Texas Football By The Numbers, Week 6

by Peter Bean on Oct 3, 2008 2:57 PM CDT in Football Comment 8 comments

DEFENSE

11 -- Net yards rushing gained by Arkansas last Saturday.

16 -- Number of times under Mack Brown Texas has held an opponent to 20 or fewer yards rushing.

2.02 -- Yards per rushing attempt allowed by Texas on the season, #4 nationally.

2005 -- Last year Texas did not finish in the Top 10 nationally in yards per rush allowed #33, 3.69).

6.2 -- Yards per pass attempt allowed by Texas in 2008, 50th nationally.

2005 -- Last year Texas finished in the Top 60 nationally in yards per pass attempt (#1, 5.1 ypa)

4.6 -- Yards per play allowed by the Texas defense in 2008, 27th nationally.

16 -- Sacks by Texas through 4 games in 2008.

28 -- Sacks by Texas in all of 2007.

7 -- Points allowed by Texas' defense in the 2nd half in 2008 (Rice, 3rd Quarter).

OFFENSE

21 -- Completions in 23 attempts (91.3%, a single-game school record) by Texas quarterbacks against Arkansas.

0 -- Punts by Texas between the start of the Rice game and John Gold's 2nd Quarter punt against Arkansas.

14 -- Drives over that punt-less span.

10 -- Drives out of 14 ending in touchdown (2 FGs, 2 Fumbles).

122 -- Career McCoy-to-Cosby career compleetions, third most all-time at UT (Simms-to-Williams, 131 / Applewhite-to-Kavil, 124)

1 -- Number of Texas tailbacks all-time to rush for a touchdown in each of their first four games as a freshman (Cody Johnson).

0 -- Career misses by Hunter Lawrence as a kicker (3-3 FGs, 24-24 PATs).

573 -- Career completions by Colt McCoy, 2nd all-time at Texas (Applewhite, 611)

6 -- Games out of the last 7 that Jordan Shipley has caught a touchdown pass.

3 -- Games Colt McCoy has led the team in rushing in 2008.

27.5 -- First downs per game by Texas in 2008, 4th most nationally.

ODDS AND ENDS

3 -- Number of games Texas has won 52-10 in 2008.

12 -- Consecutive non-conference victories by Texas.

56 -- Texas victories against 21 losses all-time versus Arkansas.

6 -- Number of quarterbacks in the Top 10 in passer rating from the Big 12 (#2 McCoy, #3 Bradford, #4 Daniel, #5 Robinson, #8 Freeman, #10 Griffin)

9 -- Number of quarterbacks in the Top 20 from the Big 12 (#16 Ganz, #18 Reesing, #20 Harrell)

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Sigh

I am reminded of our 2005 secondary. So good…

by TheElusiveShadow on Oct 3, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t fact-check every number there, but according to the sites I’m checking on rush defense, Texas was actually tied for 11th in yds/att last season at 3.0. BYU and WVU were tied for 9th/10th with 2.9.

by burntorangehorn on Oct 3, 2008 3:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hyah

#7 in rush ypa

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Oct 3, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, I see. That site includes the bowl game, whereas Yahoo lists only the regular season.

by burntorangehorn on Oct 3, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah good catch

Yeah, CFB Stats goes through all 13 games.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Oct 3, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So far so good. Still it is a long season and the only stats that really count and W’s and L’s.

by 71grad on Oct 3, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sacks....

…..numbers aren’t all of that.

13 — Sacks by Texas through 4 games in 2007.

16 — Sacks by Texas through 4 games in 2008.

--- All roads to the Big-XII Championship lead through OU/RRS. It's not just another game! We're all about championships here. ---

by HornChamps on Oct 4, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I dont see your point.

You might have well said

0 – Sacks by Texas through 0 games in 2007

0 – Sacks by Texas through 0 games in 2008

Instead Ill say,

14 – Sacks by Texas through 5 games in 2007

19 – Sacks by Texas through 5 games in 2008

See how they are continually diverging? After 4 games we only had 3 more sacks (123), yet after 5 games we had 5 more sacks (132). You see, when accumulating stats like these, the smaller the number of games, usually the closer the numbers are together. I wouldn’t recommend trying to throw out the outliers though, that puts it even more in hand for the 2008 squad.

I can’t imagine why you would try to shit on a nation leading sacks stat. Its a good thing, it may not last, but while its here, its a good thing.

by BoddickerIsClutch on Oct 5, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs