Missouri Game Report Card

[StatTiger 3,188]

Game #4 Statistical Evaluation (Missouri Game)

Offensive Report Card

01) Avg 6-yards per play on 1^st down: [9.72] pass
02) Convert at least 40% of 3^rd downs:  [46.7%] pass
03) Avg at least 4.5 yards per rush:  [4.96] pass
04) Score on at least 1/3 of possessions:  [64.3%] pass
05) Keep 3 and out series under 33%:  [0.0%] pass
06) Average 8.0 yards per pass attempt: [10.4 yds] pass
07) Score at least 75% inside red zone:  [100.0%] pass
08) TD red zone above 60%:  [100.0%] pass
09) Avg at least 30-yards per possession:  [34.4 yds] pass
10) 40% of offensive snaps part of scoring drives:  [60.8%] pass
11) TD / Turnover ratio above 1.6:  [6/0] pass
12) TD ratio of at least 1 every 17 snaps:  [12.3] pass
13) At least 8 impact plays:  [6] fail
14) At least 2 big plays:  [5] pass
15) Pass rating of at least 126.3:  [179.5] pass

Score: 14 of 15 (93.3%) Pass

  
Defensive Report Card:

01) Avg under 6-yards per play on 1^st down: [5.03] pass
02) Convert below 35% of 3^rd downs:  [30.8%] pass
03) Avg at least 4.0 yards per rush or less:  [4.00] pass
04) Score  1/3 of possessions or below:  [15.4%] pass
05) Keep 3 and out series above 33%:  [30.8%] fail
06) Average below 7.5 yards per pass attempt: [5.54 yds] pass
07) Score below 75% inside red zone:  [100.0%] fail
08) TD red zone below 60%:  [100.0%] fail
09) Avg under 30-yards per possession:  [26.1 yds] pass
10) Less than 40% of offensive snaps part of scoring drives:  [18.6%] pass
11) TD / Turnover ratio below 1.6:  [2/3] pass
12) TD ratio of at least 1 every 30 snaps:  [35.0] pass
13) Less than 8 impact plays:  [6] pass
14) No more than 2 big plays allowed: [0] pass
15) Pass rating below 125.0:  [117.3] pass

Score: 12 of 15 (80.0%) Pass

Special Teams Report Card:

1) Punt Average (Above 41.3):  [39.3] fail
2) Punt Return Defense (Below 7.8 YPR): [0.0] pass
3) Punt Return Offense (Above 9.8 YPR): [1.0] fail
4) Kick-Return Defense (Below 21.2 YPR): [21.0] pass
5) Kick-Return Offense (Above 22.3 YPR): [21.0] fail
6) PAT’s (100%): [6 / 6] pass
7) FG Pct (75% or above): [100.0%] pass

Score: 4 of 7 (57.1%) Pass 

* 50% is a passing score.

 It was a night of big plays for the Auburn offense with five snaps of 74 accounting for half of Auburn's total yardage. Without the big plays, Auburn averaged 3.5 yards per offensive snap on their remaining 69 offensive snaps. Jarrett Stidham came into the game, completing only 1 of 10 passes thrown beyond 20-yards of the line of scrimmage. He was 3 of 4 throwing deep against the Missouri defense. Auburn primarily threw short and took an occasional deep shot with Stidham on the field. Of his 17 pass attempts, seven were within 5-yards of the line of scrimmage, leaving only three attempts in the intermediate range. Auburn did not attack the perimeter much in the running game, but when they did, it accounted for 43 percent of Auburn's 263-yards on the ground.

 The starting defense played well, allowing only one scoring drive and 179-yards during nine possessions defended. The starting defense forced two turnovers and had four "3 & out" series before they gave way to the backups. Nearly half the yardage allowed to Mizzu came with Auburn's starting defense sitting on the bench. Auburn finished with six tackles for loss, while the Auburn offense gave up only three for the night. The first-team defense allowed 19.9 yards per possession, while the reserves allowed 38.7 yards. Auburn's starters on defense allowed 2.4 yards per play on first down, and the reserves surrendered 9.2 yards per snap. Last season through four games, the Auburn defense allowed 12 plays of 30-yards or more. This season through 4 games, the Tigers have allowed only one such play, No. 1 in the country.

Auburn had another opportunity to play their reserves tonight, especially on the offensive side of the football. Malik Willis played for the first time this season, and we witnessed some of the athletic skills the coaches have spoken of in practice. He clearly possesses great lateral movement but needs to adjust to the collegiate game. Those type of moves on one given play will not work as it did in high school. He attempted five passes tonight but what would have been his first collegiate touchdown pass was called back on a penalty. Leading 51-7 late in the game, Gus Malzahn was likely reluctant in throwing vertically downfield. Considering how the coaching staff played JFIII last season, Willis was fortunate to receive the reps he did in the passing game. It will be interesting to see if Willis will be utilized inside the red zone and short-yardage situations somewhere later this season.

It was a much-needed victory and enough big plays for the Auburn offense to gain some confidence moving forward. This was a bad Missouri team, a shell of the last Mizzu team Auburn faced four years ago. Regardless of the level of competition, the team performed better on the road against a better opponent (Mercer) than they faced at home last Saturday. Auburn was never going to repair everything in one week, but a 37-point victory on the road was a good start. Looking back at the last 40-years of Auburn football, tonight's road victory was the third highest margin of victory over a SEC team on the road with a win percentage under 40 percent. The previous bests were 1978 Vanderbilt (49-7) and 2003 Vanderbilt (45-7). The team was better prepared to compete tonight than last week and the players executed much better as well.    

 

War Eagle!

[arein0 950]

32 minutes ago, StatTiger said:

7) FG Pct (75% or above): [1000.0%] pass

 

Impressive

[Win4AU 4,052]

I know it’s Missou but that was the offense I was expecting.  Let’s do it again against a not terrible team.

[ReidMcLain 75]

I counted 12/15 for defense not 11/15. Great works as always, Stat.

[StatTiger 3,188]

7 minutes ago, ReidMcLain said:

I counted 12/15 for defense not 11/15. Great works as always, Stat.

Thank you... it has been corrected.

[CR 2,442]

Things looked better for sure, but Mizzou has one of the worst SEC football teams I can remember watching. I can't see them winning a conference game this season.
I'm not sure Mercer doesn't have a better team to be honest.

[AUBwins 10,075]

@StatTiger

Will you break down some of the deep balls? From player interviews, it sounds like they were being set up all game. We had several running free last night. Just curious on the routes that were run. Thanks. 

Edited September 24, 2017 by AUBwins

[AU-24 3,067]

Any thoughts on some of our Special Teams struggles? Can we get a couple decent returns?

I'm glad we got a good roll out of some of our punts or the numbers would be even worse.

Edited September 24, 2017 by AU-24

[autigeremt 6,600]

We faced the best punter in the country last night. 

[IndianTiger 95]

Thanks for the summary. 

[auburn4ever 1,266]

The offense, the defense and the kicking game gets A+ straight across the board. It was truly a team win and a great win. WAR EAGLE!!

[NoALtiger 3,852]

Score 51 points and “fail” on impact plays. I’ll take that every week.

[AUDub 11,147]

7 hours ago, AU-24 said:

Any thoughts on some of our Special Teams struggles? Can we get a couple decent returns?

I'm glad we got a good roll out of some of our punts or the numbers would be even worse.

Shannon did have a 59 yarder called back. The one where they leapt the shield. We would have passed on the punt average category if not for that. 

[au_bsci_04 407]

They all count, but he gained at least 10 on the roll due to Mizzou not fielding the fair catch.

[Auburn Cat 34]

Thanks, Stat. Just now got a chance to read, and appreciate the analysis, as always. WDE.