AU vs VT comparison

[tgr4lfe 220]

Venturing into Stat's territory I came across this Head to Head info on foxsports.com. Found it interesting. Thought we could get discussions going with these numbers. First is the offenses head to head, then the defenses head to head.

Head to Head

Matchup Hokies Offense Tigers Offense

Points/Game 32.3 (44) 33.4 (35)

Rush Yards/Game 186.8 (60) 189.4 (55)

Pass Yards/Game 178.0 (171) 241.4 (61)

Total Yards/Game 364.8 (123) 430.8 (29)

Third Down Pct. 39.0% (97) 46.5% (19)

Fourth Down Pct. 37.5% (172) 46.7% (125)

Sacks 34 (204) 34 (219)

Sack Yards -235 (207) -211 (200)

Rushing TDs 18 (90) 27 (35)

Passing TDs 22 (41) 24 (27)

Carries/Game 530 (31) 510 (40)

Yards/Carry 4.2 (76) 4.5 (58)

Completion Pct. 56.2% (168) 68.5% (4)

Yards/Pass Attempt 7.6 (65) 9.9 (2)

Pass Rating 140.9 (46) 173.5 (2)

Avg. NCAA Football Ranking 72.5 41.4

Hokies Defense Tigers Defense

Points/Game 12.6 (3) 11.2 (1)

Rush Yards/Game 115.7 (46) 106.5 (28)

Pass Yards/Game 149.8 (10) 163.0 (23)

Total Yards/Game 265.4 (5) 269.5 (6)

Third Down Pct. 28.7% (20) 27.8% (15)

Fourth Down Pct. 50.0% (145) 47.4% (132)

Sacks 32 (33) 16 (182)

Sack Yards -166 (95) -121 (150)

Rushing TDs 8 (18) 4 (4)

Passing TDs 7 (4) 13 (65)

Carries/Game 419 (83) 391 (47)

Yards/Carry 3.3 (50) 3.3 (58)

Completion Pct. 53.5% (77) 54.4% (92)

Yards/Pass Attempt 5.7 (15) 5.9 (30)

Pass Rating 97.2 (10) 108.9 (53)

Avg. NCAA Football Ranking 27.9 40.3

[GoAU 1,600]

That is pretty interesting. Statistically the teams appear to math up pretty well.

[AuNuma1 1]

Geeze, they have twice as many sacks as we do...hope our O-line is ready.

[rexbo 104]

Defensively we are even, and maybe running game. But we are way ahead with the passing game, and that will be the difference. JC will be the one to win this game for us again. We have faced great defenses this year (UAT and LSU), and Borges eventually figures out how to run and pass on them in the second half...