Civil War: Just the stats, and maybe a little spin

by Noghri_ViR on Dec 3, 2009 12:41 AM PST in Oregon State Football Comment 1 comment

With the game today, let's take a quick look at a few of the stats. All numbers were gather from the NCAA.org's Statistics and Records section and are current as of Today.

Individual Rushing Offense

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Carries	Net	TDs	Avg	Ydspgm
9	Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon St.	RB	SO	11	239	1313	19	5.49	119.36
10	LaMichael James, Oregon	RB	FR	11	190	1310	11	6.89	119.09
84	Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon	QB	JR	10	105	619	12	5.90	61.90

Not too much to say here. The big thing that stands out that James and Masoli have a combined total of 23 touchdowns. What this also shows you is that Masoli seems to run just a little bit more once they get on the other side of the 50 yard line. The other stat that isn't shown here is that James leads all FBS players with 18 runs over 20 yards. Still, nothing to be too worried about.

Individual Passing

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Patt	Pcomp	Int	Comppct	Pyds	Ydsatt	YdsCmp	TDs	Compgm
10	Sean Canfield, Oregon St.	QB	SR	11	370	260	6	70.27	2797	7.56	10.76	19	23.64
67	Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon	QB	JR	10	264	154	4	58.33	1865	7.06	12.11	14	15.40

I think pretty much everyone has know that Canfield has a laser guided arm. Yea he has a few more interceptions the Masoli, but he's also has a 106 more passing attempts. Both QB's are throwing an interception once in every 60 passing attempts.

Receiving Yards Per Game

Rank	Player	Pos	Cl	Gm	Catches	Yds	TDs	Rec/Gm	Yds/Catch	Yds/Gm
31	James Rodgers, Oregon St.	WR	JR	11	77	865	8	7.00	11.23	78.64
76	Damola Adeniji, Oregon St.	WR	SR	11	47	672	4	4.27	14.30	61.09

Here's a surprising stat, no Duck receiver is in the top 100. We've got James in there which most Beaver fans wouldn't be surprised to see, but Adeniji being in there is a real surprise as he's really started to show up in the last half of the season

Team Rushing

Rank	Name	Games	Carries	Net	Avg.	TDs	Ydspg	Wins	Losses	Ties
8	Oregon	11	465	2545	5.47	32	231.36	9	2	0
59	Oregon St.	11	388	1647	4.24	23	149.73	8	3	0

Team Rushing Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Carries	Net	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
13	Oregon St.	11	308	1083	3.52	13	98.45	8	3	0
40	Oregon	11	421	1437	3.41	14	130.64	9	2	0

I'd say these are pretty even matchups. The Ducks are averaging 80 more yards and have 10 more touchdown on the year then the Beavers. The Ducks are running for more yards, yet the Beavers are holding teams to less rushing yards. This should be one of the best part of the game to watch Thursday.

Team Passing

Rank	Name	Games	Patt	Pcom	Int	Papct	Yds	Ydsatt	TDs	Ydspgm	Intpct	Ydscmp	Wins	Losses	Ties
24	Oregon St.	11	395	273	6	69.11	2997	7.59	20	272.45	1.52	10.98	8	3	0
92	Oregon	11	297	174	5	58.59	2062	6.94	15	187.45	1.68	11.85	9	2	0

Team Pass Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Patt	Pcomp	Papct	Ydscmp	Int	Intpct	Yds	Ydsatt	TDs	Ydspgm	CM	Wins	Losses	Ties
29	Oregon	11	382	207	54.19	10.28	13	3.40	2127	5.57	14	193.36	0	9	2	0
92	Oregon St.	11	395	231	58.48	11.53	7	1.77	2663	6.74	19	242.09	2	8	3	0

We pretty much covered the passing portion earlier, but the interesting thing here is difference between the two defenses. If you recall we started off with a horrible passing defense and let UNLV, Cincy, and Arizona rack up some big games on us before we finally got things under control. Hell, don't tell anyone this but we let Portland State rack up 274 passing yards on us.....ouch. But over our last 3 games we've only allowed an average of 195. Things are a lot better here then they were at the beginning of this year.

Total Offense

Rank	Name	Games	Plays	Yds	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
26	Oregon St.	11	783	4644	5.93	43	422.18	8	3	0
31	Oregon	11	762	4607	6.05	53	418.82	9	2	0

Total Defense

Rank	Name	Games	Plays	Yds	Avg	TDs	Ydspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
27	Oregon	11	803	3564	4.44	30	324.00	9	2	0
40	Oregon St.	11	703	3746	5.33	33	340.55	8	3	0

The numbers here are also pretty even. The only one that really stands out is the Offensive TD's where Oregon has 10 more then OSU. I think the most surprising thing here is that OSU has 37 more total yards then Oregon does, I expected to see Oregon a lot higher then us.

Scoring Offense

Rank	Name	Games	Points	Avg	TDs	Kxp	Oxp	Dkxp	Doxp	FG	Sf	Wins	Losses	Ties
7	Oregon	11	415	37.73	53	49	3	0	0	14	0	9	2	0
20	Oregon St.	11	356	32.36	43	40	1	0	0	18	1	8	3	0

Scoring Defense

Rank	Name	Games	TDs	Kxp	Oxp	Dkxp	Doxp	FG	Sf	Points	Ptspgm	Wins	Losses	Ties
39	Oregon St.	11	33	29	3	0	0	3	1	244	22.18	8	3	0
44	Oregon	11	30	24	1	0	0	14	1	250	22.73	9	2	0

Once again nothing here that hasn't been covered before.

In closing, nothing about these stats really has me too worried. Yea there's a few things that have stood out, but the Civil War has always been one of those games where you throw this stuff out the window and anyone could win. I believe that Thursdays game is going to come down to mistakes and heart. We're going to have to play a perfect game to beat Oregon and represent the Pac-10 in that bowl game who's name I won't mention for fear of jinxing it. With both the Rodgers brothers healthy, Canfield passing with the accuracy he's developed this year and spreading out the ball to all of his receivers I'm certain that we won't have that horrible game we had last year.

:) GO BEAVS!

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Interesting!

I see that in terms of raw stats (yards) The Beavs have the better offense while the *ucks have the better defense. But in terms of efficiency (the ability to turn said years into scoring, or not scoring for the defense) the *ucks have the better offense while the beavs have the better defense. So we are more efficient on defense, they are more efficient on offense.

Really the bottom line of this stats page though is that this is a very VERY evenly matched games, in both styles and content, and should be a close and exciting game!

GO BEAVS!!!!!

Go M's

by OBF on Dec 3, 2009 9:38 AM PST reply actions