2016 Stats

[darell1976]

Stats through 9/24

Passing Offense:

1. Eastern Washington 419.5

99. UND 157.8    (last year 109th 140.9)

122. Delaware 65.3

Rushing Offense:

1. Cal Poly 362.8

44. UND 167.8  (last year 12th 238.6)

122. Miss Valley St 5

Total Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 632.7

84. UND 325.5 (last year 62nd 379.5)

122. Robert Morris 136.5

Scoring Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 51.7

t72. UND 24.8 (last year 53rd 28.1)

122. Savannah St. 5.3

Turnovers:

1. Western Illinois 0

t40. UND 5 (last year 39th 16)

122. Portland St. 16

 

Passing Defense: (yds per game)

1. Fordham 118.3 

78. UND 240.5 (last year 114th 259.6)

122. SFA 422.3

Rushing Defense:

1. Central Arkansas 54.8

26. UND 113.8 (last year 6th 100.3)

122. Savannah St. 315.0

Total Defense:

1. Wofford 212.8

42. UND 354.3 (last year 41st 359.9)

122. Austin Peay 613.3

Scoring Defense:

1. Chattanooga 8.8

t40. UND 24.8 (last year 62nd 25.7)

122. Delaware St. 56.3

Turnovers Gained:

1. Albany 16

5. UND 12 (last year 84th 16)

121. Delaware St. 1 

 

Attendance:

11,477 (last year 8318) + 3159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[darell1976]

The bolded stats we are in the top half of the FCS, and as for the attendance, it was the Potato Bowl but success on the field will keep that attendance increase number in the plus.

[darell1976]

Through 10/1

Passing Offense:

1. Eastern Washington 432.8

89. UND 176.0 (157.8 last week)

122. The Citadel 71.8

Rushing Offense:

1. The Citadel 346.3

41. UND 174.8 (167.8 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 14.6

Total Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 637.8

81. UND 350.8 (325.5 last week)

122. Robert Morris 150.0

Scoring Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 54.5

t70. UND 26.0 (24.8 last week)

122. Savannah St 7.5

Turnovers Lost:

1. Wagner 1

t52. UND 7 (5 last week)

122. Portland St 16

Passing Defense YPG:

1. Richmond 125.4 

78. UND 241.2 (240.5 last week)

122. SFA 425.4

Rushing Defense YPG:

1. Wofford 51.2

t30. UND 131.4 (113.8 last week)

122. Western Carolina 316.0

Total Defense:

1. Chattanooga 202.8

46. UND 372.6 (354.3 last week)

122. Austin Peay 601.3

Scoring Defense:

1. Chattanooga 8.4

38. UND 24.6 (24.8 last week)

122. Austin Peay 49.8

Turnovers Gained:

1. Montana St, Albany 16

6. UND 14 (12 last week)

122. Columbia 1

 

Attendance Avg:

10,787 (8318 last year) + 2469

 

[darell1976]

Through 10/8

Passing Offense

1. EWU 433.2

84. UND 180.5 (176.0 last week)

122. The Citadel 65.4

Rushing Offense

1. The Citadel 388.8

20. UND 216.0 (174.8 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 2.0

Total Offense

1. Sam Houston St 611.8

49. UND 396.5 (350.8 last week)

122. Robert Morris 143.0

Scoring Offense

1. Sam Houston St 56.2

t53. UND 28.3 (26.0 last week)

122. Savannah St 7.5

Turnovers lost

t1. Wagner, Wofford, South Dakota St  2

t62. UND 9 (7 last week)

t120. Portland St, Prairie View, Miss Valley St 16

Passing Defense YPG

1. Monmouth 135.3

71. UND 230.5 (241.2 last week)

122. SFA 387.0

Rushing Defense

1. Wofford 50.3

30. UND 125.3 (131.4 last week)

122. Western Carolina 317.2

Total Defense

1. Chattanooga 225.7

32. UND 355.8 (372.6 last week)

122. Austin Peay 594.6

Scoring Defense

1. Chattanooga 12.2

27. UND 21.7 (24.6 last week)

122. Austin Peay 48.8

Turnovers Gained

1. Albany 19

t3. UND 16 (14 last week)

122. Columbia 2

Attendance Avg:

10,787 (8318 last year) + 2469

[Dustin]

When you look at statistics, UND doesn't seem like an exceptional team.  Maybe we're not. 

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

We've had close games, but we are improving! This team may not gel (as the saying goes), because they should continue to improve, even if they get in the playoffs. This is the type of team that can continue to improve through next year, helping the Big Sky be a repereable conference

[UNDBIZ]

37 minutes ago, Dustin said:

When you look at statistics, UND doesn't seem like an exceptional team.  Maybe we're not. 

Gotta remember a lot of schools feasted on D2s and non-scholarship schools for their non-conference games. Helps with the numbers. Also, specifically for offensive stats, a lot of college teams run gimmicky offenses where they rack up huge numbers in either rushing OR passing. With that said, our slow start to the year didn't do us any favors. 

[Longtime fan]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

When you look at statistics, UND doesn't seem like an exceptional team.  Maybe we're not. 

Areas for improvement:

1- hold onto the ball- fumbles have been hurting 

2- punt return team -bad 

3- the last two games have been better but offensively but the 3rd down efficiency is incredibly inefficient.    

4- limit the big play.  

 

[darell1976]

Look at the stats from this week compared to last year (my first post) we are scoring more points than last year, and our defense has taken the ball away as many times (16) as all of last year with 5 games still to be played. This team is improving in most areas compared to last years 7-4 team.

[77iceman]

Stats are always fun to look at . . . and they are pretty telling of what a team can do.

But the win / loss stat, in the end, is the only one that really counts!

[jdub27]

2 hours ago, 77iceman said:

Stats are always fun to look at . . . and they are pretty telling of what a team can do.

But the win / loss stat, in the end, is the only one that really counts!

Assuming those losses are quality of course...

Because 7-4 with an FBS win and a win over a seeded team on the road would seem better than 6-5, but I guess that's just one person's opinion. And that's not even getting into other 7-4 teams resume... 

Hope the team wins out and is not a concern. The narrative about UND's schedule is already being thrown around. 

[Sioux94]

4 hours ago, Longtime fan said:

Areas for improvement:

1- hold onto the ball- fumbles have been hurting 

2- punt return team -bad 

3- the last two games have been better but offensively but the 3rd down efficiency is incredibly inefficient.    

4- limit the big play.  

 

If we have 180 yards of offense (or whatever the number was) before we even have a third down again like last week, I'll probably take it.  

[darell1976]

Through Oct 15

Passing Offense 

1. Eastern Washington 433.2

78. UND 195.0 (180.5 last week)

122. The Citadel 55.7

Rushing Offense

1. The Citadel 381.0

17. UND 221.6 ( 216.0 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 17.1

Total Offense

1. Sam Houston St 608.2

33. UND 416.6 ( 396.5 last week)

122. Robert Morris 144.7

Scoring Offense

1. Sam Houston St 54.8

32. UND 30.7 ( 28.3 last week)

122. Savannah St. 6.6

Turnovers Lost

1. Wofford 2

t45 UND 9 ( 9 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 21

Passing Defense

1. Chattanooga 134.7

78. UND 241.1 ( 230.5 last week)

122. SFA 377.0

Rushing Defense

1. Wofford 50.3

18. UND 114.7 ( 125.3 last week)

122. Western Carolina 310.2

Total Defense

1. Chattanooga 245.0

34. UND 355.9 ( 355.8 last week)

122. Austin Peay 550.2

Scoring Defense

1. San Diego 13.3 

24. UND 21.9 ( 21.7 last week)

122. Austin Peay 46.3

Turnovers Gained

1. Albany 21

t3. UND 19 ( 16 last week)

t121. Delaware St, Columbia 3

Attendance:

10,693 (8318 last year) +2375

 

[Kap]

The UND rushing offense is better than the UND rushing defense. Maybe the O line should start getting some credit. There were plenty of people putting them down earlier this year but I'm not seeing the praise I think they deserve.

[ClassB]

On 10/10/2016 at 6:19 PM, Dustin said:

When you look at statistics, UND doesn't seem like an exceptional team.  Maybe we're not. 

You don't want to lead the nation in any one thing - except maybe W's, 'most playoff games played' perhaps. Do you see NDSU at the top of any category?

no.

Balance - that and defense and ball control and time of possession.

[geaux_sioux]

We've already passed for more yards than last year. Also the running and passing yards are damn near 50/50. It's a beautiful thing.

[darell1976]

22 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

We've already passed for more yards than last year. Also the running and passing yards are damn near 50/50. It's a beautiful thing.

Plus our defense with 19 turnovers compared to just 16 last year is a great sign of aggressiveness towards the ball carriers/receivers.  

[Ozzie82]

Fire Rudolph!

[UND-1]

29 minutes ago, Ozzie82 said:

Fire Rudolph!

"NAIA level coordinator"

[siouxfan512]

I wasn't impressed with Rudolph early on, I though it was way to predictable, and he under utilized some talent.

However, it is apparent, how much better the coordinating looks, when the players are executing what is called. Rudolph still needs to should some of the blame for what was going on at the beginning of the season, but it definitely looks like there was enough blame to go around. O Line, QB play, Play calling .... doesn't matter now, as they appear to be clicking on all cylinders.

[UNDColorado]

43 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

I wasn't impressed with Rudolph early on, I though it was way to predictable, and he under utilized some talent.

However, it is apparent, how much better the coordinating looks, when the players are executing what is called. Rudolph still needs to should some of the blame for what was going on at the beginning of the season, but it definitely looks like there was enough blame to go around. O Line, QB play, Play calling .... doesn't matter now, as they appear to be clicking on all cylinders.

Execution was off early but I am convinced he held some of the playbook back until conference play. Gusty and smart in my opinion.

[UND08]

1 hour ago, siouxfan512 said:

I wasn't impressed with Rudolph early on, I though it was way to predictable, and he under utilized some talent.

However, it is apparent, how much better the coordinating looks, when the players are executing what is called. Rudolph still needs to should some of the blame for what was going on at the beginning of the season, but it definitely looks like there was enough blame to go around. O Line, QB play, Play calling .... doesn't matter now, as they appear to be clicking on all cylinders.

For what it's worth...and this is all secondhand, but I live in Minot and followed MSU during a good chunk of his tenure (i.e. before their D2 move killed my interest).  From what I heard, some of MSU's struggles during his time here were due to players (especially but not limited to quarterbacks) not being able to fully grasp playbook terminology and get into a rhythm.  His offense is significantly more complex than the zone read schemes a lot of teams are going to nowadays, so new players can't just step in and light it up from the get go.  With new and inexperienced players at receiver and on the line I think some of the timing was off at the beginning of the season, but I expect those issues to continue to minimize going forward this year and in future years as we build up a more experienced and balanced roster.  I think the training wheels were on the playbook even through last year, but going forward we are going to be more and more balanced...and I'm excited for that.

I remember his offenses at St. Cloud with Keith Heckendorf under center...it was a thing of beauty for a football purist to watch!  It kind of reminds me of some of our performances the last couple weeks.  Paul is definitely not a "nobody" in Midwestern coaching circles.  He's been a collegiate head coach for 15 years (albeit at lower levels)...but he's not some kid that calls games like it's Madden (see Bisonville's "critiques" of Polacek).  When he has the depth and roster continuity to work with that we are building towards...well I'm thinking efforts like last week will be the norm.

[zonadub]

I'll take my crow with raisin sauce, please.

[darell1976]

Through Oct 22

Passing Offense:

1. E. Washington 445.6

t77. UND 192.3 ( 195.0 last week)

122. The Citadel 54.9

Rushing Offense:

1. The Citadel 353.7

17. UND 219.6 ( 221.6 last week) 

122. Miss Valley St 10.6

Total Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 592.1

33. UND 411.9 ( 416.6 last week) 

122. Robert Morris 148.1

Scoring Offense: 

1. Sam Houston St 52.4

33. UND 30.4 ( 30.7 last week)

122. Savannah St 6.6

Turnovers Lost:

1. ETSU 4

t43. UND 10 ( 9 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 23

Passing Defense:

1. Richmond 131.9

t77. UND 238.5 ( 241.1 last week)

122. SFA 377.0

Rushing Defense: 

1. Central Arkansas 58.6

15. UND 109.0 ( 114.7 last week)

122. W. Carolina 296.6

Total Defense:

1. Chattanooga 245.5

30. UND 347.5 (355.9 last week)

122. Austin Peay 522.7

Scoring Defense: 

1. San Diego 12.9

25. UND 21.8 ( 21.9 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 47.6

Turnovers Gained:

1. Fordham 25

t6 UND 19 ( 19 last week)

122. Delaware St 3

Attendance:

10,693 (8318 last year) +2375

[darell1976]

Through 10/29

Passing Offense:

1. EWU 437.5 

94. UND 175.4 (192.3 last week)

122. The Citadel 57.6

Rushing Offense:

1. Cal Poly 370.3

23. UND 214.2 ( 219.6 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 10.6

Total Offense:

1. Sam Houston St. 592.0

49. UND 389.7 (411.9 last week)

122. Robert Morris 156.0

Scoring Offense: 

1. Sam Houston St 54.1

t33. UND 30.0 (30.4 last week) 

122. Presbyterian 10.1

Turnovers Lost:

1. ETSU 5

t28. UND 10 (10 last week)

122. Rhode Island 25

Passing Defense:

1. Richmond 131.9

86. UND 242.4 (238.5 last week)

122. SFA 357.6

Rushing Defense:

1. Central Arkansas 61.0

11. UND 98.2 (109.0 last week) 

122. Western Carolina 299.9

Total Defense:

1. Jacksonville St 259.6

29. UND 340.7 (347.5 last week)

122. Austin Peay 521.8

Scoring Defense:

1. San Diego 11.6

24. UND  21.4 (21.8 last week)

122. Miss Valley St 47.6

Turnovers Gained:

t1. Albany, Fordham 25

t3 UND 23 (19 last week)

122. Delaware St 3

 

Attendance:

10,195 (8318 last year) +1877