2015 v 2014 Michigan Stats

Submitted by alum96 on

NCAA data points comparing 2015 UM thus far to final 2014.  (not advanced stats so they have some quirks due to SOS etc but its apples to apples)

Most of these are expected but I had not realized how awful special teams were last year until I compiled all the data into 1 small space like this.  They were positively Michigan Stateish last year.  Please Baxter stay a decade more. (Net punting may be surprisingly low but keep in mind Blake doesn't have a booming leg, he is a placement guy)

Some of these have tiny sample sizes in 2015 like red zone defense and kickoff returns (ave 1 return a game last 3 games haha)

# below is national ranking.

 

Offense   2014 2015   +/-
3rd down conversion %   74 38   36
Completion %   66 62   4
Fumbles lost   37 40   -3
Passes Had Intercepted   114 80   34
Passing offense   110 97   13
Passing yds per comp   102 107   -5
Red zone offense   20 12   8
Rushing offense   62 33   29
Sacks allowed / game   76 36   40
Scoring offense   109 67   42
TFL allowed / game   60 26   34
Total offense   112 78   34
           
           
Defense   2014 2015   +/-
3rd down conv % D   46 1   45
Fumbles recovered   105 117   -12
Passes Intercepted   119 27   92
Passing yds Allowed   19 2   17
Red zone defense   62 67   -5
Rushing defense   15 3   12
Scoring defense   27 1   26
Sacks / game   42 38   4
TFL / game   29 15   14
Total defense   7 2   5
           
           
Misc / Special Teams   2014 2015   +/-
Fewest Penalties/Game   2 31   -29
Fewest Penalty Yds/Game   3 49   -46
Kickoff return defense   71 24   47
Kickoffs returns   85 1   84
Net punting   107 77   30
Punt return defense   117 60   57
Punt returns   82 67   15
TOP   39 4   35
Turnover Margin / game   121 77   44
Turnovers lost   98 67   31
Turnovers gained   123 68   55

 

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LJ

October 16th, 2015 at 9:33 AM ^

That's an incredibly encouraging thing.  Few things in football are more random than which team picks up a ball that's on the ground.  We have not had good luck there, yet are still an asskicking ball of knives.

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tsabesi

October 16th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^

Correct this is a huge part of it. We have 6 RZ opportunities that's the best in the FBS (1 team has 7 and a handful have 8, not adjusted for number of games played). We've allowed 5 scores on those 6 opportunities. Except for App St and Toledo at the top of the metric we've allowed fewer scores where the drive was in the Red Zone at one point than any team in the country (on a gross numbers basis).

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bcnihao

October 16th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^

It would be good to indicate in the original post that the numbers indicate rankings.  My first thought at seeing our 2014 team and 74 in the third-down conversion percentage category was, "Huhhh??"

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LSAClassOf2000

October 16th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^

Very nice summary, Alum96. Thanks for compiling this.

Based on these rankings, the average position leap on offensive metrics is 22 spots, 19 positions on defensive metrics and - here's the nice one - 29 positions on special teams metrics. To quote the principal at the end of "Summer School" - "That's teaching."

Very nice improvements overall.

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