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2025 · Week 5

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-5.1-2.60+2.6+5.1California — Off. field pos.: +0.8+0.8Boston College — Off. field pos.: +2.0+2.0Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.California — Off. scoring eff.: +4.4+4.4Boston College — Off. scoring eff.: +1.3+1.3Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.California — Def. field pos.: -2.0-2.0Boston College — Def. field pos.: -0.8-0.8Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.California — Def. scoring eff.: -1.3-1.3Boston College — Def. scoring eff.: -4.4-4.4Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.California — Possessions: +2.1+2.1Boston College — 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.
CaliforniaBoston CollegeBreaks 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

01631Q1Q2Q3FinalCalifornia 28Boston College 24
CaliforniaBoston Collegehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

CaliforniaBoston College
Total yards375375
Rushing yards121178
Rushing attempts3621
Yds / rush3.48.5
Passing yards254197
Passing attempts3437
Yds / pass7.55.3
First downs2320
Turnovers12
Penalties1115
Penalty yards78109
Sacks10
Time of possession35:1524:45

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

California
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)25% / 75%50%4.9
Q2(16)44% / 56%63%5.6
Q3(19)58% / 42%47%5.8
Q4(28)61% / 39%36%4.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 39th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)10.740%5.5
2nd(15)9.353%11.1
3rd(8)5.563%4.9
4th(1)11.0100%15.0
All (39)—51%7.7
Rushing by down(offense 96th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)9.640%1.6
2nd(11)7.145%6.9
3rd(6)1.850%1.7
4th(3)1.033%0.3
All (40)—43%3.0
Boston College
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)56% / 44%56%7.1
Q2(15)87% / 13%33%3.1
Q3(11)55% / 45%36%4.9
Q4(18)61% / 39%44%10.2
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 54th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(19)10.337%5.8
2nd(8)9.150%6.7
3rd(10)7.920%2.4
4th(2)5.5100%9.5
All (39)—38%5.3
Rushing by down(offense 64th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(8)10.838%12.1
2nd(11)6.955%7.4
3rd(2)1.5100%3.5
All (21)—52%8.8

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

1Drive 1: own 16 → TD3Drive 3: opp 27 → TD5Drive 5: own 35 → Punt7Drive 7: own 25 → FG10Drive 10: own 20 → Punt12Drive 12: own 5 → Punt14Drive 14: own 3 → —16Drive 16: own 29 → —18Drive 18: own 29 → Punt20Drive 20: own 25 → Turnoverown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Boston College 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 16Q1 11:101284TD1.67+5.4
3opp 27Q1 8:00227TD3.77+3.3
5own 35Q1 0:5687Punt2.30-2.3
7own 25Q2 3:401341FG1.93+1.1
10own 20Q3 13:03943Punt1.70-1.7
12own 5Q3 4:50511Punt1.20-1.2
14own 3Q4 14:5233—1.10-1.1
16own 29Q4 13:35171—2.14+1.9
18own 29Q4 8:10719Punt2.10-2.1
20own 25Q4 1:251180Turnover1.90-1.9
10 drives5837519.724+4.3

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