How do we beat EWU, JMU, NDSU Hawk mentioned red zone defense as a more telling stat than total defense, today in the weekly presser.
A comparison:
2018: 59% of touchdowns score in red zone
2021: 48%
other stats--
FG allowed:
2018: 68%
2021: 50%
Punting:
2018: 40.7, 37.5 net
2021: 45.1, 41.8 net
3rd down defense:
2018: 36.9
2021: 33.0
yards per pass, allowed:
2018: 7.4
2021: 6.6
PPG allowed:
2018: 27.4
2021: 16.0
Scoring margin:
2018: 12.3
2021 15.1