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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Big plays in the HUNH


Earlier this week we took a look at the big plays produced by Chad Morris' offense and the two others that most closely resemble it -- Gus Malzahn's at Auburn and Chip Kelly's at Oregon.

It's pretty impressive stuff. In Tulsa's offensive stats from the past four years, you can see some of the big-play production in the years Malzahn was there (2007 and 2008), followed by a dip the year he left, followed by a bulge last season when Morris was there.

(These stats, by the way, are culled by the folks who run the fine site cfbstats.com.)

Running plays of 10 yards or more:
2010: 100
2009: 73
2008: 125
2007: 92

Running plays of 20 yards or more:

2010: 28
2009: 10
2008: 38
2007: 12

Passing plays of 15 yards or more:
2010: 96
2009: 78
2008: 114
2007: 130

Passing plays of 25 yards or more:

2010: 38
2009: 34
2008: 52
2007: 64

Here's what Auburn's big-play stats looked like in the three seasons before Malzahn's arrival:

Running plays of 10 yards or more:
2006: 63
2007: 56
2008: 62


Running plays of 20 yards or more:

2006: 19
2007: 13
2008: 9

Passing plays of 15 yards or more:

2006: 57
2007: 57
2008: 44

Passing plays of 25 yards or more:

2006: 19
2007: 17
2008: 20

And now, the past two years:

10-plus rushing

2010: 132
2009: 85

20-plus rushing
2010: 41
2009: 20

15-plus passing
2010: 71
2009: 78

25-plus passing
2010: 33
2009: 27

Oregon's numbers under Kelly are fairly staggering -- particularly the big-play numbers in the running game:

10-plus rushing
2010: 114
2009: 107
2008: 128
2007: 118
AVERAGE: 116.7

20-plus rushing:

2010: 39
2009: 39
2008: 37
2007: 27
AVERAGE: 35.5

15-plus passing
2010: 69
2009: 52
2008: 60
2007: 59
AVERAGE: 60

25-plus passing
2010: 30
2009: 23
2008: 25
2007: 24
AVERAGE: 25.5

Here's a look at Clemson's big-play numbers over the last five seasons:

10-plus rush
2010: 49
2009: 70
2008: 46
2007: 70
2006: 86

20-plus rush
2010: 14
2009: 21
2008: 16
2007: 18
2006: 26

15-plus pass
2010: 47
2009: 63
2008: 68
2007: 64
2006: 56

25-plus pass
2010: 17
2009: 26
2008: 23
2007: 24
2006: 23

LW

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