Interesting playoff stats

[cbline]

The NCAA website has compiled the full FCS playoff stats at

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2011/d1/html/ndsu.htm.

Items of note: Most obvious - Bison outscored opponents 102-27. Outscored opponents 58-7 in the 2nd half.

Rushing per game: NDSU - 217, opponents- 108. Bison had 10 rushing TD's to opponents' 1.

Sacks: Bison got 9, while giving up only 1

Red zone scoring percentage: Bison 92%, opponents 60%

[Hammerhead]

Thanks for that link.

Another interesting stat: 4TH-DOWN Conversions
NDSU was 2 for 2. Opponents were only 5 for 16. (Thanks GSU)

[Strommer10]

How about this:

NDSU Defense only allowed 6.75 points per game in the playoffs. Defense DOES win championships. HOW BOUT DAT BISON DEFENSE!

[1998braves64]

Thanks for that link.

Another interesting stat: 4TH-DOWN Conversions
NDSU was 2 for 2. Opponents were only 5 for 16. (Thanks GSU)

And SHSU went for it at least 3 times if not 4 or 5 (lost count at the end of the game?) and don't think they made it once?

[NDSUBowler]

And SHSU went for it at least 3 times if not 4 or 5 (lost count at the end of the game?) and don't think they made it once?
They went for it twice in the same drive, made it the first time by maybe a yard, missed it the second time.

[NDSUBowler]

How about this:

NDSU Defense only allowed 6.75 points per game in the playoffs. Defense DOES win championships. HOW BOUT DAT BISON DEFENSE!
It is an impressive stat.

My favorite is that the final 3 teams averaged 39.14 (SHSU), 37.31 (GSU), and 35.17 points per game BEFORE facing the Bison....total of 111.62, and put up a grand total of 13. Just ridiculous!

[CaBisonFan]

Thanks for that link.

Another interesting stat: 4TH-DOWN Conversions
NDSU was 2 for 2. Opponents were only 5 for 16. (Thanks GSU)

Yeah...no kidding about GSU. The game would have had a different complexion if they had kicked a fieldgoal or two early on.

We still piss-pounded them.

[IzzyFlexion]

University of Northern Iowa FCS National Championships : 0

North Dakota State University FCS National Championships: 1

[#1BISONFAN ASHLEY]

Wow... just wow

[TateMosersneighbor]

The stat that the NCAA will be most impressed with is the attendance numbers.

[Strommer10]

Of all the FCS/1AA teams, NDSU has the highest playoff winning percentage with 85.7%

[HandoEX]

How about this:

NDSU Defense only allowed 6.75 points per game in the playoffs. Defense DOES win championships. HOW BOUT DAT BISON DEFENSE!
FCS
The team with the #1 defense beat the team with the #2 defense.
FBS
The team with the #1 defense beat the team with the #2 defense.

Coincidence? I think not :hungry:

[CAS4127]

FCS
The team with the #1 defense beat the team with the #2 defense.
FBS
The team with the #1 defense beat the team with the #2 defense.

Coincidence? I think not :hungry:

I thought we were 2nd going into the NC game. First in scoring D, but second overall to SHSU-->no?!

[JSUBison]

Lots of interesting numbers there, here's another.

First downs:
NDSU-62
Opp- 69

[stevdock]

My favorite that I really didn't realize throughout this playoff run but is normally reminiscent of championship teams is time of possession, and especially in the fourth quarter. Time of possession was about equal throughout the game, but in the 4th quarter on average NDSU had the ball for almost 10 minutes. I did not realize we had that extreme of an advantage during those games.

[tony]

Due to NDSU's defensive performance, SHSU dropped from FCS's #1 scoring offense to #4.

[Thunder_Struck]

What was our defense on defending 4th downs? I think every game we stopped the other team on at least 1 4th down.

[KilldeerBison]

Due to NDSU's defensive performance, SHSU dropped from FCS's #1 scoring offense to #4.

My gosh! My guess is that SHSU wouldn't have been the #1 offense if they'd of had to play in the MVFC.

[cbline]

What was our defense on defending 4th downs? I think every game we stopped the other team on at least 1 4th down.

Overall, the opponents were 5 of 16 on 4th down conversions. JMU converted 1 of 4; Lehigh was 1 of 3; GSU was 2 of 5; SHSU was 1 of 4. Great 4th down stops by the Bison D.

[Thunder_Struck]

and I would guess one of GSU's conversions was the fake punt.

[spelunker64]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

[coloradobison]

Overall, the opponents were 5 of 16 on 4th down conversions. JMU converted 1 of 4; Lehigh was 1 of 3; GSU was 2 of 5; SHSU was 1 of 4. Great 4th down stops by the Bison D.

And a majority against SHSU seem to have been 4th and shorts (less than 3 yards).

[coloradobison]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

I'll bite... ??

[heffray]

Overall, the opponents were 5 of 16 on 4th down conversions. JMU converted 1 of 4; Lehigh was 1 of 3; GSU was 2 of 5; SHSU was 1 of 4. Great 4th down stops by the Bison D.

Yeah, and a few of these were late in the game when it was already in hand. EVERY single playoff game early in the first half, our opponent had the ball deep in our territory and went for it on 4th and lost. I thought that this was one of the most galvanizing, non-stat-related reasons why we were able to dominate so much on D for every game. Set the tone early, SHOW them that it's not going to be that easy. Honestly, I was VERY surprised Sam Hou made the same mistake after the first 3 teams failed at it. Almost as if they were too smug to think that they would be met with the same result.

[tony]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

Well 7887 is interesting because it's palindromic (I've noticed that numbers like that are usually divisible by 11*, btw.)
Got nothing for 4534. What are they? Attendance numbers for the D2 and D3 championships?

* Edit: Looks like if the palindrome has an even number of digits, it's divisible by 11... odd number of digits? Not so much.

[Civil06]

Well 7887 is interesting because it's palindromic (I've noticed that numbers like that are usually divisible by 11, btw.)
Got nothing for 4534. What are they? Attendance numbers for the D2 and D3 championships?

Cumulative team IQ from the championship??? NDSU higher, of course.

[coldspot]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

Bisssssons fans wearing gold/yellow or green?

[heffray]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

This has got to be some kind of season totals for yds in some kind of category or something.

[CAS4127]

This has got to be some kind of season totals for yds in some kind of category or something.

Total yards for and against us??!!! That would be hard to believe. No, can't be that-->just a WAG on my part.

[heffray]

Total yards for and against us??!!! That would be hard to believe. No, can't be that-->just a WAG on my part.

Yeah, I don't think it's that either. Just speculating that it could be total yds in some other category, for some other team...

[CarringtonBison]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534
number of jewels that CAS can bedazzle on jeans and the second number is the number he can bedazzle his jean shorts

[CAS4127]

number of jewels that CAS can bedazzle on jeans and the second number is the number he can bedazzle his jean shorts

And you wonder why people avoid going to a doctor??!!

[BlueBisonRock]

And you wonder why people avoid going to a doctor??!!

Just turn your head and cough CAS.

[Comfortably Numb Bison]

Wait I got it. 7887- Beers drank at the Marriot in Texas the night before the game. 4534 - The number of captain morgan drinks served at the Marriot.

[westnodak93bison]

It is an impressive stat.

My favorite is that the final 3 teams averaged 39.14 (SHSU), 37.31 (GSU), and 35.17 points per game BEFORE facing the Bison....total of 111.62, and put up a grand total of 13. Just ridiculous!

Absolutely awesome! I was doing a jag bomb with a Sam Houston fan at 3rd Base after the game and I said "I can't believe we gave up 6 points to you guys. Your offense sucked" ..I was being sarcastic and he didn't get it....he looked at me like.. are you kidding me? Maybe you had to be there.

[#1BISONFAN ASHLEY]

wow. out scoring our opponents by 75. impressive.. also only giving up 7 points the whole second half all games! wow. our coaches deserve a lot of credit for their gameplan towards these high powered offensive teams!

[tony]

Two more interesting numbers:

7887

4534

Are you going to tell us what these mean? :)

I looked up the attendances and D2 was 7276 (looked like a good crowd on TV though) and D3 was 3784 so that wasn't it.

[Bisonfan1]

Are you going to tell us what these mean? :)

I looked up the attendances and D2 was 7276 (looked like a good crowd on TV though) and D3 was 3784 so that wasn't it.

10,000 posts for Tony !!

[Gully]

Are you going to tell us what these mean? :)

I looked up the attendances and D2 was 7276 (looked like a good crowd on TV though) and D3 was 3784 so that wasn't it.

That was a really good guess, though.

[BisManBison]

One more stat that really jumped out at me was the number of plays our opponents ran in comparison to us. Our opponents ran 65 more plays during the playoffs than we did. I was stunned when I saw that! On average, any given team is going to run about 65 offensive plays.....so, as impressive as our defense was during the 4 playoff games, they actually squeezed about 5 games worth of plays in during the playoffs. Now how impressive do those stats look if you divide all those numbers by 5 instead of 4???? Wow, absolutely mind boggling how well that defense played.

[TateMosersneighbor]

One more stat that really jumped out at me was the number of plays our opponents ran in compared to us. Our opponents ran 65 more plays during the playoffs than we did. I was stunned when on saw that! On average, any given team is going to run about 65 offensive plays.....so, as impressive as our defense was during the 4 playoff games, they actually squeezed about 5 games worth of plays during the playoffs. Now how impressive do those stats look if you divide all those numbers by 5 instead of 4???? Wow, absolutely mind boggling how well that defense played.

Good point. I'm guess the boys in charge of strength and conditioning at old SU would love to see this fact.

[heffray]

One more stat that really jumped out at me was the number of plays our opponents ran in compared to us. Our opponents ran 65 more plays during the playoffs than we did. I was stunned when on saw that! On average, any given team is going to run about 65 offensive plays.....so, as impressive as our defense was during the 4 playoff games, they actually squeezed about 5 games worth of plays during the playoffs. Now how impressive do those stats look if you divide all those numbers by 5 instead of 4???? Wow, absolutely mind boggling how well that defense played.

Very good point. Looks like our D is EVEN BETTER than the ridiculous stats indicate. Didn't seem like it could be possible. Perhaps that should put our D's Massey rating into the top 10 for BCS schools?

[BisonTeacher]

Thanks for that link.

Another interesting stat: 4TH-DOWN Conversions
NDSU was 2 for 2. Opponents were only 5 for 16. (Thanks GSU)

I thought Lehigh had a crappy kicker? Thats why they went for it on 4th.