Here at Tomahawknation, we like to give you guys, as much in depth analysis as possible. Once again we're going to take a look at the "hidden yards" aspect of the game against Nevada. The data is compiled through the official drive charts and garbage time and half-killing drives are excluded from the analysis.
Florida State's Offense Vs. Nevada's Defense | |||||
Result | Possible | Gained | Plays | Per Play | % Gained |
FIELD GOAL | 83 | 77 | 12 | 6.42 | 93% |
Interception | 89 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2% |
Punt | 74 | -6 | 3 | -2.00 | -8% |
TOUCHDOWN | 92 | 92 | 7 | 13.14 | 100% |
TOUCHDOWN | 56 | 56 | 4 | 14.00 | 100% |
TOUCHDOWN | 66 | 66 | 2 | 33.00 | 100% |
TOUCHDOWN | 65 | 65 | 1 | 65.00 | 100% |
TOUCHDOWN | 61 | 61 | 4 | 15.25 | 100% |
TOUCHDOWN | 45 | 45 | 5 | 9.00 | 100% |
FIELD GOAL | 78 | 62 | 7 | 8.86 | 79% |
Totals | 709 | 520 | 47 | 11.06 | 73% |
Florida State's Defense Vs. Nevada's Offense | |||||
Result | Possible | Gained | Plays | Per Play | % Gained |
Punt | 75 | 19 | 6 | 3.17 | 25% |
TO On Downs | 75 | 64 | 13 | 4.92 | 85% |
TOUCHDOWN | 28 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 | 100% |
Punt | 73 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 | 48% |
Punt | 75 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 7% |
End of Half | - | - | - | - | - |
Punt | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0% |
Punt | 88 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 6% |
Interception | 71 | 37 | 8 | 4.63 | 52% |
Punt | 65 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 8% |
Totals | 625 | 198 | 48 | 4.13 | 32% |
- Nevada's average starting field position was on their own 30 yard line, meaning they actually out gained Florida State in hidden yardage by about 10 yards in non-garbage drives. The hidden yardage stat did not have a huge influence on the outcome of this game seeing as Nevada got absolutely blown out of the water.
- Florida State's defense gave up 4.13 yards per play on 48 plays. I definitely think the Noles should have done better on this aspect seeing as Nevada was starting it's 2nd string QB and their 3rd string QB was playing after halftime. Nevada was quite one dimensional at that point and was mostly running the ball. Florida State's run defense will be the focal point of analysis over the next few weeks leading up to Clemson. They will also need to be stronger against the run if they want a shot at taking out Miami and Florida as well.
- Despite this, it is encouraging that they only allowed Nevada to gain 32% of their possible total yardage and did not let Nevada have any explosive drives. This is not the best evaluation of a defense but it is encouraging that Florida State has so far kept its opponents out of scoring range.
- We can see how field position plays a major role in determining the outcome of games as the only time Nevada scored when they had the ball on Florida State's
The hidden yardage battle was not an important factor in determining the outcome of this game. It was two weeks ago against Pitt. FSU completely outmatched Nevada at every level and Nevada was without their starting QB.
So in summation, I'm going to get some more cheeseballs.