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East Carolina17atNC State24

2025 · Week 1

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-6.9-3.40+3.4+6.9East Carolina — Off. field pos.: -1.8-1.8NC State — Off. field pos.: -0.3-0.3Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.East Carolina — Off. scoring eff.: -6.0-6.0NC State — Off. scoring eff.: -0.5-0.5Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.East Carolina — Def. field pos.: +0.3+0.3NC State — Def. field pos.: +1.8+1.8Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.East Carolina — Def. scoring eff.: +0.5+0.5NC State — 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.East Carolina — Possessions: 0.00.0NC State — 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.
East CarolinaNC 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

01326Q1Q2Q3FinalEast Carolina 17NC State 24
East CarolinaNC Statehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

East CarolinaNC State
Total yards413423
Rushing yards30105
Rushing attempts2936
Yds / rush1.02.9
Passing yards383318
Passing attempts4534
Yds / pass8.59.4
First downs1821
Turnovers01
Penalties107
Penalty yards8663
Sacks11
Time of possession27:5332:07

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

East Carolina
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(6)67% / 33%17%3.0
Q2(24)71% / 29%21%5.8
Q3(23)65% / 35%39%6.3
Q4(21)48% / 52%48%6.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 33rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)10.344%4.7
2nd(15)9.947%10.9
3rd(12)13.033%13.0
4th(3)4.333%5.3
All (46)41%8.9
Rushing by down(offense 81st on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)10.08%1.7
2nd(11)8.427%0.3
3rd(4)3.550%2.8
4th(1)2.00%1.0
All (28)21%1.3
NC State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(23)57% / 43%48%5.8
Q2(21)48% / 52%43%5.4
Q3(13)46% / 54%38%5.2
Q4(12)50% / 50%33%8.6
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 29th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)10.550%10.5
2nd(14)9.650%9.2
3rd(7)10.929%6.9
All (35)46%9.2
Rushing by down(offense 28th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.141%2.9
2nd(9)7.111%1.2
3rd(8)6.963%4.8
All (34)38%2.9

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → FG3Drive 3: own 27 → Punt5Drive 5: own 39 → TD7Drive 7: opp 48 → TD9Drive 9: own 40 → Punt11Drive 11: own 29 → Punt13Drive 13: own 25 → Turnover16Drive 16: own 26 → Punt18Drive 18: own 20 → TD20Drive 20: own 25 → Missed FG22Drive 22: own 25 → Missed FG24Drive 24: own 10 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NC 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+/−
1own 25Q1 14:541679FG1.93+1.1
3own 27Q1 7:24712Punt2.00-2.0
5own 39Q1 1:52861TD2.47+4.6
7opp 48Q2 11:38248TD2.87+4.2
9own 40Q2 9:3951Punt2.50-2.5
11own 29Q2 6:07715Punt2.10-2.1
13own 25Q2 2:12846Turnover1.90-1.9
16own 26Q3 12:59614Punt2.00-2.0
18own 20Q3 8:241254TD1.77+5.3
20own 25Q4 14:47762Missed FG1.90-1.9
22own 25Q4 8:19546Missed FG1.90-1.9
24own 10Q4 0:356-5End of half1.40-1.4
12 drives7142324.524-0.5

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