Week 7: Stat Book Notes

>Vanderbilt was held to 107 total yards and 45 rushing yards against Mississippi State. MSU had previously allowed 438 rushing yards in their 38-7 loss to Georgia Tech.


>Army did not complete a pass on only three attempts in their win over Eastern Michigan. They ran for 341 yards on 59 carries (5.8 ypc). Clearly the Black Knights have fully committed to their option based running attack.


>Tennessee ran only 45 plays against Georgia.

>Georgia Tech was held to 1.7 ypc and 79 rushing yards against Gardner-Webb. They were only 3 of 10 passing. They needed a block field goal at the end of regulation to beat Gardner-Webb. A huge reason for the offensive ineffectiveness was that they were playing with their third string QB, a senior making his first career start who is 6-4, 235 lbs. He struggled making options reads and pitching.

>Northwestern ran 93 plays and out gained Sparty 459-297. Tyrell Sutton out rushed Javon Ringer 139-124. C.J. Bacher threw 61 passes, including 2 ints. Northwestern fumbled a kickoff that led to a 16 yard FG drive. Bacher then threw his first INT, leading to a 34 yard TD drive for MSU. Northwestern threatened to close the gap to 17-14 late in the first half, but Bacher threw an INT in the endzone. MSU then went on an 80 yard TD drive making it a 24-7 halftime score. The two played to a 13-13 second half with Northwestern ending the game on the MSU 6 yard line.

>Miami FL held UCF to 78 total yards.

>Stanford went to QB Alex Loukas for their final drive. He led them on a 62 yard TD drive for the 24-23 upset. He ran five times for 39 yards. Loukas won the tennis doubles state title for Deerfield HS (IL). He chose Stanford over Purdue.

>There were two big 4th quarters in the MAC that led to come back wins. Bowling Green scored 23 fourth quarter points for a 37-33 win over Akron. Western Michigan scored 22 fourth quarter points to beat Buffalo 34-28 in OT.

>True freshman quarterback Robert Griffin went 21 for 24 for 278 yards in beating Iowa State 38-10.

>Very uncharacteristically, Hawaii ran for 177 yards on 40 carries in beating Louisiana Tech 24-14.