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Utah Utes

9-4 (5-4 Pac-12)23rd APLast: W 26-24 vs Indiana

Kyle Whittingham · 13th season · .675 at Utah · .675 career since 2004

Rating
+5.445
Adj Off
30.054
Adj Def
24.733
WAP
-1.0530

Style profile

Style

What the offense does with the ball, and what the defense faces.

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate55.1%3742.5%124
Plays per game75.82569.773
Time of possession33:241126:36115
Yards per pass attempt7.1737.154
Yards per rush4.9453.935
Points per game29.86023.933
Points per opportunity3.21903.3254
Starting field positionOwn 3414Own 2943

Efficiency and EPA

Down-by-down quality, measured in predicted points.

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.13977+0.13252
Adj. EPA per play+0.16656+0.12847
Success rate44.1%5640.2%36
Explosiveness1.121041.28103
Rushing EPA per play+0.10871+0.06440
Passing EPA per play+0.19181+0.19956
Std downs success48.2%6243.6%30
Passing downs success34.6%5334.3%80

Situational

Red zone finishing, ball security, discipline, and money downs.

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate62.7%11772.5%70
Turnovers per game1.921082.381
Penalties per game6.9975.491
Penalty yards per game60.49744.5105
3rd down conversion38.1%8238.6%56
4th down tries per game1.69490.92123
4th down conversion59.1%2950.0%58

Rank out of 128 FBS teams. Green is good for the team, red is bad. Blue only orients neutral traits like tempo and run rate.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultWAPOff EPADef EPA
Sep 1Wk 1Southern Utah(FCS)W24-0+0.00+0.16-0.18
Sep 10Wk 239BYUW20-19+0.23-0.01-0.04
Sep 17Wk 3@109San José StateW34-17+0.06+0.17+0.03
Sep 23Wk 411USC#3W31-27+0.46+0.26+0.28
Oct 1Wk 5@66CaliforniaL23-28-0.79+0.10+0.39
Oct 8Wk 693ArizonaW36-23+0.05+0.26+0.26
Oct 15Wk 7@78Oregon StateW19-14+0.17-0.12+0.08
Oct 22Wk 8@53UCLAW52-45+0.30+0.22+0.25
Oct 29Wk 95Washington#4L24-31-0.41+0.11+0.27
Nov 10Wk 11@75Arizona StateW49-26+0.18+0.42+0.03
Nov 19Wk 1261OregonL28-30-0.85+0.24+0.30
Nov 26Wk 13@31Colorado#17L22-27-0.60-0.13-0.01
Dec 28PostN65IndianaW26-24+0.16+0.21+0.06

Key players

Sorted by how much of the offense runs through them. Bold rows are the primary option at each spot; the shade tracks their share.

Offense

Quarterbacks

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareC/ACmp%YdsY/ATDINT
3Troy Williams2016Y98%207/39053.1%27577.1158

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
Joe Williams2016Y37%21014076.7109
2Zack MossSR15%843824.521
5Armand ShyneSR14%783734.842
4Troy McCormick Jr.2016Y7%391945.029
28Joe Williams2016Y6%341795.310

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
12Tim PatrickWR 2016Y11%4571115.85
16Cory Butler-ByrdWR 2016Y7%2937212.80
10Raelon SingletonWR SR7%2746417.24
18Evan MoeaiTE 2016Y6%2230814.02
3Demari SimpkinsWR SR5%191588.31
80Siaosi WilsonWR 2016Y4%1518312.22
88Harrison HandleyTE 2016Y3%1216814.00

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
49Hunter DimickDE 2016Y5319.514.518
45Filipo MokofisiDT 2016Y458.05.001
50Pita TaumoepenuDE 2016Y4112.09.040
59Pasoni TasiniDT 2016Y359.51.516
93Lowell LotuleleiDT 2016Y288.03.510
40Hayden CleggDE 2016Y80.00.000

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
22Chase HansenLB SR907.51.093
30Cody BartonLB SR668.51.030
10Sunia TauteoliLB 2016Y573.01.012
5Kavika LuafatasagaLB 2016Y525.00.030
3Donavan ThompsonLB JR121.00.000

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
20Marcus WilliamsDB 2016Y64351.0
29Reggie PorterDB 2016Y43422.0
14Brian AllenDB 2016Y35644.5
12Justin ThomasDB 2016Y35403.5
15Dominique HatfieldDB 2016Y30410.0
11Jordan FogalDB SR20121.0
35Casey HughesDB SR5000.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
39Andy Phillips2016Y21/2584%4843/43106

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
33Mitch WishnowskySR6447.76610