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2025 · Week 13

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-7.5-3.70+3.7+7.5BYU — Off. field pos.: -1.2-1.2Cincinnati — Off. field pos.: -0.2-0.2Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Off. scoring eff.: +6.5+6.5Cincinnati — Off. scoring eff.: -6.5-6.5Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Def. field pos.: +0.2+0.2Cincinnati — Def. field pos.: +1.2+1.2Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Def. scoring eff.: +6.5+6.5Cincinnati — Def. scoring eff.: -6.5-6.5Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.BYU — Possessions: 0.00.0Cincinnati — 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.
BYUCincinnatiBreaks 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

01529Q1Q2Q3FinalBYU 26Cincinnati 14
BYUCincinnatihover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

BYUCincinnati
Total yards392387
Rushing yards26587
Rushing attempts4923
Yds / rush5.43.8
Passing yards127300
Passing attempts2538
Yds / pass5.17.9
First downs2419
Turnovers02
Penalties35
Penalty yards2140
Sacks10
Time of possession38:2521:35

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

BYU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(16)44% / 56%38%5.3
Q2(22)50% / 50%36%4.7
Q3(20)25% / 75%60%5.0
Q4(15)13% / 87%60%6.5
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 17th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(8)8.938%3.0
2nd(8)8.125%4.5
3rd(9)7.244%7.4
All (25)36%5.1
Rushing by down(offense 24th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(25)9.952%5.8
2nd(18)5.556%6.1
3rd(5)3.460%1.2
All (48)54%5.4
Cincinnati
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)33% / 67%42%6.0
Q2(19)68% / 32%42%5.8
Q3(10)60% / 40%40%5.0
Q4(19)79% / 21%47%8.4
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 32nd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(17)10.371%11.9
2nd(11)6.718%4.6
3rd(9)7.633%4.7
4th(1)2.0100%7.0
All (38)47%8.0
Rushing by down(offense 30th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(9)10.022%3.9
2nd(6)7.550%4.5
3rd(4)4.325%4.8
4th(3)1.367%2.7
All (22)36%4.0

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

2Drive 2: own 9 → Punt4Drive 4: own 25 → Downs6Drive 6: opp 47 → Missed FG8Drive 8: opp 33 → TD10Drive 10: own 25 → Missed FG12Drive 12: own 25 → Turnover14Drive 14: own 25 → Missed FG16Drive 16: own 25 → Turnover18Drive 18: own 14 → TD20Drive 20: own 13 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Cincinnati 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 9Q1 11:0340Punt1.40-1.4
4own 25Q1 4:311172Downs1.90-1.9
6opp 47Q2 12:46524Missed FG2.90-2.9
8opp 33Q2 7:19233TD3.77+3.3
10own 25Q2 1:491653Missed FG1.90-1.9
12own 25Q3 14:5530Turnover1.90-1.9
14own 25Q3 8:19950Missed FG1.90-1.9
16own 25Q4 13:56858Turnover1.90-1.9
18own 14Q4 7:40991TD1.57+5.5
20own 13Q4 0:44511End of half1.50-1.5
10 drives6138720.514-6.5

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

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