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Michigan State13atIndiana38

2025 · Week 8

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-25.2-12.60+12.6+25.2Michigan State — Off. field pos.: -1.7-1.7Indiana — Off. field pos.: -0.5-0.5Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Michigan State — Off. scoring eff.: -1.8-1.8Indiana — Off. scoring eff.: +21.9+21.9Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Michigan State — Def. field pos.: +0.5+0.5Indiana — Def. field pos.: +1.7+1.7Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Michigan State — Def. scoring eff.: -21.9-21.9Indiana — Def. scoring eff.: +1.8+1.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Michigan State — Possessions: 0.00.0Indiana — Possessions: 0.00.0PossessionsValue 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.
Michigan StateIndianaBreaks 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

02142Q1Q2Q3FinalMichigan State 13Indiana 38
Michigan StateIndianahover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Michigan StateIndiana
Total yards367464
Rushing yards74132
Rushing attempts2428
Yds / rush3.14.7
Passing yards293332
Passing attempts3828
Yds / pass7.711.9
First downs1924
Turnovers00
Penalties61
Penalty yards465
Sacks04
Time of possession31:1428:46

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Michigan State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)63% / 38%50%5.7
Q2(20)65% / 35%50%5.1
Q3(12)58% / 42%33%4.6
Q4(12)92% / 8%42%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 64th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.047%6.9
2nd(13)10.262%5.9
3rd(8)13.325%7.8
4th(3)5.367%5.3
All (41)49%6.6
Rushing by down(offense 59th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(9)10.033%1.8
2nd(4)11.325%3.5
3rd(5)2.640%2.0
4th(1)2.0100%2.0
All (19)37%2.2
Indiana
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(11)64% / 36%73%7.2
Q2(13)69% / 31%62%11.9
Q3(15)47% / 53%73%9.8
Q4(17)29% / 71%35%5.1
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 2nd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)10.067%10.3
2nd(9)9.278%16.4
3rd(5)6.260%11.4
4th(2)3.050%3.5
All (28)68%12.0
Rushing by down(offense 22nd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)10.027%4.4
2nd(10)5.880%6.1
3rd(3)1.367%1.7
All (28)50%4.7

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

2Drive 2: own 25 → TD4Drive 4: own 25 → TD6Drive 6: own 20 → TD8Drive 8: own 25 → TD10Drive 10: own 32 → TD12Drive 12: own 49 → Downs14Drive 14: own 32 → FG16Drive 16: own 8 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Indiana 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 7:581179TD1.97+5.1
4own 25Q2 9:15575TD1.97+5.1
6own 20Q2 2:351280TD1.77+5.3
8own 25Q3 14:53564TD1.97+5.1
10own 32Q3 7:47968TD2.37+4.7
12own 49Q3 1:431249Downs2.70-2.7
14own 32Q4 8:531254FG2.33+0.7
16own 8Q4 0:002-1End of half1.40-1.4
8 drives6046416.138+21.9

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