Oregon's Defensive Stats 2010-2014

[SuperDuck]

Here are some of our key defensive stats from 2010-2014. One thing I neglected to put in there was turnovers and those can be huge. Still, stats can be deceiving because strength of schedule is different every year as well having different players with different levels of experience. I try not to get to high or low when I look at this stuff.

2010 Defensive Stats:

Points Per Game: 18.7

Average Per Play: 4.7

Average Per Rush 3.5

Average Per Pass: 5.8

Average Per Game: 346.0


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2011 Defensive Stats:

Points Per Game: 24.6

Average Per Play: 5.1

Average Per Rush 3.6

Average Per Pass: 6.5

Average Per Game: 390.1


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2012 Defensive Stats:

Points Per Game: 21.6

Average Per Play: 4.9

Average Per Rush 4.0

Average Per Pass: 5.8

Average Per Game: 374.2


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2013 Defensive Stats:

Points Per Game: 20.5

Average Per Play: 4.6

Average Per Rush 3.8

Average Per Pass: 5.5

Average Per Game: 370.1


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2014 Defensive Stats:

Points Per Game: 25.9

Average Per Play: 5.6

Average Per Rush 4.4

Average Per Pass: 6.9

Average Per Game: 462.4

[pezsez1]

Something to consider in all of these stats, which, again, is something EVERYONE seems to be overlooking...

The conference this year is far more lethal than it has been in a long time.

At random, I just looked up total offense stats for the 2012 season. Listed below were the conference leaders for that season:

No. 5: Oregon
No. 7: Arizona
(and now, a big dropoff outside the top 20...)
No. 24: UCLA
No. 25: Arizona St.
(and now, an even BIGGER dropoff just to find a fifth team for this list...)
No. 43: Oregon State

Now, let's look at this season's total offense rankings for conference teams:

No. 4: Arizona
No. 8: Oregon
No. 9: Washington State
No. 13: Arizona State
No. 17: Cal
No. 20: UCLA
No. 29: Colorado

Three top-10 offenses, six top-20 offenses, seven in the top 30... and with four games left, we've already faced four of the teams on that list.

Opposing offenses in the Pac-12 are just way more dangerous than they've been in recent years. Yes, we're certainly having more defensive miscues than we've had in the past, and clearly our personnel is lacking in places where we've traditionally been strong. But some of this is simply a result of the conference being stacked with potent, high-octane offenses.

Ironically, WE set the trend on this... it's our fault.

[buckmarkduck]

You haven't heard, yards per game are meaningless now days. So are yrds per play, points ect. Ok the D is t the 85 bears but if I try hard I can see the 2000 Ravens.

[Phenom]

Something to consider in all of these stats, which, again, is something EVERYONE seems to be overlooking...

The conference this year is far more lethal than it has been in a long time.

At random, I just looked up total offense stats for the 2012 season. Listed below were the conference leaders for that season:

No. 5: Oregon
No. 7: Arizona
(and now, a big dropoff outside the top 20...)
No. 24: UCLA
No. 25: Arizona St.
(and now, an even BIGGER dropoff just to find a fifth team for this list...)
No. 43: Oregon State

Now, let's look at this season's total offense rankings for conference teams:

No. 4: Arizona
No. 8: Oregon
No. 9: Washington State
No. 13: Arizona State
No. 17: Cal
No. 20: UCLA
No. 29: Colorado

Three top-10 offenses, six top-20 offenses, seven in the top 30... and with four games left, we've already faced four of the teams on that list.

Opposing offenses in the Pac-12 are just way more dangerous than they've been in recent years. Yes, we're certainly having more defensive miscues than we've had in the past, and clearly our personnel is lacking in places where we've traditionally been strong. But some of this is simply a result of the conference being stacked with potent, high-octane offenses.

Ironically, WE set the trend on this... it's our fault.

So? We should have hired someone who was up to those standards. That being said, I don't think this defense is that much worse than any of the defenses we've had recently. 2010 was our best defense by far.

[pezsez1]

So? We should have hired someone who was up to those standards.

We're not the only good Pac-12 team that's getting scored on a lot. There's only so much a defense can do against a genuinely good offense, especially an offense that's designed to score a ton of points (as opposed to a slow, ball-control offense).

This issue has been covered in the media a ton over the past five or six years... teams that play with tempo and spread the field are very, very tough to stop. More teams are getting off more plays and piling up more yardage. Heck, in our own conference, Colorado -- the worst team in the Pac -- has the 30th-best offense in the nation. That's crazy!!!

Can our defense improve? Absolutely. But nothing happens in a vacuum... offenses in college football are increasingly gaining advantages over defenses (a trend that Oregon really accelerated). You can't seriously expect to a defense to be impervious in a conference stacked with some of the nation's most high-octane offenses.

Stanford has a good defense... but do you notice how when we play them (even in last year's loss), they usually seem pretty gassed by the fourth quarter? You can't just take any team's defense, plug it into Oregon's system and expect it to work. Our defense can be better, but it needs to happen in the confines of our system, which is what we were doing so well in 2010.

[SuperDuck]

Something to consider in all of these stats, which, again, is something EVERYONE seems to be overlooking...

The conference this year is far more lethal than it has been in a long time.

Yep. Bob Stoops made a comment last year about how all of those potent SEC defenses don't have to play wide open offenses every week like those in the Big-12 (and Pac-12). He then went and proved his point against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl by putting up 40+ against that vaunted SEC defense.

At random, I just looked up total offense stats for the 2012 season. Listed below were the conference leaders for that season:

No. 5: Oregon
No. 7: Arizona
(and now, a big dropoff outside the top 20...)
No. 24: UCLA
No. 25: Arizona St.
(and now, an even BIGGER dropoff just to find a fifth team for this list...)
No. 43: Oregon State

Now, let's look at this season's total offense rankings for conference teams:

No. 4: Arizona
No. 8: Oregon
No. 9: Washington State
No. 13: Arizona State
No. 17: Cal
No. 20: UCLA
No. 29: Colorado

Three top-10 offenses, six top-20 offenses, seven in the top 30... and with four games left, we've already faced four of the teams on that list.

Opposing offenses in the Pac-12 are just way more dangerous than they've been in recent years. Yes, we're certainly having more defensive miscues than we've had in the past, and clearly our personnel is lacking in places where we've traditionally been strong. But some of this is simply a result of the conference being stacked with potent, high-octane offenses.

Ironically, WE set the trend on this... it's our fault.

True on both points.

[DAT_man_again]

Surprised by the 2012 stats. That team felt like the best we have ever had.