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UAB23atIllinois42

2026 · Week 1

Efficiency

Game-level Efficiency Breakdown

-19.2-9.60+9.6+19.2UAB — Off. field pos.: -1.3-1.3Illinois — Off. field pos.: +4.5+4.5Off. field pos.Points this side's offense added or cost purely from where its drives started, vs. a league-average FBS team.UAB — Off. scoring eff.: +3.5+3.5Illinois — Off. scoring eff.: +16.7+16.7Off. scoring eff.Points this side's offense added or cost finishing drives (given where they started), vs. a league-average FBS team.UAB — Def. field pos.: -4.5-4.5Illinois — Def. field pos.: +1.3+1.3Def. field pos.Points this side's defense saved or gave up in starting field position allowed, vs. a league-average FBS team.UAB — Def. scoring eff.: -16.7-16.7Illinois — Def. scoring eff.: -3.5-3.5Def. scoring eff.Points this side's defense saved or gave up letting the opponent finish drives, vs. a league-average FBS team.UAB — Possessions: 0.00.0Illinois — 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.
UABIllinoisBreaks 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

02346Q1Q2Q3FinalUAB 23Illinois 42
UABIllinoishover for any point, click for the by-quarter breakdown

Box score

UABIllinois
Total yards413332
Rushing yards194150
Rushing attempts4826
Yds / rush4.05.8
Passing yards219182
Passing attempts3117
Yds / pass7.110.7
First downs2417
Turnovers10
Penalties91
Penalty yards694
Sacks01
Time of possession41:0318:57

Passing & rushing

What each offense did this game.

UAB
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(23)30% / 70%39%4.9
Q2(20)35% / 65%40%5.3
Q3(10)20% / 80%40%5.8
Q4(25)64% / 36%56%5.6
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 116th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(13)10.454%6.8
2nd(9)9.033%3.0
3rd(9)7.456%10.4
4th(1)7.0100%0.0
All (32)—50%6.7
Rushing by down(offense 68th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(18)9.728%3.6
2nd(15)7.940%5.3
3rd(10)5.950%4.5
4th(3)1.0100%4.0
All (46)—41%4.4
Illinois
By quarterPass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(6)33% / 67%100%17.5
Q2(12)50% / 50%25%7.1
Q3(18)33% / 67%67%5.7
Q4(7)43% / 57%43%5.7
how play-calling and results shifted through the game — (n) = plays
Passing by down(offense 6th on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(7)10.057%7.9
2nd(9)8.478%13.1
3rd(1)2.0100%9.0
All (17)—71%10.7
Rushing by down(offense 73rd on the season)
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(14)9.736%4.0
2nd(5)6.080%15.2
3rd(5)3.240%3.4
4th(2)1.050%0.5
All (26)—46%5.8

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

2Drive 2: opp 30 → TD4Drive 4: own 25 → TD6Drive 6: own 2 → Punt8Drive 8: own 25 → Downs10Drive 10: own 34 → TD11Drive 11: own 25 → TD13Drive 13: own 25 → TD16Drive 16: own 25 → End of halfown 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
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+/−
2opp 30Q1 8:52330TD4.17+2.9
4own 25Q1 2:15375TD2.07+5.0
6own 2Q2 11:2146Punt1.40-1.4
8own 25Q2 5:44713Downs2.00-2.0
10own 34Q2 0:07566TD2.67+4.4
11own 25Q3 14:541375TD2.07+5.0
13own 25Q3 3:501668TD2.07+5.0
16own 25Q4 0:092-1End of half2.00-2.0
8 drives4433218.342+23.7

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