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Colorado20atHouston36

2025 · Week 3

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-5.5-2.70+2.7+5.5Colorado — Off. field pos.: -2.0-2.0Houston — Off. field pos.: +4.8+4.8Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Colorado — Off. scoring eff.: -2.8-2.8Houston — Off. scoring eff.: +4.4+4.4Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Colorado — Def. field pos.: -4.8-4.8Houston — Def. field pos.: +2.0+2.0Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Colorado — Def. scoring eff.: -4.4-4.4Houston — Def. scoring eff.: +2.8+2.8Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Colorado — Possessions: -2.1-2.1Houston — 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.
ColoradoHoustonBreaks 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

02040Q1Q2Q3FinalColorado 20Houston 36
ColoradoHoustonhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

ColoradoHouston
Total yards300431
Rushing yards96209
Rushing attempts2353
Yds / rush4.23.9
Passing yards204222
Passing attempts3524
Yds / pass5.89.3
First downs1521
Turnovers20
Penalties64
Penalty yards4535
Sacks23
Time of possession23:1536:45

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Colorado
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(14)71% / 29%29%3.8
Q2(19)47% / 53%47%8.8
Q3(5)60% / 40%0%0.0
Q4(21)86% / 14%29%5.7
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 97th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(12)10.425%3.8
2nd(14)9.450%8.4
3rd(12)9.117%5.2
4th(2)4.00%-12.0
All (40)—30%5.0
Rushing by down(offense 117th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)10.020%5.1
2nd(5)10.220%4.4
3rd(3)4.0100%7.3
4th(1)8.0100%44.0
All (19)—37%7.3
Houston
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(19)42% / 58%53%8.4
Q2(17)35% / 65%29%2.5
Q3(24)33% / 67%58%5.5
Q4(18)11% / 89%11%4.4
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 19th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(7)10.057%7.7
2nd(8)5.838%11.5
3rd(8)7.325%4.9
4th(1)4.0100%12.0
All (24)—42%8.2
Rushing by down(offense 86th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(26)9.542%5.6
2nd(15)8.633%3.7
3rd(10)4.540%1.5
4th(3)1.033%0.3
All (54)—39%4.0

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

2Drive 2: own 3 → FG4Drive 4: own 21 → TD6Drive 6: own 31 → FG8Drive 8: own 35 → Punt10Drive 10: own 25 → FG12Drive 12: own 26 → —13Drive 13: own 25 → FG15Drive 15: own 24 → TD17Drive 17: opp 35 → Missed FG19Drive 19: own 39 → TD21Drive 21: opp 26 → Downs23Drive 23: opp 37 → FG25Drive 25: opp 38 → —own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Houston 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 3Q1 10:321063FG1.13+1.9
4own 21Q1 5:17579TD1.77+5.3
6own 31Q1 2:13816FG2.23+0.8
8own 35Q2 12:3752Punt2.30-2.3
10own 25Q2 7:241646FG1.93+1.1
12own 26Q2 0:003-4—2.00-2.0
13own 25Q3 14:401872FG1.93+1.1
15own 24Q3 5:271061TD1.97+5.1
17opp 35Q4 14:4853Missed FG3.60-3.6
19own 39Q4 12:53361TD2.47+4.6
21opp 26Q4 9:2769Downs3.80-3.8
23opp 37Q4 3:4567FG3.53-0.5
25opp 38Q4 1:405-1—3.40-3.4
13 drives8043131.636+4.4

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