Popular Post StatTiger 3,188 Posted September 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2019 Game #3 Statistical Evaluation (Kent State Game) Auburn was able to impose their will on an out-manned Kent State defense, cruising to a 55-16 victory over the Golden Flashes. The Tigers ran the football early and late to make up for a defense that struggled against an average offense at best. The Tigers had three 100-yard rushers on the night, something Auburn hasn’t accomplished since the 1983 Maryland game. Auburn smashed the Kent State defense with 467 yards rushing and six touchdowns on the ground. The pass offense was efficient but had two dropped passes, and Nix missed out on two possible touchdown passes. Those four pass plays would have bolstered the Auburn passing totals had they been completed. The Tigers totaled 15 impact plays, accounting for 354 yards. Of the 15 impact plays, 13 came on the ground, and six of those runs came from the quarterback position. As well as Auburn was able to run the football, it was disappointing Nix was sacked two times. The Auburn defense played its worst game of the season, considering the level of competition. Kent State came into the game, ranked 100th in third-down offense but converted 50 percent against the defense. Auburn did total 11 tackles for loss but gave up eight impact plays with six coming during the first half. Auburn allowed 197 yards during the first half and 124 during the second half, but the slight improvement came after their starting quarterback left the game. Auburn was able to empty the bench which was the high note of the night on defense. Jeremiah Dinson led Auburn in tackles for the third straight game. The good news was that Auburn was able to pressure the Kent State quarterback despite Derrick Brown missing the majority of the game. Tyrone Truesdell continues to play well, which is significant as long as Brown’s injury is limited. Kevin Steele’s defenses have been solid at Auburn but have lacked consistency, something that surfaced once again. Overall, the victory was a good one for Auburn but how much was learned from the 39-point win? Auburn was able to impose their physical dominance over an inferior team, something we have witnessed plenty of times under Gus Malzahn. Joey Gatewood saw plenty of action but was regulated to operating a power-running game against an out-manned defense. In the end, he attempted only one pass and it should no surprise he was able to dash for over 100-yards against Kent State. Auburn attempted only 17 passes, and nine of those were directed to Eli Stove and Will Hastings. Auburn did target Jay Jay Wilson but failed in establishing another wide receiver outside of Williams, Schwartz, Stove, and Hastings. The preseason portion of the schedule is now completed as Auburn heads into conference play next Saturday. From my view, it is difficult to say whether or not the offense is in better shape than they were coming into the Oregon game. Offensive Report Card 01) Avg 7-yards per play on 1st down: [9.00] pass 02) Convert at least 50% of 3rd downs: [61.5%] pass 03) Avg at least 6.0 yards per rush: [7.53] pass 04) Score on at least 1/2 of possessions: [75.0%] pass 05) Keep 3 and out series under 25.0%: [16.7%] pass 06) Average 9.0 yards per pass attempt: [9.76] pass 07) Score at least 80% inside red zone: [100.0%] pass 08) TD red zone above 75%: [71.4%] fail 09) Avg at least 40-yards per possession: [52.7] pass 10) 50% of offensive snaps part of scoring drives: [88.6%] pass 11) TD / Turnover ratio above 3.0: [7/0] pass 12) TD ratio of at least 1 every 13 snaps: [11.3] pass 13) At least 10 impact plays: [15] pass 14) At least 3 big plays: [3] pass 15) Pass rating of at least 145.0: [177.9] pass 16) Yards to Point Ratio of 12.0 or under: [11.5] pass Score: 15 of 16 (93.7%) PASS Defensive Report Card: 01) Avg under 5-yards per play on 1st down: [3.2] pass 02) Convert below 30% of 3rd downs: [50.0%] fail 03) Avg at least 3.0 yards per rush or less: [2.87] pass 04) Score 1/4 of possessions or below: [27.3%] fail 05) Keep 3 and out series above 40.0%: [45.4%] pass 06) Average below 6.5 yards per pass attempt: [6.36] pass 07) Score below 65% inside red zone: [66.7%] fail 08) TD red zone below 50.0%: [33.3%] pass 09) Avg under 20-yards per possession: [29.2] fail 10) 30.0% or less of offensive snaps part of scoring drives: [42.6%] fail 11) TD / Turnover ratio below 1.0: [2/0] fail 12) TD ratio of at least 1 every 35 snaps: [34.0] fail 13) Less than 6 impact plays: [8] fail 14) No more than 1 big plays allowed: [1] pass 15) Pass rating below 115.0: [121.8] fail 16) Yards to Point Ratio of 25.0 or higher: [20.1] fail Score: 6 of 16 (37.5%) FAIL Special Teams Report Card: 1) Punt Average (Above 43.0): [36.0] fail 2) Punt Return Defense (Below 7.0 YPR): [0.0] pass 3) Punt Return Offense (Above 11.0 YPR): [0.0] fail 4) Kick-Return Defense (Below 20.0 YPR): [7.0] pass 5) Kick-Return Offense (Above 25.0 YPR): [5.0] fail 6) PAT’s (100%): [7/7] pass 7) FG Pct (75% or above): [100.0%] pass Score: 4 of 7 (57.1%) PASS *50% is a passing score. War Eagle! 5 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,525 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Thanks Stat I couldn’t agree with you more. I think we’re going to look better than we are with TAMU and Florida being a little overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Refuge 6,654 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Nice summary @StatTiger Check the punt return offense. If the yardage is correct, it should be a pass, not a fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala 327 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 The 3rd down d was concerning as it reminded me of times last yr when we lost games we shouldn’t ( Tenn). They did settle down tho and played well the rest of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,455 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Thanks as always Stat. WDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,063 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 “As well as Auburn was able to run the football, it was disappointing Nix was sacked two times” I know there are people on the board that are wondering why more RB’s are not getting more playing time. If anyone goes back and rewatches the game, ck and see how the backs do not, or don’t know how to pick up a blitz. Keep in mind, this is a Kent State defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,139 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, AU-24 said: “As well as Auburn was able to run the football, it was disappointing Nix was sacked two times” I know there are people on the board that are wondering why more RB’s are not getting more playing time. If anyone goes back and rewatches the game, ck and see how the backs do not, or don’t know how to pick up a blitz. Keep in mind, this is a Kent State defense. True. But one of the RBs that whiffed on a block that resulted in a sack was the RB getting the majority of playing time. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarNole 136 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Thanks for the info, Stat. Sad the the Defensive Report Card had a failing grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,139 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, WarNole said: Thanks for the info, Stat. Sad the the Defensive Report Card had a failing grade. I doubt there was very much prep time spent on Kent State. The defense was base to start the game and Kent State took advantage of it with a good game plan. Adjustments were made on defense after we saw what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,784 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Another slow start on D and silly choices throughout the 1st quarter by individual defenders this game. Bama, UF, UGa & aTm this week will jump out to 3 TD leads if that conti ues. But there's been an alarming intangible on D the last 2 games - failing to regain focus between plays. Watching the jumbotron, etc. When urgency is there our D is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdgeneration 6,458 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I have said, and I believe this to be true, that Gus's main focus in this game was to establish a running game and run, run, run for the OLine to work on their run blocking and to give the main RBs plenty of reps. I feel like this game was sort of viewed as a scrimmage to work those specific things. Given that, I feel like they were successful and it will benefit us going forward. On another note, it feels like we are just playing to the level of our opponent. We need to be more disciplined in our execution. The defense carried the last 2 games and the offense carried this one. JABA for us to not have both of them clicking at the same time. 🙄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,063 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 2 hours ago, around4ever said: True. But one of the RBs that whiffed on a block that resulted in a sack was the RB getting the majority of playing time. Definitely, more work needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82b4au 5,568 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 6 hours ago, StatTiger said: From my view, it is difficult to say whether or not the offense is in better shape than they were coming into the Oregon game Agree. I am really looking forward to the game in the road. It will be a real eye opener one way or another. Can’t wait! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumterAubie 3,029 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 6 hours ago, gr82b4au said: Agree. I am really looking forward to the game in the road. It will be a real eye opener one way or another. Can’t wait! The game thread will reach all time toxicity should things go poorly for the Tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,239 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/15/2019 at 8:26 AM, StatTiger said: The Tigers had three 100-yard rushers on the night, something Auburn hasn’t accomplished since the 1983 Maryland game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 23 hours ago, SumterAubie said: The game thread will reach all time toxicity should things go poorly for the Tigers. Last week the commentary was toxic almost from the first play....so guess some game day posters enter the forum in a bad mood. Took some really nice runs up the middle and a blow out second half to calm many of them down. BUT....I do expect to see them here again on Saturday.....revved up and angry and likely nothing short of a 4 TD victory will be sufficient. My view....." just win baby". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddc 13,194 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 26 minutes ago, AU64 said: Last week the commentary was toxic almost from the first play....so guess some game day posters enter the forum in a bad mood. Took some really nice runs up the middle and a blow out second half to calm many of them down. BUT....I do expect to see them here again on Saturday.....revved up and angry and likely nothing short of a 4 TD victory will be sufficient. My view....." just win baby". Mine too! Don’t care what it looks like this week as long as we score one point more than them! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,044 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 9/16/2019 at 11:52 AM, RunInRed said: Crazy that if Kam doesn’t cut back that sweep there probably would have been 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcuron 35 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Quality work as always Stat. Love you brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcuron 35 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I dunno if the D showed up hungover or what. I know its Kent St. but A&M will hang 21 pts on us in a hurry if the defense decides to take the first quarter off. And if they were playing their heart out the whole time against Kent St? We are in big trouble folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now