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Rutgers27atPurdue24

2025 · Week 9

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-6.9-3.50+3.5+6.9Rutgers — Off. field pos.: -1.7-1.7Purdue — Off. field pos.: +1.4+1.4Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Rutgers — Off. scoring eff.: +6.0+6.0Purdue — Off. scoring eff.: +2.0+2.0Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Rutgers — Def. field pos.: -1.4-1.4Purdue — 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.Rutgers — Def. scoring eff.: -2.0-2.0Purdue — Def. scoring eff.: -6.0-6.0Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Rutgers — Possessions: +2.1+2.1Purdue — 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.
RutgersPurdueBreaks 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

01530Q1Q2Q3FinalRutgers 27Purdue 24
RutgersPurduehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

RutgersPurdue
Total yards543345
Rushing yards184217
Rushing attempts4828
Yds / rush3.87.8
Passing yards359128
Passing attempts2723
Yds / pass13.35.6
First downs2214
Turnovers11
Penalties40
Penalty yards460
Sacks05
Time of possession36:5823:02

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Rutgers
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)50% / 50%17%6.3
Q2(27)41% / 59%63%5.7
Q3(13)54% / 46%46%9.6
Q4(21)33% / 67%52%9.2
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 20th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)10.054%6.1
2nd(12)9.850%19.0
3rd(3)5.333%2.0
4th(3)2.767%9.0
All (31)52%11.0
Rushing by down(offense 50th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)8.947%3.9
2nd(12)5.458%6.5
3rd(10)7.730%5.3
4th(1)1.0100%1.0
All (42)48%4.9
Purdue
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(17)35% / 65%59%9.9
Q2(7)43% / 57%0%0.6
Q3(15)47% / 53%47%8.6
Q4(11)55% / 45%27%4.2
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 60th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)9.150%5.5
2nd(7)6.643%4.7
3rd(5)6.620%8.6
All (22)41%6.0
Rushing by down(offense 74th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)9.838%9.3
2nd(9)7.944%9.7
3rd(4)3.80%1.3
4th(2)1.0100%2.0
All (28)39%7.8

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

2Drive 2: own 23 → TD4Drive 4: own 6 → FG6Drive 6: own 28 → Punt8Drive 8: opp 40 → Punt10Drive 10: own 33 → End of half11Drive 11: own 25 → TD13Drive 13: own 33 → Punt15Drive 15: own 25 → Punt17Drive 17: own 35 → Punt19Drive 19: opp 41 → TDown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Purdue 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 23Q1 13:18777TD1.87+5.2
4own 6Q1 5:291192FG1.33+1.7
6own 28Q2 9:4544Punt2.00-2.0
8opp 40Q2 7:1441Punt3.10-3.1
10own 33Q2 0:052-1End of half2.30-2.3
11own 25Q3 14:49475TD1.97+5.1
13own 33Q3 11:19619Punt2.30-2.3
15own 25Q3 7:24835Punt1.90-1.9
17own 35Q4 13:52520Punt2.30-2.3
19opp 41Q4 7:31826TD3.07+4.0
10 drives5634522.024+2.0

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