Just The Numbers
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:10 am
After this week, every CAA team has played at least four conference games and at least seven games overall.
The following compiles all games, so every team's Penn State or Division II opponents are lumped into one list.
Note: Stats where more than 5 teams are tied with 0 were not included (Fumble Return Average, for example)
The Blue Hens rank first or second in the 15-team CAA in the following categories:
PASS DEFENSE EFFICIENCY (1st): (Only a 51.89 completion percentage allowed, for 7 TDs)
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (1st): 19.8 ypr (only 5 returns this year so far).
INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS/TDs (2nd): 135/2
FEWEST PENALTIES/YARDS (1st): 27/286/40.86 ypg
The Blue Hens rank 14th or last in the following categories:
FIELD GOALS MADE (Tied for last with Campbell and Monmouth): 3
FIELD GOAL MAKE PERCENTAGE (14th): 42.86 (3 for 7)
NET YARDS PER PUNT (14th): 33.0 ypp
The following Blue Hens individual players rank first or second in the following categories:
YARNS - SCORING (2nd, 9.71 ppg). Note: Yarns is third in rushing at 91 ypg.
TOWNSEND - PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (2nd, 17.40 ypr)
SCHMOKE - PAT KICKING PERCENTAGE (1st tied with five others, 100 percent, 17 of 17)
Stats Here: https://caasports.com/documents/2023/10 ... df?id=6152
The following compiles all games, so every team's Penn State or Division II opponents are lumped into one list.
Note: Stats where more than 5 teams are tied with 0 were not included (Fumble Return Average, for example)
The Blue Hens rank first or second in the 15-team CAA in the following categories:
PASS DEFENSE EFFICIENCY (1st): (Only a 51.89 completion percentage allowed, for 7 TDs)
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (1st): 19.8 ypr (only 5 returns this year so far).
INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS/TDs (2nd): 135/2
FEWEST PENALTIES/YARDS (1st): 27/286/40.86 ypg
The Blue Hens rank 14th or last in the following categories:
FIELD GOALS MADE (Tied for last with Campbell and Monmouth): 3
FIELD GOAL MAKE PERCENTAGE (14th): 42.86 (3 for 7)
NET YARDS PER PUNT (14th): 33.0 ypp
The following Blue Hens individual players rank first or second in the following categories:
YARNS - SCORING (2nd, 9.71 ppg). Note: Yarns is third in rushing at 91 ypg.
TOWNSEND - PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (2nd, 17.40 ypr)
SCHMOKE - PAT KICKING PERCENTAGE (1st tied with five others, 100 percent, 17 of 17)
Stats Here: https://caasports.com/documents/2023/10 ... df?id=6152