Friday, October 07, 2005

Consulting the Stats


The A10 cumulative stats page is here .

Roaming around the page reveals some of the following:

Scoring:

  • The A10 has 8 teams scoring > 30 points/game
  • The A10 has 2 teams scoring > 40 points/game
  • UMass is 8th in the A10 scoring at 21.8 points/game
  • UMass is 11th in the A10 RedZone scoring 12-21
Defense:
  • UMass is first in the A10 scoring defense 7.2 points/game (and first in the nation)
  • UMass is first in the A10 in total defense 184.5 yards/game
  • Northeastern is last in the A10 in scoring defense 38.8 points/game
  • Northeastern is last in the A10 in total defense 458 yards/game
Punting:

  • UMass is 1st in the A10 with a 40.09 yards/punt ave.
  • Northeastern is last in the A10 with 27.60 yards/punt ave.
Third Down conversions:
  • UMass is 8th in the A10 in 3rd down conversions 26-62 41.9 %
  • UMass is 2nd in the A10 in opponent third down conversions 16-61 26.2 %
  • Northeastern is last in the A10 in opponent third down conversions 30-55 51.5 %