Updated on 8/21/2016
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2015 | 2016
Kentucky Wildcats (SEC East)
2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 5-7 | Second-order wins (diff.): 5.0 (0.0) | S&P+ Rk: 95 | |||||||||
Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
5-Sep | UL-Lafayette | 107 | 40-33 | W | 90% | 10.2 | 84% | 83% | 42% |
12-Sep | at South Carolina | 88 | 26-22 | W | 23% | -5.9 | 40% | 35% | 13% |
19-Sep | Florida | 18 | 9-14 | L | 4% | -13.9 | 51% | 20% | 58% |
26-Sep | Missouri | 85 | 21-13 | W | 92% | 11.3 | 90% | 94% | 14% |
3-Oct | Eastern Kentucky | N/A | 34-27 | W | 69% | 4.0 | 28% | 23% | 42% |
15-Oct | Auburn | 35 | 27-30 | L | 58% | 1.5 | 34% | 70% | 35% |
24-Oct | at Mississippi State | 16 | 16-42 | L | 0% | -26.1 | 14% | 35% | 15% |
31-Oct | Tennessee | 22 | 21-52 | L | 0% | -26.2 | 15% | 29% | 23% |
7-Nov | at Georgia | 32 | 3-27 | L | 0% | -31.0 | 13% | 8% | 37% |
14-Nov | at Vanderbilt | 83 | 17-21 | L | 61% | 2.2 | 21% | 38% | 52% |
21-Nov | Charlotte | 124 | 58-10 | W | 100% | 31.5 | 76% | 69% | 73% |
28-Nov | Louisville | 28 | 24-38 | L | 1% | -18.5 | 13% | 31% | 31% |
Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
S&P+ | 23.2 | 104 | 30.1 | 80 |
Points Per Game | 24.7 | 95 | 27.4 | 69 |
Five Factors
Offense | Defense | |||||
Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.26 | 65 | 1.18 | 27 | 1.27 |
EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 37.4% | 108 | 44.2% | 94 | 40.3% |
FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 27.6 | 113 | 32.0 | 111 | 29.9 |
FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 4.77 | 66 | 4.27 | 31 | 4.67 |
TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | 2.62 | 46 | Turnover Luck (PPG): -1.93 |
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ACTUAL | -2 | 83 |
Rushing
Offense | Defense | ||||
Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
Rushing S&P+ | 107.7 | 42 | 89.7 | 99 | 100.0 |
Rushing Success Rate | 40.4% | 89 | 45.9% | 98 | 42.3% |
Rushing IsoPPP | 1.14 | 35 | 1.00 | 39 | 1.08 |
Adj. Line Yards | 96 | 91 | 88.2 | 114 | 100.0 |
Opportunity Rate | 38.8% | 71 | 35.8% | 36 | 38.9% |
Power Success Rate | 62.2% | 89 | 78.3% | 117 | 66.3% |
Stuff Rate | 23.9% | 113 | 14.2% | 121 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
Stanley Boom Williams | RB | 5'9, 196 | SO | 121 | 855 | 6 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 41.3% | 3 (1) |
Jojo Kemp | RB | 5'10, 200 | JR | 98 | 555 | 6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 42.9% | 1 (0) |
Mikel Horton | RB | 6'1, 226 | SO | 82 | 318 | 3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 30.5% | 3 (2) |
Patrick Towles | QB | 6'5, 240 | JR | 46 | 223 | 5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 39.1% | 1 (0) |
Drew Barker | QB | 6'3, 225 | FR | 20 | 77 | 1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 35.0% | 0 (0) |
Sihiem King | RB | 5'9, 172 | FR | 11 | 127 | 1 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 54.5% | 0 (0) |
Ryan Timmons | WR | 5'10, 192 | JR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 2 (1) |
Garrett Johnson | WR | 5'11, 182 | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 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+ | 91.2 | 91 | 86.8 | 109 | 100.0 |
Passing Success Rate | 34.8% | 109 | 42.1% | 80 | 40.3% |
Passing IsoPPP | 1.39 | 89 | 1.43 | 57 | 1.49 |
Adj. Sack Rate | 86.8 | 82 | 59.3 | 122 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
Patrick Towles | 6'5, 240 | JR | 183 | 326 | 2148 | 9 | 14 | 56.1% | 25 | 7.1% | 5.7 |
Drew Barker | 6'3, 225 | FR | 35 | 70 | 364 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 5 | 6.7% | 4.4 |
Individual Receiving Stats
Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
Dorian Baker | WR | 6'3, 208 | SO | 96 | 55 | 608 | 3 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 57.3% | 41.7% | 26.6% |
Garrett Johnson | WR | 5'11, 182 | SO | 80 | 46 | 694 | 2 | 15.1 | 8.7 | 57.5% | 43.8% | 22.2% |
Jeff Badet | WR | 6'0, 182 | SO | 49 | 29 | 430 | 2 | 14.8 | 8.8 | 59.2% | 42.9% | 13.6% |
Blake Bone | WR | 6'5, 208 | SO | 28 | 20 | 210 | 1 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 71.4% | 60.7% | 7.8% |
Ryan Timmons | WR | 5'10, 192 | JR | 24 | 12 | 114 | 1 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 50.0% | 25.0% | 6.6% |
Stanley Boom Williams | RB | 5'9, 196 | SO | 22 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 59.1% | 27.3% | 6.1% |
C.J. Conrad | TE | 6'5, 245 | FR | 21 | 15 | 149 | 1 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 71.4% | 47.6% | 5.8% |
Mikel Horton | RB | 6'1, 226 | SO | 10 | 10 | 140 | 0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 100.0% | 70.0% | 2.8% |
Charles Walker | WR | 5'11, 203 | SO | 10 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 12.2 | 6.1 | 50.0% | 40.0% | 2.8% |
Jojo Kemp | RB | 5'10, 200 | JR | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 57.1% | 14.3% | 1.9% |
Sihiem King | RB | 5'9, 172 | FR | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 80.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
Alexander Montgomery | WR | 6'2, 210 | SO | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 75.0% | 50.0% | 1.1% |
T.V. Williams | WR | 5'10, 155 | SO | 3 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5.0 | -1.7 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
Patrick Towles | QB | 6'5, 240 | JR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
David Bouvier | WR | 5'9, 163 | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
Standard Downs
Offense | Defense | ||||
Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
Standard Downs S&P+ | 95.4 | 91 | 87.7 | 115 | 100.0 |
Standard Downs Success Rate | 42.2% | 111 | 48.7% | 86 | 46.5% |
Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.04 | 95 | 1.08 | 57 | 1.11 |
SD Line Yards per Carry | 2.60 | 109 | 3.10 | 96 | 2.90 |
SD Sack Rate | 6.2% | 88 | 2.6% | 116 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
Offense | Defense | ||||
Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
Passing Downs S&P+ | 109.3 | 43 | 90.1 | 98 | 100.0 |
Passing Downs Success Rate | 29.2% | 78 | 33.8% | 102 | 30.7% |
Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.82 | 54 | 1.51 | 9 | 1.77 |
PD Line Yards per Carry | 2.82 | 103 | 3.69 | 112 | 3.20 |
PD Sack Rate | 8.2% | 84 | 6.1% | 88 | 7.5% |
Situational
Offense | Defense | |||
Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
Q1 S&P+ | 113.8 | 40 | 103.3 | 49 |
Q2 S&P+ | 87.0 | 110 | 82.5 | 116 |
Q3 S&P+ | 107.7 | 48 | 87.3 | 111 |
Q4 S&P+ | 112.1 | 28 | 93.6 | 95 |
1st Down S&P+ | 105.3 | 52 | 92.3 | 99 |
2nd Down S&P+ | 96.3 | 87 | 89.9 | 103 |
3rd Down S&P+ | 110.6 | 43 | 93.5 | 96 |
Offensive Footprint
Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
Std. Downs Run Rate | 55.7% | 88 | 60.4% |
Pass Downs Run Rate | 32.5% | 64 | 34.0% |
Adj. Pace | -4.6 | 105 | +0.0 |
% of Solo Tackles | 73.0% | 83 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
Std. Downs Run Rate | 64.5% | 26 | 60.3% |
Pass. Downs Run Rate | 35.1% | 57 | 33.9% |
Overall Havoc Rate | 14.2% | 96 | 16.0% |
DL Havoc Rate | 4.5% | 72 | 5.1% |
LB Havoc Rate | 3.5% | 88 | 4.5% |
DB Havoc Rate | 6.1% | 72 | 6.3% |
PD to INC | 40.1% | 11 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
Josh Forrest | LB | 6'3, 255 | SR | 66.0 | 9.5% | 6.0 | 3.5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
A.J. Stamps | S | 6'0, 205 | SR | 52.0 | 7.5% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Marcus McWilson | S | 6'0, 208 | JR | 49.0 | 7.0% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Khalid Henderson | LB | 6'1, 235 | SR | 48.0 | 6.9% | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Cory Johnson | DT | 6'3, 300 | SR | 47.0 | 6.7% | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ryan Flannigan | LB | 6'2, 225 | SR | 39.0 | 5.6% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Farrington Huguenin | DE | 6'4, 282 | SR | 38.5 | 5.5% | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Edwards | S | 6'0, 200 | FR | 32.0 | 4.6% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Denzil Ware | DE | 6'2, 255 | FR | 30.5 | 4.4% | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chris Westry | DB | 6'4, 185 | FR | 29.5 | 4.2% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Hatcher | DE | 6'3, 252 | JR | 28.0 | 4.0% | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Blake McClain | CB | 5'11, 195 | JR | 25.0 | 3.6% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Regie Meant | DT | 6'4, 302 | SO | 22.5 | 3.2% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J.D. Harmon | CB | 6'2, 197 | JR | 20.5 | 2.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Jabari Johnson | DE | 6'1, 272 | SR | 19.0 | 2.7% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Derrick Baity | DB | 6'3, 180 | FR | 16.5 | 2.4% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Elam | DT | 6'7, 360 | SO | 16.5 | 2.4% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cody Quinn | CB | 5'10, 180 | SR | 16.0 | 2.3% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Darius West | S | 6'0, 206 | FR | 14.5 | 2.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Melvin Lewis | DT | 6'4, 332 | SR | 14.0 | 2.0% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joey Herrick | WR | 6'1, 203 | SR | 10.5 | 1.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kendall Randolph | CB | 6'0, 180 | SO | 8.5 | 1.2% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Courtney Miggins | DT | 6'5, 250 | JR | 8.5 | 1.2% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan Jones | LB | 6'2, 215 | FR | 6.5 | 0.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adrian Middleton | DT | 6'3, 295 | FR | 5.5 | 0.8% | 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+ | 0.6 | 48 |
Category | Rate | Rank |
FG Value (per kick) | 0.28 | 34 |
Punt Success Rate | 56.1% | 59 |
Kickoff Success Rate | 66.1% | 85 |
Punt Return Success Rate | 54.5% | 48 |
Kick Return Success Rate | 40.0% | 83 |
Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
Austin MacGinnis | 5'10, 175 | SO | 22-23 | 13-17 | 76.5% |
Miles Butler | 5'9, 171 | FR | 11-12 | 4-4 | 100.0% |
Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
Landon Foster | 6'1, 178 | SR | 61 | 40.3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 42.6% |
Bryan Kirshe | 6'0, 150 | FR | 1 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
Austin MacGinnis | 5'10, 175 | SO | 37 | 61.5 | 14 | 37.8% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miles Butler | 5'9, 171 | FR | 25 | 59.6 | 2 | 8.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
Ryan Timmons | 5'10, 192 | JR | 8 | 7.4 | 0 | 12 | 1 (1) |
Charles Walker | 5'11, 203 | SO | 3 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 (0) |
Tavin Richardson | 6'3, 218 | FR | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 (0) |
Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
Sihiem King | 5'9, 172 | FR | 23 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 (0) |
J.D. Harmon | 6'2, 197 | JR | 4 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Jabari Johnson | 6'1, 272 | SR | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 (0) |
Stats via SportSource Analytics