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2025 · Week 13

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-17.3-8.60+8.6+17.3Rutgers — Off. field pos.: -2.4-2.4Ohio State — Off. field pos.: +4.3+4.3Off. 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.: -9.2-9.2Ohio State — Off. scoring eff.: +15.0+15.0Off. 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.: -4.3-4.3Ohio State — Def. field pos.: +2.4+2.4Def. 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.: -15.0-15.0Ohio State — Def. scoring eff.: +9.2+9.2Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Rutgers — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Ohio State — 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.
RutgersOhio StateBreaks 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

02346Q1Q2Q3FinalRutgers 9Ohio State 42
RutgersOhio Statehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

RutgersOhio State
Total yards147430
Rushing yards66254
Rushing attempts3538
Yds / rush1.96.7
Passing yards81176
Passing attempts2022
Yds / pass4.08.0
First downs1225
Turnovers11
Penalties45
Penalty yards3760
Sacks04
Time of possession27:1132:49

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Rutgers
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)57% / 43%36%2.4
Q2(16)44% / 56%31%2.8
Q3(10)50% / 50%20%0.5
Q4(14)21% / 79%50%5.5
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(6)9.250%5.8
2nd(9)9.333%2.0
3rd(8)7.125%1.4
All (23)—35%2.8
Rushing by down(offense 50th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)10.033%4.3
2nd(8)4.538%2.1
3rd(6)3.350%2.5
4th(2)1.50%0.5
All (31)—35%3.1
Ohio State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)23% / 77%62%7.0
Q2(15)60% / 40%33%5.5
Q3(19)37% / 63%47%6.2
Q4(11)18% / 82%45%11.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 1st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(4)8.825%9.8
2nd(11)8.655%8.6
3rd(6)7.750%5.0
All (21)—48%7.8
Rushing by down(offense 32nd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(27)9.741%5.4
2nd(10)8.160%10.8
All (37)—46%6.8

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

2Drive 2: own 27 → Turnover4Drive 4: opp 29 → TD6Drive 6: own 35 → Punt8Drive 8: own 2 → TD10Drive 10: own 18 → End of half11Drive 11: own 9 → Punt13Drive 13: opp 1 → TD15Drive 15: own 30 → TD17Drive 17: own 30 → TD19Drive 19: own 25 → TD21Drive 21: opp 46 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Ohio State 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 27Q1 13:531172Turnover2.00-2.0
4opp 29Q1 5:52519TD3.77+3.3
6own 35Q2 11:504-3Punt2.30-2.3
8own 2Q2 9:171386TD1.17+5.9
10own 18Q2 0:2820End of half1.60-1.6
11own 9Q3 14:53936Punt1.40-1.4
13opp 1Q3 7:40411TD5.77+1.3
15own 30Q3 6:06855TD2.27+4.8
17own 30Q3 0:57870TD2.27+4.8
19own 25Q4 6:43475TD1.97+5.1
21opp 46Q4 1:083-4End of half2.90-2.9
11 drives6443027.042+15.0

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