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2025 · Week 11

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-10.9-5.50+5.5+10.9Houston — Off. field pos.: +6.0+6.0UCF — Off. field pos.: +9.5+9.5Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.Houston — Off. scoring eff.: -2.9-2.9UCF — Off. scoring eff.: -9.4-9.4Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.Houston — Def. field pos.: -9.5-9.5UCF — Def. field pos.: -6.0-6.0Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.Houston — Def. scoring eff.: +9.4+9.4UCF — Def. scoring eff.: +2.9+2.9Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.Houston — Possessions: 0.00.0UCF — 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.
HoustonUCFBreaks 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

01733Q1Q2Q3FinalHouston 30UCF 27
HoustonUCFhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

HoustonUCF
Total yards433282
Rushing yards210146
Rushing attempts4930
Yds / rush4.34.9
Passing yards223136
Passing attempts3130
Yds / pass7.24.5
First downs2614
Turnovers42
Penalties39
Penalty yards2575
Sacks12
Time of possession34:3825:22

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

Houston
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(22)55% / 45%36%4.1
Q2(19)53% / 47%53%7.6
Q3(17)41% / 59%65%7.1
Q4(21)19% / 81%57%4.8
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(12)9.950%9.5
2nd(8)8.350%6.4
3rd(10)9.020%4.9
4th(3)3.367%9.0
All (33)—42%7.2
Rushing by down(offense 86th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(22)9.850%4.1
2nd(18)7.056%4.7
3rd(6)1.8100%7.7
All (46)—59%4.8
UCF
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(13)62% / 38%38%4.2
Q2(22)41% / 59%59%5.9
Q3(14)64% / 36%14%4.4
Q4(9)33% / 67%44%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 78th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(8)10.663%9.1
2nd(9)9.033%4.3
3rd(12)8.025%2.4
All (29)—38%4.9
Rushing by down(offense 112th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)11.344%4.9
2nd(10)8.340%5.2
3rd(3)8.767%7.3
All (29)—45%5.3

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

2Drive 2: own 39 → Punt4Drive 4: own 45 → FG6Drive 6: own 46 → Punt8Drive 8: own 40 → Punt9Drive 9: opp 25 → TD11Drive 11: own 25 → Def. TD12Drive 12: own 25 → TD15Drive 15: own 13 → Punt17Drive 17: own 7 → Punt19Drive 19: own 26 → Punt21Drive 21: own 37 → FG23Drive 23: own 25 → Punt25Drive 25: own 41 → Turnoverown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
UCF 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 39Q1 11:4255Punt2.40-2.4
4own 45Q1 8:021146FG2.73+0.3
6own 46Q1 0:1563Punt2.70-2.7
8own 40Q2 12:3044Punt2.50-2.5
9opp 25Q2 11:03525TD3.87+3.2
11own 25Q2 7:45465Def. TD(−7 opp)1.90-1.9
12own 25Q2 6:301175TD1.97+5.1
15own 13Q3 14:2855Punt1.50-1.5
17own 7Q3 11:3152Punt1.40-1.4
19own 26Q3 7:17528Punt2.00-2.0
21own 37Q3 2:33527FG2.33+0.7
23own 25Q4 11:0540Punt1.90-1.9
25own 41Q4 2:14949Turnover2.50-2.5
13 drives6228229.427-2.4

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