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2015 | 2016
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt)
2015 Schedule & Results
| Record: 11-2 | Second-order wins (diff.): 10.5 (-0.5) | S&P+ Rk: 43 | |||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
| 5-Sep | Howard | N/A | 49-0 | W | 100% | 50.2 | 53% | 75% | 29% |
| 12-Sep | at Clemson | 2 | 10-41 | L | 0% | -26.2 | 43% | 11% | 75% |
| 26-Sep | at Old Dominion | 110 | 49-0 | W | 100% | 34.3 | 92% | 82% | 93% |
| 3-Oct | Wyoming | 114 | 31-13 | W | 97% | 15.6 | 76% | 42% | 60% |
| 10-Oct | at Georgia State | 91 | 37-3 | W | 100% | 32.9 | 93% | 93% | 96% |
| 17-Oct | at UL-Monroe | 122 | 59-14 | W | 100% | 30.1 | 73% | 93% | 41% |
| 22-Oct | Georgia Southern | 39 | 31-13 | W | 99% | 18.9 | 88% | 87% | 81% |
| 31-Oct | Troy | 90 | 44-41 | W | 40% | -2.0 | 25% | 44% | 48% |
| 5-Nov | Arkansas State | 79 | 27-40 | L | 26% | -5.1 | 34% | 73% | 34% |
| 14-Nov | at Idaho | 109 | 47-20 | W | 97% | 15.6 | 49% | 70% | 49% |
| 28-Nov | UL-Lafayette | 107 | 28-7 | W | 100% | 24.1 | 76% | 62% | 90% |
| 5-Dec | at South Alabama | 103 | 34-27 | W | 98% | 16.5 | 54% | 54% | 66% |
| 19-Dec | vs. Ohio | 66 | 31-29 | W | 90% | 10.2 | 61% | 53% | 89% |
| Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
| S&P+ | 32.3 | 46 | 24.6 | 41 |
| Points Per Game | 36.7 | 23 | 19.1 | 14 |
Five Factors
| Offense | Defense | |||||
| Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.42 | 7 | 1.16 | 20 | 1.27 |
| EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 45.2% | 25 | 37.9% | 29 | 40.3% |
| FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 29.9 | 63 | 31.0 | 93 | 29.9 |
| FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 5.55 | 6 | 4.00 | 21 | 4.67 |
| TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | -1.07 | 80 | Turnover Luck (PPG): +1.18 |
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| ACTUAL | 2 | 51 | ||||
Rushing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Rushing S&P+ | 110.1 | 31 | 107.5 | 42 | 100.0 |
| Rushing Success Rate | 45.0% | 39 | 36.8% | 19 | 42.3% |
| Rushing IsoPPP | 1.26 | 9 | 1.03 | 49 | 1.08 |
| Adj. Line Yards | 109.9 | 28 | 100.1 | 61 | 100.0 |
| Opportunity Rate | 45.0% | 10 | 36.0% | 39 | 38.9% |
| Power Success Rate | 62.5% | 86 | 64.5% | 56 | 66.3% |
| Stuff Rate | 19.2% | 65 | 20.6% | 53 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
| Marcus Cox | RB | 5'10, 200 | JR | 243 | 1423 | 9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 40.7% | 4 (3) |
| Jalin Moore | RB | 5'11, 200 | FR | 99 | 731 | 5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 46.5% | 1 (1) |
| Terrence Upshaw | RB | 5'10, 210 | SO | 81 | 442 | 3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 48.1% | 1 (0) |
| Taylor Lamb | QB | 6'2, 200 | SO | 74 | 507 | 5 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 51.4% | 3 (2) |
| Josh Boyd | RB | 5'10, 180 | FR | 41 | 155 | 0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 41.5% | 1 (1) |
| J.P. Caruso | QB | 6'1, 210 | FR | 17 | 125 | 0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 47.1% | 0 (0) |
| Ricky Fergerson | RB | 5'8, 170 | SR | 11 | 80 | 1 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 45.5% | 1 (1) |
| Simms McElfresh | WR | 5'10, 180 | SR | 8 | 76 | 1 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 75.0% | 1 (1) |
| Eric Davidson | RB | 5'10, 195 | SR | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 16.7% | 0 (0) |
| NOTE: Quarterback run totals above do not include sacks (which are counted toward pass averages below) or kneeldowns. | ||||||||||
Passing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing S&P+ | 117.5 | 25 | 104.3 | 52 | 100.0 |
| Passing Success Rate | 45.6% | 20 | 39.1% | 51 | 40.3% |
| Passing IsoPPP | 1.68 | 17 | 1.32 | 18 | 1.49 |
| Adj. Sack Rate | 151.5 | 24 | 139.8 | 12 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
| Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
| Taylor Lamb | 6'2, 200 | SO | 170 | 283 | 2387 | 31 | 9 | 60.1% | 11 | 3.7% | 7.9 |
| J.P. Caruso | 6'1, 210 | FR | 8 | 12 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 9.1 |
Individual Receiving Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
| Simms McElfresh | WR | 5'10, 180 | SR | 58 | 38 | 466 | 6 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 65.5% | 51.7% | 20.7% |
| Malachi Jones | WR | 6'2, 215 | SR | 44 | 25 | 463 | 3 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 56.8% | 50.0% | 15.7% |
| Shaedon Meadors | WR | 6'2, 180 | SO | 34 | 21 | 439 | 3 | 20.9 | 12.9 | 61.8% | 50.0% | 12.1% |
| Bobo Beathard | WR | 5'10, 190 | SR | 21 | 14 | 265 | 3 | 18.9 | 12.6 | 66.7% | 57.1% | 7.5% |
| Marcus Cox | RB | 5'10, 200 | JR | 21 | 18 | 160 | 2 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 85.7% | 52.4% | 7.5% |
| Barrett Burns | TE | 6'4, 245 | JR | 19 | 15 | 163 | 8 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 78.9% | 68.4% | 6.8% |
| Ike Lewis | WR | 5'10, 175 | SO | 18 | 11 | 158 | 1 | 14.4 | 8.8 | 61.1% | 55.6% | 6.4% |
| Montez McGuire | WR | 6'1, 225 | SR | 14 | 8 | 125 | 2 | 15.6 | 8.9 | 57.1% | 57.1% | 5.0% |
| Levi Duffield | TE | 6'2, 205 | SO | 11 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 63.6% | 54.5% | 3.9% |
| Terrence Upshaw | RB | 5'10, 210 | SO | 7 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 15.3 | 6.6 | 42.9% | 28.6% | 2.5% |
| Deltron Hopkins | WR | 5'8, 160 | FR | 7 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 57.1% | 28.6% | 2.5% |
| Jaylan Barbour | WR | 5'10, 180 | FR | 6 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 2.1% |
| Dante Jones | WR | 5'11, 185 | SO | 3 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 1.1% |
| Kennan Gilchrist | OLB | 6'2, 210 | JR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Josh Boyd | RB | 5'10, 180 | FR | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.7% |
| Jaquil Capel | WR | 5'11, 190 | JR | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.7% |
Standard Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Standard Downs S&P+ | 118.0 | 13 | 108.8 | 31 | 100.0 |
| Standard Downs Success Rate | 52.8% | 14 | 42.0% | 24 | 46.5% |
| Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.30 | 6 | 1.08 | 53 | 1.11 |
| SD Line Yards per Carry | 3.36 | 7 | 2.73 | 41 | 2.90 |
| SD Sack Rate | 4.2% | 49 | 7.3% | 11 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing Downs S&P+ | 96.0 | 84 | 105.5 | 53 | 100.0 |
| Passing Downs Success Rate | 27.1% | 94 | 29.5% | 54 | 30.7% |
| Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.98 | 20 | 1.42 | 2 | 1.77 |
| PD Line Yards per Carry | 3.00 | 86 | 2.64 | 16 | 3.20 |
| PD Sack Rate | 3.0% | 6 | 10.6% | 17 | 7.5% |
Situational
| Offense | Defense | |||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
| Q1 S&P+ | 116.1 | 28 | 115.0 | 32 |
| Q2 S&P+ | 111.9 | 36 | 113.8 | 31 |
| Q3 S&P+ | 113.2 | 32 | 104.3 | 51 |
| Q4 S&P+ | 107.3 | 46 | 103.3 | 56 |
| 1st Down S&P+ | 115.7 | 22 | 108.6 | 35 |
| 2nd Down S&P+ | 102.5 | 64 | 112.0 | 35 |
| 3rd Down S&P+ | 117.0 | 22 | 108.4 | 44 |
Offensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 68.4% | 19 | 60.4% |
| Pass Downs Run Rate | 47.3% | 11 | 34.0% |
| Adj. Pace | +0.0 | 60 | +0.0 |
| % of Solo Tackles | 67.1% | 115 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 63.7% | 34 | 60.3% |
| Pass. Downs Run Rate | 36.6% | 40 | 33.9% |
| Overall Havoc Rate | 17.7% | 39 | 16.0% |
| DL Havoc Rate | 5.7% | 50 | 5.1% |
| LB Havoc Rate | 6.0% | 20 | 4.5% |
| DB Havoc Rate | 6.0% | 77 | 6.3% |
| PD to INC | 34.4% | 50 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
| Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
| Eric Boggs | ILB | 6'3, 235 | SO | 79.0 | 11.1% | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Law | ILB | 6'0, 230 | JR | 57.0 | 8.0% | 9.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald Blair | DL | 6'4, 270 | SR | 56.5 | 7.9% | 19.0 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kennan Gilchrist | OLB | 6'2, 210 | JR | 50.0 | 7.0% | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devan Stringer | OLB | 5'11, 200 | SO | 47.5 | 6.7% | 7.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Gray | DB | 6'3, 210 | JR | 43.0 | 6.0% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Middleton | DB | 6'0, 210 | SR | 41.5 | 5.8% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Latrell Gibbs | DB | 5'10, 170 | SO | 39.5 | 5.5% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Howard | DB | 5'11, 190 | SO | 28.5 | 4.0% | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Norwood | DL | 6'2, 240 | JR | 27.5 | 3.9% | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mondo Williams | DB | 5'11, 175 | JR | 26.5 | 3.7% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Olawale Dada | DL | 6'0, 235 | JR | 25.0 | 3.5% | 5.5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osvaldo Sombo | OLB | 6'2, 240 | SR | 21.5 | 3.0% | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Fernandez | DL | 6'2, 320 | JR | 18.5 | 2.6% | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tae Hayes | DB | 5'11, 175 | FR | 18.0 | 2.5% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Fuller | ILB | 6'0, 240 | SO | 17.0 | 2.4% | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Ward | ILB | 5'11, 245 | SR | 11.0 | 1.5% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Burns | DL | 6'2, 270 | SR | 10.5 | 1.5% | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Teh'Ron Fuller | ILB | 6'2, 225 | FR | 7.5 | 1.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darian Small | DL | 6'2, 315 | JR | 7.0 | 1.0% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Flory | ILB | 6'2, 225 | FR | 7.0 | 1.0% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonious Sims | DL | 6'3, 250 | JR | 6.5 | 0.9% | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dustin Anderson | OLB | 5'10, 200 | JR | 5.5 | 0.8% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Thomas | DB | 6'0, 205 | FR | 5.5 | 0.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Exford | DB | 6'2, 195 | FR | 5.0 | 0.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Note: It appears "Fumble Returns" are getting pulled instead of "Fumble Recoveries." My apologies. Will try to get that corrected. | |||||||||||
Special Teams
| Rating | Rank | |
| Special Teams S&P+ | 1.1 | 22 |
| Category | Rate | Rank |
| FG Value (per kick) | 0.46 | 6 |
| Punt Success Rate | 51.0% | 91 |
| Kickoff Success Rate | 75.3% | 48 |
| Punt Return Success Rate | 33.3% | 112 |
| Kick Return Success Rate | 56.8% | 17 |
| Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
| Zach Matics | 6'2, 195 | SR | 61-61 | 14-17 | 82.4% |
| Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
| Bentlee Critcher | 6'1, 190 | JR | 51 | 43.4 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 49.0% |
| Taylor Lamb | 6'2, 200 | SO | 1 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
| Zach Matics | 6'2, 195 | SR | 81 | 62.0 | 40 | 49.4% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bentlee Critcher | 6'1, 190 | JR | 4 | 63.3 | 3 | 75.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simms McElfresh | 5'10, 180 | SR | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Bobo Beathard | 5'10, 190 | SR | 12 | 5.3 | 0 | 16 | 0 (0) |
| Latrell Gibbs | 5'10, 170 | SO | 8 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 (0) |
| Simms McElfresh | 5'10, 180 | SR | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Ricky Fergerson | 5'8, 170 | SR | 21 | 21.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) |
| Bobo Beathard | 5'10, 190 | SR | 6 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Ike Lewis | 5'10, 175 | SO | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Stats via SportSource Analytics