The Knight Report will look back at the 2022 football season with the help of SportSource Analytics to give our subscribers the most in-depth analytics of the season. The first thing we'll looked at was Field Zone Offensive Drive Breakdown.
Then we looked at Coming Out Tendencies – First 3 Plays of the Drive.
Now we'll look at Field Zone Defensive Drive.
We'll look at each area of the field and show you how many drives the opponent started in that area, average yards per drive that started in that area, the percentage of time they scored from a drive that started in that area, 3 and outs, punts, and turnovers. Let's take a look.
Own Goal line to 10-yd line
Rutgers opponents had 15 drives that started in this zone which was 10% of their drives for the season. The opponents averaged 48.1 yards per drive that started in this zone.
The opponents scored a touchdown 20% of the time when the drive started in this zone. The NCAA average was 17%.
The Scarlet Knights opponents scored a FG 13% of the time when the drive started in this zone. The NCAA average was 7%.
20% of the drives that started in this zone ended in a 3 and out. The NCAA average was 25%.
The opponents Punted 47% of the time. The NCAA average was 49%.
The Scarlet Knights opponents had a turnover 7% of the time from this zone. The NCAA average was 11%
The opponents averaged 1.6 points per drive from this zone.
