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2026 · Week 0 · neutral site

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-17.1-8.50+8.5+17.1North Carolina — Off. field pos.: +2.4+2.4TCU — Off. field pos.: -1.2-1.2Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.North Carolina — Off. scoring eff.: -13.5-13.5TCU — Off. scoring eff.: -14.8-14.8Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.North Carolina — Def. field pos.: +1.2+1.2TCU — Def. field pos.: -2.4-2.4Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.North Carolina — Def. scoring eff.: +14.8+14.8TCU — Def. scoring eff.: +13.5+13.5Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.North Carolina — Possessions: 0.00.0TCU — 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.
North CarolinaTCUBreaks 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

0917Q1Q2Q3FinalNorth Carolina 15TCU 10
North CarolinaTCUhover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

North CarolinaTCU
Total yards322281
Rushing yards90106
Rushing attempts2939
Yds / rush3.12.7
Passing yards232175
Passing attempts2832
Yds / pass8.35.5
First downs2018
Turnovers21
Penalties311
Penalty yards2090
Sacks33
Time of possession26:5833:02

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

North Carolina
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(19)63% / 37%47%7.4
Q2(12)58% / 42%33%3.8
Q3(12)50% / 50%58%5.3
Q4(12)42% / 58%42%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 46th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(11)10.164%8.5
2nd(10)9.740%8.3
3rd(8)7.025%1.1
4th(1)7.0100%18.0
All (30)47%6.8
Rushing by down(offense 40th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)9.940%3.7
2nd(7)6.057%4.3
3rd(3)7.033%6.3
All (25)44%4.2
TCU
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(12)42% / 58%67%10.4
Q2(21)57% / 43%24%3.1
Q3(21)48% / 52%33%3.0
Q4(14)50% / 50%29%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 64th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(10)10.040%8.2
2nd(11)9.827%4.8
3rd(10)8.530%2.4
4th(3)4.733%1.3
All (34)32%4.8
Rushing by down(offense 37th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(16)9.838%5.6
2nd(10)7.430%3.3
3rd(7)4.757%5.4
4th(1)1.00%-1.0
All (34)38%4.7

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

2Drive 2: own 25 → FG4Drive 4: opp 25 → TD6Drive 6: own 25 → Downs8Drive 8: own 17 → Punt10Drive 10: own 15 → Safety12Drive 12: own 45 → End of half13Drive 13: own 25 → Safety15Drive 15: own 25 → Punt17Drive 17: opp 24 → Downs19Drive 19: own 24 → Downsown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
TCU 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 25Q1 9:59762FG2.03+1.0
4opp 25Q1 5:26425TD4.17+2.9
6own 25Q1 0:45750Downs2.00-2.0
8own 17Q2 10:361027Punt1.70-1.7
10own 15Q2 5:24921Safety(−2 opp)1.70-1.7
12own 45Q2 0:4376End of half3.30-3.3
13own 25Q3 14:53730Safety(−3 opp)2.00-2.0
15own 25Q3 9:55916Punt2.00-2.0
17opp 24Q3 5:34818Downs4.10-4.1
19own 24Q4 11:481567Downs1.90-1.9
10 drives7428124.810-14.8

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