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San Diego State6atNorthern Illinois3

2025 · Week 5

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-19.7-9.80+9.8+19.7San Diego State — Off. field pos.: +0.4+0.4Northern Illinois — Off. field pos.: -3.2-3.2Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.San Diego State — Off. scoring eff.: -17.1-17.1Northern Illinois — Off. scoring eff.: -16.6-16.6Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.San Diego State — Def. field pos.: +3.2+3.2Northern Illinois — Def. field pos.: -0.4-0.4Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.San Diego State — Def. scoring eff.: +16.6+16.6Northern Illinois — Def. scoring eff.: +17.1+17.1Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.San Diego State — Possessions: 0.00.0Northern Illinois — 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.
San Diego StateNorthern IllinoisBreaks 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

048Q1Q2Q3FinalSan Diego State 6Northern Illinois 3
San Diego StateNorthern Illinoishover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

San Diego StateNorthern Illinois
Total yards267170
Rushing yards152113
Rushing attempts4340
Yds / rush3.52.8
Passing yards11557
Passing attempts2216
Yds / pass5.23.6
First downs1910
Turnovers21
Penalties57
Penalty yards5060
Sacks21
Time of possession31:1828:42

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

San Diego State
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)25% / 75%33%4.8
Q2(22)50% / 50%27%3.9
Q3(13)46% / 54%38%3.3
Q4(19)16% / 84%42%5.4
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 126th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)10.046%4.4
2nd(5)10.840%8.0
3rd(4)8.550%3.0
4th(1)1.00%0.0
All (23)—43%5.0
Rushing by down(offense 35th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)11.340%5.1
2nd(15)8.320%4.5
3rd(11)5.827%2.7
4th(2)1.050%0.5
All (43)—30%4.1
Northern Illinois
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(15)20% / 80%33%4.5
Q2(12)42% / 58%25%2.8
Q3(14)29% / 71%36%3.2
Q4(15)40% / 60%7%1.9
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 137th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(5)10.820%0.8
2nd(7)11.914%3.7
3rd(6)6.733%1.3
All (18)—22%2.2
Rushing by down(offense 129th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)10.925%2.9
2nd(11)7.727%3.3
3rd(9)8.022%5.7
4th(2)1.550%0.5
All (38)—26%3.5

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

1Drive 1: own 25 → FG3Drive 3: own 23 → Punt5Drive 5: own 46 → Punt7Drive 7: own 7 → Punt9Drive 9: own 5 → End of half11Drive 11: own 27 → Punt13Drive 13: own 27 → Turnover15Drive 15: own 10 → Punt17Drive 17: own 9 → Punt19Drive 19: own 32 → Downs21Drive 21: own 10 → Puntown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Northern Illinois drives by field position

Each bar is a drive, from where it started to where it ended. Green = scored, red = turnover/downs/safety.

#StartTimePlaysYdsResultExpPts+/−
1own 25Q1 14:541867FG1.93+1.1
3own 23Q2 14:1758Punt1.80-1.8
5own 46Q2 9:085-11Punt2.70-2.7
7own 7Q2 2:551128Punt1.40-1.4
9own 5Q2 0:0029End of half1.20-1.2
11own 27Q3 14:1455Punt2.00-2.0
13own 27Q3 10:19415Turnover2.00-2.0
15own 10Q3 6:35717Punt1.40-1.4
17own 9Q3 0:00719Punt1.40-1.4
19own 32Q4 7:39109Downs2.30-2.3
21own 10Q4 2:3279Punt1.40-1.4
11 drives5717019.63-16.6

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