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2025 · Week 11

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-22.2-11.10+11.1+22.2SMU — Off. field pos.: -0.3-0.3Boston College — Off. field pos.: +3.4+3.4Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.SMU — Off. scoring eff.: +16.4+16.4Boston College — Off. scoring eff.: -19.3-19.3Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.SMU — Def. field pos.: -3.4-3.4Boston College — Def. field pos.: +0.3+0.3Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.SMU — Def. scoring eff.: +19.3+19.3Boston College — Def. scoring eff.: -16.4-16.4Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.SMU — Possessions: 0.00.0Boston College — 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.
SMUBoston 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

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SMUBoston Collegehover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

SMUBoston College
Total yards574390
Rushing yards222106
Rushing attempts3140
Yds / rush7.22.6
Passing yards352284
Passing attempts3545
Yds / pass10.16.3
First downs2225
Turnovers14
Penalties134
Penalty yards15525
Sacks81
Time of possession27:0232:58

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

SMU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(18)72% / 28%44%8.2
Q2(17)59% / 41%35%6.7
Q3(16)56% / 44%63%10.0
Q4(14)21% / 79%57%10.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 25th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)11.756%13.6
2nd(9)14.133%7.9
3rd(10)7.730%5.5
All (35)43%9.8
Rushing by down(offense 67th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)10.943%5.1
2nd(11)5.755%4.2
3rd(5)1.8100%22.4
All (30)57%7.7
Boston College
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)31% / 69%50%3.5
Q2(27)56% / 44%59%6.6
Q3(18)83% / 17%39%3.8
Q4(21)81% / 19%33%4.8
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(18)10.361%8.5
2nd(18)6.544%4.4
3rd(11)6.09%2.5
4th(5)3.440%-0.2
All (52)42%5.0
Rushing by down(offense 64th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)9.867%6.0
2nd(8)5.325%2.9
3rd(3)4.333%2.7
4th(1)1.0100%6.0
All (30)53%4.8

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

2Drive 2: own 37 → Punt4Drive 4: own 25 → —6Drive 6: own 25 → Turnover8Drive 8: own 13 → Punt10Drive 10: own 20 → Downs12Drive 12: own 41 → Downs14Drive 14: own 25 → FG16Drive 16: opp 37 → End of half17Drive 17: own 25 → Punt19Drive 19: own 25 → Turnover21Drive 21: own 41 → Downs23Drive 23: own 27 → TD25Drive 25: own 25 → Punt27Drive 27: own 23 → 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+/−
2own 37Q1 13:56710Punt2.30-2.3
4own 25Q1 8:49351.90-1.9
6own 25Q1 6:27633Turnover1.90-1.9
8own 13Q1 1:2558Punt1.50-1.5
10own 20Q2 14:041174Downs1.70-1.7
12own 41Q2 7:19932Downs2.50-2.5
14own 25Q2 3:001052FG1.93+1.1
16opp 37Q2 0:06319End of half3.50-3.5
17own 25Q3 14:56614Punt1.90-1.9
19own 25Q3 9:50348Turnover1.90-1.9
21own 41Q3 4:321131Downs2.50-2.5
23own 27Q4 13:151453TD2.07+5.0
25own 25Q4 6:234-3Punt1.90-1.9
27own 23Q4 0:54647Turnover1.80-1.8
14 drives8639029.313-16.3

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