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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2396985, member: 289"]
GAME BY GAME and TOTALS FOR THE YEAR

When SYRACUSE had the ball:

KO:         8-2 + 5-1 + 5-2 + 3-2 + 2-2 + 5-1 +3-3 + 4-2 + 4-1 + 7-1 + 2-1 + 1-2 = 49-20
P:            3-0 + 4-1 + 7-0 + 6-1 + 3-1 + 4-1 +2-2 + 1-2 + 4-2 + 3-0 + 5-1 + 5-0= 47-11
FG:         3-1 + 3-1 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 2-0 +2-0 + 4-0 + 1-2 + 2-2 + 1-0 + 0-1 = 22-8
XP:         5-1 + 2-0 + 5-0 + 3-0 + 3-0 + 3-0 +3-0 + 1-0 + 3-0 + 5-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 = 36-1
Kicking plays total: 19-4 + 14-3 + 19-2 + 13-3 + 9-4 + 14-2 + 10-5 + 10-4 + 12-5 + 17-3 + 9-2 + 8-3 = 154-40

1r:           11-11 + 8-14 + 9-14 + 3-8 + 3-7 + 10-11 + 11-9 + 8-13 + 11-10 + 6-4 + 15-7 + 9-7 = 104-115
1p:          17-6 + 9-7 + 4-6 + 12-10 + 9-12 + 6-10 + 7-9 + 4-11 + 9-5 + 19-15 + 6-7 + 9-4 = 111-102
First Down Total:              28-17 + 17-21+ 13-20 + 15-18 + 12-19 + 16-21 + 18-18 + 12-24 + 20-15 + 25-19 + 21-14 + 18-11 = 215-217
2r:           6-5 + 3-5 + 6-6 + 0-4 + 2-7 + 4-5 + 7-7 + 9-8 + 2-6 + 5-5 + 9-7 + 3-4 = 56-69
2p:          7-9 + 8-12 + 6-7 + 8-14 + 8-8 + 13-7 + 4-8 + 3-12 + 9-15 + 9-13 + 5-8 + 4-7 = 84-120
Second Down Total:        13-14 + 11-17 +12-13 + 8-18 + 10-15 +17-12 + 11-15 + 12-20 + 11-21 + 14-18 + 14-15 + 7-11 = 140-189
3r:           3-3 + 6-4 + 3-5 + 3-4 + 2-4 + 4-4 + 6-2 + 6-2 + 4-5 + 3-3 + 2-3 + 2-2 = 44-41
3p:          8-5 + 3-8 + 4-7 + 5-7 + 5-6 + 3-8 + 3-8 + 6-10 + 7-10 + 4-8 + 1-6 + 2-6 = 51-89
Third Down Total:            11-8 + 9-12 + 7-12 + 8-11 + 7-10 + 7-12 + 9-10 + 12-12 + 11-15 + 7-11 + 3-9 + 4-8 = 95-130
4r:           0-0 + 3-0 + 1-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 3-0 + 2-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-3 = 15-4
4p:          1-0 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 2-1 + 0-2 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 1-1 + 2-2 + 0-1 + 0-0 = 6-11
Fourth Down Total:         1-0 + 3-2 + 1-0 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 3-2 + 2-0 + 1-1 + 1-2 + 3-2 + 1-1 + 0-3 = 21-15

Total on running plays:  20-19 + 20-23 + 19-25 + 8-16 + 8-18 + 21-20 + 26-18 + 24-23 + 17-22 + 15-12 + 27-17 + 14-16 = 219-229
Total on passing plays:   33-20 + 20-29 + 14-20 + 25-32 + 24-27 + 22-27 + 14-25 + 13-34 + 26-31 + 34-38 + 12-22 + 15-17 = 252-322
Total on plays from scrimmage: 53-39 + 40-52 + 33-45 + 33-48 + 32-45 + 43-47 + 40-43 + 37-57 + 43-53 + 49-50 + 39-39 + 29-33 = 471-551

Penalties not tacked on to plays: 3-2 + 3-2 + 3-4 + 3-4 + 3-7 + 4-6 + 7-10 + 2-1 + 2-1 + 3-1 + 2-7 + 0-1= 35-46

Game total when SYRACUSE had the ball: 75-45 + 57-57 + 55-51 + 49-55 + 44-56 + 61-55 + 57-58 + 49-62 + 57-59 + 69-54 + 50-48 + 37-37= 660-637

Comment:   We have a winning record on offense because we are +114 on kicking plays. We can put the “foot” in football. But we are -80 on plays from scrimmage. We think of ourselves as a passing team but we’ve actually done better on running plays (219-229) than passing plays (252-322).

Offensive productivity is based on several factors. “Winning Plays” measures how consistently you move the ball, which tends to be based on dominating the line of scrimmage and efficient quarterbacking. Related to that but not precisely the same are 3rd and 4th down conversions, which allow you to keep the ball. Then there are explosive plays which do more than just “win the play. Then there are turnovers, effective place-kicking, punting and kick-offs and their coverage, which determine how far you have to go to score. Then there are punt and kick-off returns, which determine the same thing and actually capable of producing scores themselves. So are blocked kicks, (we had one against Wake, but it wasn’t enough.) Finally there is “stringing it together”, a baseball term treating to hits. It’s great to have good plays but having them in a row, uninterrupted by serious errors is what spins yards into gold.

We did a good job of competing this year, play to play. But we had trouble stringing successful plays together, didn’t have nearly as many explosive plays as our opposition and just couldn’t avoid or produce turnovers. We wound up -12 in turnovers, (by comparison the 2001 SU team that was out-gain but went 10-3 was +15). My final count of explosive plays is 55 by Syracuse for 12 TDs vs. 65 by our opponents for 26 TDs. So it also matters just how explosive your explosive plays are: Our guys are getting caught or headed off at the pass: their band plays when their guys get loose. In the first 9 games, we actually had more explosive plays: 42-36, but for fewer touchdowns (9-14) . In the last three we had 13 Eps to 29 which produced only 3 scores to 12 for our opponents.

When OPPONENT had the ball:

KO:         2-0 + 2-3 + 3-1 + 1-6 + 3-4 + 0-4 + 2-3 + 2-4 + 1-5 + 4-7 + 4-5 + 2-5 = 26-47
P:            9-3 + 2-5 + 0-10 + 2-3 + 1-3 + 2-4 + 1-4 + 2-4 + 2-7 + 3-1 + 0-3 + 0-1 = 24-48
FG:         0-0 + 0-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 1-2 + 0-3 + 2-1 + 0-2 + 0-2 + 0-3 + 0-0 + 0-0 = 3-14
XP:         0-1 + 0-4 + 0-2 + 0-5 + 1-3 + 0-2 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 0-3 + 1-6 + 0-8 + 0-6 = 2-46
Kicking plays total:           11-4 + 4-12 + 3-14 + 3-14 + 6-12 + 2-13 + 5-11 + 4-13 + 3-17 + 8-17 + 4-16 + 2-12  = 55-155

1r:           8-4 + 11-8 + 12-8 + 8-11 + 13-12 + 7-6 + 6-6 + 3-8 + 4-13 + 8-15 + 8-12 + 18-11 = 106-114
1p:          7-2 + 8-5 + 11-6 + 5-4 + 8-6 + 5-9 + 6-7 + 13-9 + 3-5 + 10-11 + 5-7 + 1-1 = 82-72
First Down Total:              15-6 + 19-13 + 23-14 + 13-15 + 21-18 + 12-15 + 12-13 + 16-17 + 7-18 + 18-26 + 13-19 + 19-12 = 188-186
2r:           6-3 + 6-4 + 4-5 + 3-9 + 5-7 + 5-3 + 4-1 + 3-11 + 7-7 + 5-10 + 8-7+ 6-8 = 62-75
2p:          7-3 + 6-8 + 11-6 + 6-2 + 4-12 + 5-5 + 5-10 + 4-11 + 3-2 + 5-6 + 5-0 + 3-9 = 64-74
Second Down Total:        13-6 + 12-12 + 15-11 + 9-11 + 9-19 + 10-8 + 9-11 + 7-22 + 10-9 + 10-16 + 13-7 + 9-17 = 126-149
3r:           7-0 + 3-0 + 1-4 + 1-3 + 1-3 + 3-1 + 3-1 + 4-2 + 5-1 + 4-3 + 3-2 + 4-4 = 39-24
3p:          8-1 + 6-3 + 8-3 + 5-4 + 7-1 + 7-2 + 6-1 + 4-2 + 7-1 + 4-5 + 5-6 + 2-4 = 69-33
Third Down Total:            15-1 + 9-3 + 9-7 + 6-7 + 8-4 + 10-3 + 9-2 + 8-4 + 12-2 + 8-8 + 8-8 + 6-8 = 108-57
4r:           0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-2 + 0-1 + 2-0 = 5-3
4p:          0-1 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-0 + 2-1 + 2-1 = 7-5
Fourth Down Total:         0-1 + 1-0 + 1-1 + 0-0 + 2-0 + 0-0 + 1-0 + 1-0 + 0-1 + 0-2 + 2-2 + 4-1 = 12-8

Total on running plays:  21-7 + 20-12 + 18-17 + 12-23 + 21-22 + 15-10 + 13-8 + 10-21 + 16-21 + 17-30 + 19-22 + 30-23 = 212-216
Total on passing plays:   22-7 + 21-16 + 30-16 + 16-10 + 19-19 + 17-16 + 18-18 + 22-22 + 13-9 + 19-22 + 17-14+ 8-15 = 222-184
Total on plays from scrimmage: 43-14 + 41-28 + 48-33 + 28-33 + 40-41 + 32-26 + 31-26 +32-43 + 29-30 + 36-52 + 36-36 + 38-38 = 434-400

Penalties not tacked on to plays:  3-2 + 2-1 + 1-2 + 0-1 + 3-3 + 2-2 + 2-2 + 1-1 + 1-2 + 7-2 + 6-0 + 0-0 = 28-18

Game total when OPPONENT had the ball: 57-20 + 47-41 + 52-49 + 31-48 + 49-56 + 36-41 + 38-39 + 37-57 + 33-49 + 51-71 + 46-52 + 40-50 = 517-573

Overall Game Total:        132-65 + 104-98 + 107-100 + 80-103+ 93-112 + 97-96 + 95-97 + 86-119 + 90-108 +120-125 + 96-100 + 77-87 = 1177-1210

Comment: I know we’ve been clobbered on the scoreboard the last three weeks but we got the minimum we would want to have achieved in 293 of 605 plays (48%).

Here’s a comparison of this year and last in all these categories:

When Syracuse had the ball:

KO:         2016: 29-29 .500                2017: 49-20 .710 =            +.210
P:            2016: 53-27 .663                2017: 47-11 .810 =            +.147
FG:         2016: 10-8 .555                  2017: 22-8 .733 =               +.178
XP:         2016: 36-4 .900                  2017: 36-1 .973 =               +.073
Kicking plays total: 2016: 128-68 .653        2017: 154-40 .794 =          +.141

1r:           2016: 73-124 .371              2017: 104-115 .475 =        +.104
1p:          2016: 105-109 .491           2017: 111-102 .498 =        +.007
First Down Total: 2016: 178-233  .435       2017:  215-217 .498 =       +.063                    
2r:           2016: 67-87 .435                2017: 56-69 .448 =            +.013
2p:          2016: 87-86 .503                2017: 84-120 .412 =          -.091
Second Down Total: 2016: 154-173 .471                  2017: 140-189 .426 =        -.045
3r:           2016: 28-34 .452                2017: 44-41 .518 =            +.066
3p:          2016: 64-82 .438                2017: 51-89 .364 =            -.074
Third Down Total:            2016: 92-116 .442              2017: 95-130 .422 =          -.020
4r:           2016: 4-4 .500                     2017: 15-4 .789 =               +289
4p:          2016: 13-5 .722                  2017: 6-11 .353 =               -.369
Fourth Down Total:         2016: 17-9 .654                  2017:  21-15 .583 =           -.071

Total on running plays:  2016: 172-249 .409           2017: 219-229 .489 =        +.080
Total on passing plays:   2016: 269-282 .488           2017: 252-322 .439 =        - .049
Total on plays from scrimmage: 2016: 441-531 .454           2017: 471-551 .461 = +.007

Penalties not tacked on to plays:  2016: 20-55 .267            2017: 35-46 .432 =            +.165

Game total when Syracuse had the ball:                2016: 589-654 .474           2017: 660-637 .509 =        +.035

Comments: We improved in every aspect of the kicking game. We improve don 1st down because we ran the ball better. We declined on 2nd, 3rd and 4th down despite running the ball better one very down because our passing attack declined on those three downs. We are a prolific passing team but not really an efficient one. I think the big loss was Amba Etta-Tawo. Steve Ismael caught more balls this year and was very good but he rarely showed the big play explosiveness that AET constantly had. Everybody loves Eric Dungey, (and I’m part of everybody), but I suspect Danny DeVito, once he’s really ready, will prove a significant upgrade who will show us what a Dino Babers offense is really supposed to look like.

When the Opposition had the ball:

KO:         2016: 18-64 .220                2017: 26-47 .356 =            +.136
P:            2016: 25-38 .397                2017: 24-48 .333 =            -.064
FG:         2016: 5-12 .294                  2017: 3-14 .176 =               -.118
XP:         2016: 3-58 .049                  2017: 2-46 .042 =               -.007
Kicking plays total:           2016: 51-172 .297              2017: 55-155 .262 =          -.035

1r:           2016: 114-141 .447           2017: 106-114 .482 =        +.035
1p:          2016: 82-74 .526                2017: 82-72 .532 =            +.006
First Down Total:              2016: 196-215 .477           2017: 188-186 .503 =        +023
2r:           2016: 71-83 .461                2017: 62-75 = .453            -.008
2p:          2016: 57-62 .479                2017: 64-74 = .464            -.015
Second Down Total:        2016: 128-145 .469           2017 126-149 .458 =         -.011
3r:           2016: 24-30 .444                2017: 39-24 .619 =            +.175
3p:          2016: 70-45 .609                2017: 69-33 .676 =            +.067
Third Down Total:            2016: 94-75 .556                2017: 108-57 .655 =          +.099
4r:           2016: 3-5 .375                     2017 5-3 .625 =                  +.250
4p:          2016: 3-5 .375                     2017 7-5 .583 =                  +.208
Fourth Down Total:         2016: 6-10 .375                  2017: 12-8 .600 =               +.225

Total on running plays:  2016: 212-259 .450           2017: 212-216 .495 =        +.045
Total on passing plays:   2016: 212-186 .533           2017: 222-184 .547 =        +.014
Total on plays from scrimmage: 2016: 424-445 .436           2017: 434-400 .520 =        +.084

Penalties not tacked on to plays:  2016: 11-11 .500            2017: 28-18 .609 =            +.109

Game total when the Opposition had the ball:   2016: 486-628 .436           2017: 517-573 .474 = +.038

Overall game total:          2016 1075-1282 .456        2017 1177-1210 .493 = +.037

Comments: Our image of this team is of a good offensive team with a bad defense and a good passing team that can’t run the ball. In fact this year our running plays were more consistently successful than our passing plays (48.9% successful vs. 43.9%) and our defense was more consistently success in scrimmage plays and our offense (52.0% vs. 48.8%). Our defense was about the same as last year on 1st and 2nd downs but substantially improved on 3rd and 4th down, (which Dino on his show attributed to success of 1st and 2nd downs but not really in this case). We fell back against the kicking game, largely because Brisley Estime was replaced by Steve Riley, (who actually did a fair job, especially at the end of the season – but Brisley led the nation in punt returns last year.)
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