Scoring & Yardage

Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH
Avg Score Margin +4.5 +2.2 +12.0 -8.3 +3.4 +11.5
Points/Game 26.1 22.5 27.3 16.0 30.7 26.0
Opp Points/Game 21.6 20.3 15.3 24.3 27.3 14.5
First Downs/Game 18.8 18.5 21.3 20.3 19.7 18.2
Yards/Game 370.4 342.1 411.0 326.0 407.9 336.2
Opp Yards/Game 329.5 322.2 307.7 331.7 379.3 263.0

Offensive Efficiency

Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH
Plays/Game 64.4 70.0 66.0 75.7 64.6 67.8
Rush Play % 56.02% 60.71% 66.67% 62.11% 54.87% 66.09%
Pass Play % 43.98% 39.29% 33.33% 37.89% 45.13% 33.91%
Yards/Play 5.8 4.9 6.2 4.3 6.3 5.0
Yards/Rush 5.3 4.2 5.4 3.7 5.6 4.6
Yards/Pass 6.6 6.4 7.8 5.9 7.4 6.0
Points/Play 0.405 0.321 0.414 0.211 0.476 0.383
3D Conversion % 40.63% 41.21% 52.27% 46.94% 34.83% 44.57%
RZ Scoring % 78.95% 83.72% 66.67% 81.82% 78.26% 86.96%

Defensive Efficiency

Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH
Opp Plays/Game 64.8 63.2 57.7 58.3 65.9 61.3
Opp Rush Play % 55.66% 43.01% 45.66% 41.14% 57.27% 40.76%
Opp Pass Play % 44.34% 56.99% 54.34% 58.86% 42.73% 59.24%
Opp Yards/Play 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.8 4.3
Opp Yards/Rush 4.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 4.9 2.1
Opp Yards/Pass 6.3 7.2 7.6 8.0 7.2 6.5
Opp Points/Play 0.333 0.322 0.266 0.417 0.414 0.236
Opp 3D Conv % 42.53% 30.13% 43.90% 43.24% 38.38% 23.38%
Opp RZ Scoring % 83.72% 79.31% 66.67% 71.43% 84.62% 69.23%

Turnovers, Penalties & TOP

Season Last 3 Games Away vs. Home
Stat NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH NIU adv UTAH
TO Margin/Game 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.3 -0.3 +0.8
Opp Int Thrown % 3.05% 1.76% 1.12% 0.00% 1.58% 2.05%
Fumble Rec % 37.93% 60.87% 33.33% 33.33% 43.75% 64.29%
Penalties/Game 4.3 5.0 2.7 4.0 4.3 3.8
Opp Penalties/Game 6.2 7.1 6.3 5.3 6.4 7.2
TOP % (excl OT) 52.16% 56.49% 61.03% 60.55% 51.57% 58.90%