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2025 · Week 6

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-23.2-11.60+11.6+23.2Boston College — Off. field pos.: -2.8-2.8Pittsburgh — Off. field pos.: +3.0+3.0Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Boston College — Off. scoring eff.: -15.0-15.0Pittsburgh — Off. scoring eff.: +20.2+20.2Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Boston College — Def. field pos.: -3.0-3.0Pittsburgh — Def. field pos.: +2.8+2.8Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Boston College — Def. scoring eff.: -20.2-20.2Pittsburgh — Def. scoring eff.: +15.0+15.0Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Boston College — Possessions: 0.00.0Pittsburgh — 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.
Boston CollegePittsburghBreaks 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

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Boston CollegePittsburghhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

Boston CollegePittsburgh
Total yards216503
Rushing yards27172
Rushing attempts2443
Yds / rush1.14.0
Passing yards189331
Passing attempts3045
Yds / pass6.37.4
First downs1131
Turnovers30
Penalties58
Penalty yards5770
Sacks22
Time of possession20:5239:08

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Boston College
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)67% / 33%17%3.9
Q2(12)75% / 25%0%-0.3
Q3(12)50% / 50%67%6.8
Q4(16)44% / 56%44%5.1
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(9)10.044%8.4
2nd(11)9.29%1.6
3rd(10)9.730%5.9
All (30)—27%5.2
Rushing by down(offense 64th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)9.638%3.1
2nd(7)3.943%0.9
3rd(1)1.0100%1.0
4th(1)6.00%2.0
All (22)—41%2.2
Pittsburgh
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(20)60% / 40%35%6.4
Q2(28)46% / 54%50%6.2
Q3(20)60% / 40%45%4.5
Q4(17)53% / 47%41%4.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 55th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)12.135%5.1
2nd(15)8.953%8.2
3rd(11)5.955%4.2
4th(3)4.7100%13.3
All (46)—50%6.4
Rushing by down(offense 87th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(20)9.430%4.3
2nd(13)9.538%5.2
3rd(6)5.750%4.0
All (39)—36%4.6

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

2Drive 2: own 24 → TD4Drive 4: own 45 → FG6Drive 6: own 31 → Punt8Drive 8: own 34 → TD10Drive 10: own 35 → TD12Drive 12: own 38 → TD14Drive 14: own 25 → Punt16Drive 16: opp 39 → TD18Drive 18: own 39 → TD20Drive 20: own 24 → FG22Drive 22: 50 → Punt24Drive 24: own 26 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Pittsburgh 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 24Q1 12:471261TD1.97+5.1
4own 45Q1 4:551267FG2.73+0.3
6own 31Q2 13:35620Punt2.20-2.2
8own 34Q2 10:061248TD2.37+4.7
10own 35Q2 5:351343TD2.37+4.7
12own 38Q2 1:06762TD2.37+4.7
14own 25Q3 14:544-11Punt1.90-1.9
16opp 39Q3 12:14739TD3.27+3.8
18own 39Q3 7:041061TD2.47+4.6
20own 24Q4 13:181157FG1.93+1.1
2250Q4 7:0546Punt2.70-2.7
24own 26Q4 1:46720End of half2.00-2.0
12 drives9050327.848+20.2

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