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Penn St at Northwestern: Stat Splits

Saturday Oct 7, 2017 12:00 pm - Evanston, IL
Odds: Penn St. by 14, Total Points: 50.5

Matchup Menu: PSU @ NW

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Scoring & Yardage

Split Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat PSU adv NW PSU adv NW PSU adv NW
Avg Score Margin +20.0 -0.8 +16.7 +5.7 +17.0 +4.0
Points/Game 34.0 22.0 31.3 27.3 33.5 28.8
Opp Points/Game 14.0 22.8 14.7 21.7 16.5 24.8
First Downs/Game 21.5 16.6 20.0 17.0 20.5 17.0
Yards/Game 388.4 303.3 472.7 332.7 412.7 350.2
Opp Yards/Game 256.6 341.6 274.0 369.7 286.8 380.6

Offensive Efficiency

Split Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat PSU adv NW PSU adv NW PSU adv NW
Plays/Game 71.0 69.1 63.7 69.3 73.2 69.0
Rush Play % 53.40% 49.70% 55.50% 49.04% 47.61% 50.43%
Pass Play % 46.60% 50.30% 44.50% 50.96% 52.39% 49.57%
Yards/Play 5.5 4.4 7.4 4.8 5.6 5.1
Yards/Rush 4.6 2.8 6.5 3.0 4.6 3.0
Yards/Pass 6.7 6.7 9.0 7.2 6.9 8.2
Points/Play 0.479 0.318 0.492 0.394 0.458 0.417
3D Conversion % 39.18% 39.33% 40.00% 34.88% 35.87% 37.68%
RZ Scoring % 94.64% 89.74% 92.86% 81.82% 100.00% 95.00%

Defensive Efficiency

Split Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat PSU adv NW PSU adv NW PSU adv NW
Opp Plays/Game 64.9 68.6 68.0 73.0 72.0 72.8
Opp Rush Play % 52.63% 56.87% 56.86% 62.56% 44.44% 54.12%
Opp Pass Play % 47.37% 43.13% 43.14% 37.44% 55.56% 45.88%
Opp Yards/Play 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.1 4.0 5.2
Opp Yards/Rush 2.2 4.0 1.8 4.0 1.4 4.6
Opp Yards/Pass 6.7 6.7 7.9 7.8 6.8 6.5
Opp Points/Play 0.216 0.332 0.216 0.297 0.229 0.341
Opp 3D Conv % 30.95% 39.18% 29.55% 36.36% 32.22% 36.00%
Opp RZ Scoring % 91.67% 82.50% 100.00% 77.78% 93.75% 78.95%

Turnovers, Penalties & TOP

Split Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat PSU adv NW PSU adv NW PSU adv NW
TO Margin/Game +1.2 +1.1 +0.3 +2.7 +1.5 +1.4
Opp Int Thrown % 3.41% 3.96% 2.60% 8.33% 3.74% 3.92%
Fumble Rec % 54.84% 64.52% 42.86% 72.73% 70.00% 50.00%
Penalties/Game 4.8 5.1 3.7 4.3 5.8 5.6
Opp Penalties/Game 5.5 3.8 5.7 3.0 5.2 5.6
TOP % (excl OT) 52.84% 47.44% 50.11% 44.87% 52.51% 47.47%