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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1137876, member: 289"] THE SYSTEM: The offense wins a play if they get a third of the way to a first down on first down, half way to a first down on second down or gets a first down on third or fourth down. Otherwise the defense wins. Any score is a win for the team that scores. Any turnover is a win for the team that winds up with the ball. The kicking team wins a kick-off where the other team winds up with the ball from their own 25 in to their goal line: outside of that and the receiving team won. The kicking team wins any punt that produces a new +40 yard change in the line of scrimmage or forces the other team to begin from their 20 yard line in. Anny successful place kick is a win for the kicking team. I’ve put the yards to go in parenthesis if it’s other than 10 yards. Penalties are simply tacked onto the play before the play is evaluated if they didn’t nullify it. If the penalty did nullify the play or was a dead ball foul, it’s listed separately. When Syracuse had the ball: KO- MD 41, MD 25, MD 23, MD 26 SU 2 MD 2 P- 35 to MD 10, 38 to MD 12, Blocked, 26 to MD 20, 35 to MD 25, 36 to MD 20 SU 4 MD 2 FG- 35 good, 49 good, 25 no good SU 2 MD 1 XP- Good, Good SU 2 MD 0 Total for kicking game: Syracuse 10 Maryland 5 1st rush- 4, 3, 19, 9, -6, 4, -5, 3, 1, 8TD, 7, 4, -1, 0, 11, 39, 3, 4, 12, 21, 20, 4, 13, 8, 1, 17, 11, 19, 4(7) SU 20 MD 9 1st pass- I, 4, 14, I, 16, 2, I, 19, 9 SU 4 MD 4 First Down total: Syracuse 24 Maryland 13 2nd rush- 1(6), 2, 10(1), 7(15), 4(7), 12(9), 9(3), 7, 15(29), 20(2), 6(8), 4, 2(3) SU 8 MD 4 2nd pass- I, 2(16), 24(6), I, 20(11), 51, 25(7), I, I, 7(1) SU 5 MD 5 Second Down total: Syracuse 13 Maryland 9 3rd run- 10(7), 5(3), 5(6), 0, 11(25), 0, 3, 1TD SU 3 MD 5 3rd pass- 20(5), I, I, I, I, I, 6(14) SU 1 MD 6 Third Down total: Syracuse 4 Maryland 11 4th run- none 4th pass- -7 SU 0 MD 1 Fourth Down total: Syracuse 0 Maryland 1 Total for plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 41 Maryland 34 Running plays: Syracuse 31 Maryland 18 Passing plays: Syracuse 10 Maryland 16 Penalties (not added on to play): Syracuse: 5, 5, 10, 10, 5, 15 Maryland: 15 SU 1 MD 6 Turnovers: interception, fumble SU 0 MD 2 Total for penalties and turnovers: Syracuse 1 Maryland 8 Total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 52 Maryland 47 When Maryland had the ball: KO- SU 23, SU 25, SU 24, SU 27, SU 11, SU 25, SU 11 SU 1 MD 6 P- 25 to MD 47, 30 to SU 20, 45 to SU 11, 36 to SU 5, 34 to SU 44, 16 to SU 41, 45 to SU 18 SU 3 MD 4 FG- 31 good, 44 good SU 0 MD 2 XP- good, good, good, good SU 0 MD 4 Total for kicking game: Syracuse 4 Maryland 16 1st rush- 4, 0, 10, 15, 15, 4, 12, 4TD, 3, 0, 6, 0, 2, 2, 2, -2V SU 7 MD 8 1st pass- 10, 25TD, I, I, 46, I, 7, I, 12, 6(15), 2 SU 5 MD 6 First Down total: Syracuse 12 Maryland 14 2nd rush- 0, 2, -5, 4(5), 5(3), 2(4), 4(8), 0, 0, -2V SU 5 MD 5 2nd pass- 90TD, 13, 3(7), I, 7(9), -8, 11(8), -3 SU 4 MD 4 Second Down total: Syracuse 9 Maryland 9 3rd run- 10(18), 3(2), 5(13) SU 2 MD 1 3rd pass- 20(6), -5, I, I, 12(4), I, I, 7(13), 9(4), I SU 7 MD 3 Third Down total: Syracuse 9 Maryland 4 4th run- none 4th pass- none Fourth Down total: none Total for plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 30 Maryland 27 Running plays: Syracuse 14 Maryland 14 Passing plays: Syracuse 16 Maryland 13 Penalties (not added on to play): Syracuse 5, Maryland 5, 5, 10, 5, 5 SU 5 MD 1 Turnovers: none Total for penalties and turnovers: SU 5 MD 1 Total when Maryland had the ball: Syracuse 39 Maryland 44 Overall kicking game total: Syracuse 14 Maryland 21 Overall plays from scrimmage total: Syracuse 71 Maryland 61 Running plays: Syracuse 45 Maryland 32 Passing plays: Syracuse 26 Maryland 29 Overall penalties and turnovers: Syracuse 6 Maryland 9 Game Total: Syracuse 91 Maryland 91 Comments: This was a classic example of a game that was won and lost on big plays and mistakes. Not only did Syracuse outgain Maryland by a significant margin but each team won the same the number of plays: 91. We had eight plays of more than 20 yards but didn’t score on any of them. Maryland had only four such plays but scored twice on them. They also scored on an 88 yard interception return and set up a touchdown and a field goal with a blocked punt and a fumble. A huge reason why all of our yardage failed to produce points was our record on third down passes. We converted on the first one with a 20 yard pass from Terrel Hunt to Ben Lewis on the third play from scrimmage of the game. That was our last third down conversion by pass. We whiffed on the next six in a row. We had the ball for 32:14 and got off 79 plays. Maryland had the ball for 27:46 and got off 58 plays. That;s one play every 24.48 seconds for us and 2.45 plays per minute vs. one play every 28.72 seconds for them and 2.09 plays per minute. MacDonald’s goal was 3.33 plays per minute. TOTALS FOR YEAR When SU had the ball: KO- SU 8 OPP 6 P- SU 10 OPP 4 FG- SU 5 OPP 3 XP- SU 10 OPP 0 Total for kicking game: SU 33 OPP 13 1st rush- SU 42 OPP 32 1st pass- SU 11 OPP 15 First Down total: SU 53 OPP 47 2nd rush- SU 22 OPP 14 2nd pass- SU 16 OPP 17 Second Down total: SU 38 OPP 31 3rd run- SU 7 OPP 8 3rd pass- SU 10 OPP 19 Third Down total: SU 17 OPP 27 4th run- SU 2 OPP 0 4th pass-SU 1 OPP 1 Fourth Down total: SU 3 OPP 1 Total for plays from scrimmage: SU 111 OPP 106 Running plays: SU 73 OPP 54 Passing plays: SU 38 OPP 52 Penalties (not added onto play): SU 8 OPP 14 Turnovers: SU 0 OPP 2 Total for penalties and turnovers: SU 8 OPP 16 Total when Syracuse had the ball: SU 152 OPP135 When the Opposition had the Ball: KO- SU 4 OPP 10 P- SU 5 OPP 11 FG- SU 2 OPP 5 XP- SU 1 OPP 5 Total for kicking game: SU 12 OPP 32 1st rush- SU 31 OPP 23 1st pass- SU 16 OPP 15 First Down total: SU 47 OPP 38 2nd rush- SU 14 OPP 22 2nd pass- SU 18 OPP 16 Second Down total: SU 32 OPP 38 3rd run- SU 5 OPP 9 3rd pass- SU 21 OPP 8 Third Down total: SU 26 OPP 17 4th run- SU 0 OPP 1 4th pass-SU 1 OPP 1 Fourth Down total: SU 1 OPP 2 Total for plays from scrimmage: SU 106 OPP 95 Running plays: SU 50 OPP 55 Passing plays: SU 56 OPP 40 Penalties (not added on to play): SU 9 OPP 8 Turnovers: SU (got) 2 OPP 2 Total for penalties and turnovers: SU 11 OPP 8 Total when the opposition had the ball: SU 125 OPP 141 Overall kicking game total: SU 45 OPP 45 Overall plays from scrimmage total: SU 217 OPP 201 Running plays: SU 123 OPP 109 Passing plays: SU 94 OPP 92 Overall penalties and turnovers: SU 19 OPP 24 Game Total: Syracuse 281 Opposition 270 Comments: We’ve run the ball well on first and second down, winning 64 plays to 46 but have fared poorly on third down passes, 10-19. Our defense has done well vs, first down runs, 31-22 but not vs. second and third down runs, (including quarterback scrambles), 19-31. We’ve bene great at defending third down passes, 21-8. That means that the combined record of SU and our opposition on third down pass plays is 18-40. SEASON SUMMARY VILLANOVA SU scrimmage: 29-36 VIL scrimmage: 40-46 Kicking: 17-11 PEN/TO: 5-10 Total: 91-103 C. MICHIGAN SU scrimmage: 41-36 CM scrimmage: 36-22 Kicking: 14-13 PEN/TO: 8-5 Total: 99-76 MARYLAND SU scrimmage: 41-34 MD scrimmage: 30-27 Kicking: 14-21 PEN/TO: 6-9 Total: 91-91 [/QUOTE]

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