48

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Penn State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)21% / 79%43%3.2
Q2(19)63% / 37%32%3.9
Q3(17)29% / 71%47%4.7
Q4(21)38% / 62%48%4.1
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 23rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(8)10.025%2.5
2nd(9)8.322%4.1
3rd(10)5.260%5.0
4th(1)4.00%0.0
All (28)—36%3.7
Rushing by down(offense 40th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)9.947%4.1
2nd(16)6.850%5.5
3rd(5)5.220%0.8
4th(3)2.067%3.3
All (43)—47%4.2
Iowa
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)57% / 43%36%5.3
Q2(16)38% / 63%31%3.0
Q3(9)11% / 89%67%10.6
Q4(9)11% / 89%33%11.0
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 87th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(7)10.743%5.0
2nd(3)8.00%0.7
3rd(6)9.017%6.2
All (16)—25%4.5
Rushing by down(offense 33rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)9.247%8.7
2nd(13)5.838%4.2
3rd(4)4.375%14.8
All (32)—47%7.6

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → Turnover3Drive 3: own 25 → FG5Drive 5: opp 40 → Missed FG7Drive 7: own 34 → Punt9Drive 9: own 4 → Punt11Drive 11: opp 1 → TD13Drive 13: own 25 → Def. TD15Drive 15: own 26 → TD17Drive 17: opp 40 → FG19Drive 19: own 25 → TD21Drive 21: opp 49 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Iowa 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 14:5435Turnover1.90-1.9
3own 25Q1 8:33954FG1.93+1.1
5opp 40Q1 2:08512Missed FG3.10-3.1
7own 34Q2 14:3442Punt2.30-2.3
9own 4Q2 6:071035Punt1.20-1.2
11opp 1Q2 1:2231TD5.77+1.3
13own 25Q2 0:35710Def. TD(−7 opp)1.90-1.9
15own 26Q3 9:07874TD2.06+4.0
17opp 40Q3 0:00627FG3.13-0.1
19own 25Q4 4:40275TD1.96+4.1
21opp 49Q4 1:08718End of half2.80-2.8
11 drives5031327.825-2.8

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