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2025 · Week 12

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-6.6-3.30+3.3+6.6Iowa — Off. field pos.: +0.5+0.5USC — Off. field pos.: +1.7+1.7Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Iowa — Off. scoring eff.: +1.9+1.9USC — Off. scoring eff.: +5.7+5.7Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Iowa — Def. field pos.: -1.7-1.7USC — Def. field pos.: -0.5-0.5Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Iowa — Def. scoring eff.: -5.7-5.7USC — Def. scoring eff.: -1.9-1.9Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Iowa — Possessions: 0.00.0USC — 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.
IowaUSCBreaks 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

01529Q1Q2Q3FinalIowa 21USC 26
IowaUSChover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

IowaUSC
Total yards320360
Rushing yards183106
Rushing attempts3331
Yds / rush5.53.4
Passing yards137254
Passing attempts2032
Yds / pass6.87.9
First downs1721
Turnovers10
Penalties63
Penalty yards7030
Sacks20
Time of possession30:4429:16

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Iowa
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(17)53% / 47%41%5.9
Q2(14)21% / 79%79%8.0
Q3(9)33% / 67%44%5.5
Q4(13)38% / 62%31%4.9
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)9.343%4.7
2nd(6)7.050%11.0
3rd(5)5.060%9.0
4th(2)3.550%1.0
All (20)—50%7.2
Rushing by down(offense 33rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)10.456%6.6
2nd(10)6.940%5.3
3rd(5)4.040%2.4
All (33)—48%5.5
USC
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(11)73% / 27%36%3.1
Q2(18)56% / 44%50%6.8
Q3(19)58% / 42%58%9.1
Q4(15)33% / 67%20%1.6
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(13)9.869%7.8
2nd(13)7.546%7.4
3rd(8)8.138%5.4
All (34)—53%7.1
Rushing by down(offense 36th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)9.425%2.9
2nd(10)5.330%3.6
3rd(2)1.5100%14.5
4th(1)1.00%0.0
All (29)—31%3.8

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

2Drive 2: own 25 → Punt4Drive 4: own 13 → Downs6Drive 6: own 25 → TD8Drive 8: own 25 → FG10Drive 10: own 19 → FG12Drive 12: own 18 → TD14Drive 14: opp 40 → TD16Drive 16: own 26 → Punt18Drive 18: opp 11 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USC 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 11:2042Punt1.90-1.9
4own 13Q1 8:58832Downs1.50-1.5
6own 25Q2 14:061265TD1.97+5.1
8own 25Q2 3:151057FG1.93+1.1
10own 19Q3 14:50980FG1.73+1.3
12own 18Q3 7:37974TD1.66+4.4
14opp 40Q3 1:43825TD3.17+3.9
16own 26Q4 11:1874Punt2.00-2.0
18opp 11Q4 7:14813End of half4.70-4.7
9 drives6336020.326+5.7

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