November Football - The Numbers Ain't Pretty

[Geode]

So I decided to take a look and see just how bad we have been in November. I got depressed and stopped at 10 yrs of records. Over the course of 3 coaches and ten years the November footprint is ugly. Here's hoping for more corner turning this month.

Overall 10 yr November record: 10-27 (28 losses when last yrs Dec 3rd loss to Pitt is accounted for)
DM - 2-10
GR - 3-12
PP - 5-5 (2002-2004 only)



The actual games:
2002 – PP, 2-2
11/2/2002
@ Central Florida
W 38-35

11/9/2002
Virginia Tech
W 50-42

11/16/2002
@ Boston College
L 20-41

11/30/2002
Miami (FL)
L 7-49

2003 – PP, 1-3
11/8/2003
Temple
W 41-17

11/15/2003
@ Miami (FL)
L 10-17

11/22/2003
West Virginia
L 23-34

11/29/2003
@ Rutgers
L 7-24


2004 – PP, 2-1
11/6/2004
Pittsburgh
W 38-31

11/13/2004
@ Temple
L 24-34

11/27/2004
@ Boston College
W 43-17

12/21/2004
Georgia Tech
L 14-51
Champs

2005 – GR, 0-3
11/12/2005
South Florida
L 0-27

11/19/2005
@ Notre Dame
L 10-34

11/26/2005
@ Louisville
L 17-41

2006 – GR, 1-2
11/11/2006
@ South Florida
L 10-27

11/18/2006
Connecticut
W 20-14

11/25/2006
@ Rutgers
L 7-38


2007 – GR, 0-4
11/3/2007
@ Pittsburgh
L 17-20

11/10/2007
South Florida
L 10-41

11/17/2007
@ Connecticut
L 7-30

11/24/2007
Cincinnati
L 31-52


2008 – GR, 2-3
11/1/2008
Louisville
W 28-21

11/8/2008
@ Rutgers
L 17-35

11/15/2008
Connecticut
L 14-39

11/22/2008
@ Notre Dame
W 24-23

11/29/2008
@ Cincinnati
L 10-30

2009 – DM 1-3
11/7/2009
@ Pittsburgh
L 10-37

11/14/2009
@ Louisville
L 9-10

11/21/2009
Rutgers
W 31-13

11/28/2009
@ Connecticut
L 31-56


2010 – DM, 1-3
11/6/2010
Louisville
L 20-28

11/13/2010
@ Rutgers
W 13-10

11/20/2010
Connecticut
L 6-23

11/27/2010
Boston College
L 7-16

12/30/2010
@ Kansas State
W 36-34 Pinstripe
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2011 – DM, 0-3/4
11/5/2011
@ Connecticut
L 21-28

11/11/2011
South Florida
L 17-37

11/26/2011
Cincinnati
L 13-30

12/3/2011
@ Pittsburgh
L 20-33

 

[HtownOrange]

Part of turning the corner is forgetting bad history/remembering good history and winning in spite of recent history. I believe our team has turned that corner and we go at least .500. I hoping for 1.000, but would be happy with .750.

 

[baggerbob]

In Doug's 1st three yrs of 2-10 we lacked any kind of depth at any positions, last yr Bailey was worn down by the end of the year. This year could be different with the added depth, we are playing many more players on defense, also more people are playing on offense. We are getting a greater contribution from more players this year. Have to wait and see, but I believe we are close to changing that trend.

 

[CuseLegacy]

Didn't y'all get the notice...they flipped the calendar this year. They got November out of the way in September.

 

[SoBristol]

In Doug's 1st three yrs of 2-10 we lacked any kind of depth at any positions, last yr Bailey was worn down by the end of the year. This year could be different with the added depth, we are playing many more players on defense, also more people are playing on offense. We are getting a greater contribution from more players this year. Have to wait and see, but I believe we are close to changing that trend.

This year is very different (but Cincy, Louisville & Missouri might be the toughest opponents other than USC).
In addition to Bailey, Chew and Lemon were limited in November. We had a beat up secondary, lack of size at LB and DT, and we got pushed around in November. The performance versus USF notwithstanding, the 2012 defense is in better shape to compete. The 2012 offense has a better tempo, better schemes, and more weapons at WR and RB. Need to pull some upsets, but why not?