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Colorado Buffaloes

5-7 (3-6 Pac-12)Last: L 15-45 at Utah

Mel Tucker · 1st season · .417 at Colorado · .417 career

Rating
-1.567
Adj Off
26.873
Adj Def
28.368
WAP
-4.2571

Style profile

Style

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

StatOffenseDefense
Run rate48.3%8547.1%105
Plays per game71.94868.881
Time of possession30:364929:2481
Yards per pass attempt7.0938.5122
Yards per rush4.1804.587
Points per game23.510031.896
Points per opportunity3.69663.88102
Starting field positionOwn 2898Own 2728

Efficiency and EPA

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

StatOffenseDefense
EPA per play+0.17368+0.260116
Adj. EPA per play+0.18746+0.19184
Success rate43.7%6248.8%125
Explosiveness1.141051.2049
Rushing EPA per play+0.13554+0.13582
Passing EPA per play+0.23973+0.390118
Std downs success49.4%4952.4%121
Passing downs success30.7%9739.1%122

Situational

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

StatOffenseDefense
Red zone TD rate58.2%12177.8%105
Turnovers per game1.17351.4260
Penalties per game7.11106.157
Penalty yards per game60.59660.824
3rd down conversion41.3%4747.4%125
4th down tries per game1.67631.08122
4th down conversion60.0%3253.8%77

Rank out of 130 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
Aug 30Wk 1N109Colorado StateW52-31+0.04+0.46+0.20
Sep 7Wk 243NebraskaW34-31+0.15+0.21+0.19
Sep 14Wk 347Air Force#22L23-30-0.86+0.11+0.30
Sep 21Wk 4@49Arizona StateW34-31+0.22+0.33+0.32
Oct 5Wk 686ArizonaL30-35-0.95+0.25+0.42
Oct 11Wk 7@12Oregon#5L3-45-0.42-0.08+0.37
Oct 19Wk 8@44Washington StateL10-41-0.740.00+0.21
Oct 25Wk 923USCL31-35-0.77+0.37+0.41
Nov 2Wk 10@75UCLAL14-31-0.87+0.13+0.22
Nov 9Wk 1155StanfordW16-13+0.10+0.10+0.15
Nov 23Wk 1318WashingtonW20-14+0.32+0.11+0.01
Nov 30Wk 14@14Utah#16L15-45-0.47+0.07+0.32

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
12Steven MontezSR99%255/40563.0%28086.91710

Running backs

Share of rushes
PlayerShareCarYdsY/CTDRec
8Alex FontenotSR42%1858744.7527
8Jaren ManghamSR25%1074414.1310
20Deion SmithSR5%23683.004

Receivers

Share of pass attempts
PlayerShareRecYdsY/RTD
2Laviska Shenault Jr.WR JR14%5676413.64
18Tony BrownWR SR14%5670712.65
21K.D. NixonWR SR9%3547513.63
14Dimitri StanleyWR SR7%2930210.42
38Brady RussellTE SR6%232219.62

Defense

Defensive line

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckHurPD
54Terrance LangDE SR306.55.540
34Mustafa JohnsonDE SR284.54.530
99Jalen SamiDL SR241.50.510
89Na'im RodmanDL SR90.00.000
94Janaz JordanDL SR50.00.000
55Austin WilliamsDL JR50.00.000

Linebackers

Total tackles
PlayerTklTFLSckPDINT
53Nate LandmanLB SR1148.02.041
20Davion TaylorLB SR648.01.040
36Akil JonesLB SR503.00.010
26Carson WellsLB JR413.01.011
52Alex TchangamLB SR202.52.510

Defensive backs

Total tackles
PlayerTklPDINTTFL
2Mikial OnuS SR61341.0
1Delrick Abrams Jr.CB SR56502.0
13Derrion RakestrawS SR43433.0
Aaron MaddoxDB SR22001.0
3K.J. TrujilloDB SO19511.0
3Mark PerryS SR16104.0
6Mekhi BlackmonDB SR10001.0

Special teams

Kickers

By kicks attempted
PlayerFGFG%LongXPPts
48James StefanouSR12/1771%4426/2662
43Evan PriceSO5/5100%374/419

Punters

By punts
PlayerPuntsAvgLongIn 20TB
89Alex KinneySR5944.46371