Updated on 8/21/2016
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2015 | 2016
Ohio Bobcats (MAC East)
2015 Schedule & Results
| Record: 8-5 | Second-order wins (diff.): 7.6 (-0.4) | S&P+ Rk: 66 | |||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
| 3-Sep | at Idaho | 109 | 45-28 | W | 99% | 17.7 | 87% | 61% | 76% |
| 12-Sep | Marshall | 64 | 21-10 | W | 92% | 11.2 | 93% | 77% | 90% |
| 19-Sep | Southeastern Louisiana | N/A | 35-14 | W | 99% | 18.8 | 66% | 70% | 43% |
| 26-Sep | at Minnesota | 37 | 24-27 | L | 35% | -3.1 | 72% | 73% | 17% |
| 3-Oct | at Akron | 80 | 14-12 | W | 65% | 3.1 | 83% | 38% | 85% |
| 10-Oct | Miami-OH | 117 | 34-3 | W | 100% | 25.4 | 70% | 68% | 70% |
| 17-Oct | Western Michigan | 53 | 14-49 | L | 0% | -27.9 | 16% | 13% | 18% |
| 24-Oct | at Buffalo | 96 | 17-41 | L | 4% | -14.1 | 11% | 18% | 25% |
| 4-Nov | at Bowling Green | 19 | 24-62 | L | 0% | -25.9 | 17% | 50% | 5% |
| 10-Nov | Kent State | 115 | 27-0 | W | 100% | 26.9 | 70% | 60% | 72% |
| 17-Nov | Ball State | 111 | 48-31 | W | 95% | 12.8 | 40% | 75% | 29% |
| 24-Nov | at Northern Illinois | 69 | 26-21 | W | 59% | 1.9 | 44% | 49% | 55% |
| 19-Dec | vs. Appalachian State | 43 | 29-31 | L | 10% | -10.2 | 47% | 39% | 77% |
| Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
| S&P+ | 28.4 | 72 | 26.8 | 56 |
| Points Per Game | 27.5 | 74 | 25.3 | 46 |
Five Factors
| Offense | Defense | |||||
| Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.24 | 75 | 1.31 | 91 | 1.27 |
| EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 40.1% | 86 | 37.1% | 23 | 40.3% |
| FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 30.6 | 49 | 26.9 | 11 | 29.9 |
| FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 4.59 | 83 | 4.98 | 97 | 4.67 |
| TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | 5.31 | 21 | Turnover Luck (PPG): -0.12 |
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| ACTUAL | 5 | 32 | ||||
Rushing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Rushing S&P+ | 95.5 | 93 | 99.9 | 66 | 100.0 |
| Rushing Success Rate | 40.5% | 88 | 35.3% | 12 | 42.3% |
| Rushing IsoPPP | 1.01 | 90 | 1.36 | 127 | 1.08 |
| Adj. Line Yards | 103.5 | 54 | 100.1 | 61 | 100.0 |
| Opportunity Rate | 40.0% | 52 | 36.7% | 48 | 38.9% |
| Power Success Rate | 76.9% | 8 | 66.7% | 69 | 66.3% |
| Stuff Rate | 16.4% | 20 | 22.0% | 40 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
| A.J. Ouellette | RB | 5'10, 195 | SO | 151 | 687 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 39.1% | 0 (0) |
| Daz'mond Patterson | RB | 5'7, 177 | SR | 106 | 497 | 9 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 34.0% | 2 (1) |
| Derrius Vick | QB | 6'1, 196 | SR | 72 | 315 | 1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 34.7% | 3 (1) |
| JD Sprague | QB | 6'1, 200 | JR | 46 | 261 | 0 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 54.3% | 2 (0) |
| Dorian Brown | RB | 5'11, 196 | SO | 40 | 204 | 0 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 35.0% | 0 (0) |
| Maleek Irons | RB | 6'0, 211 | FR | 32 | 194 | 4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 40.6% | 0 (0) |
| Papi White | RB | 5'9, 166 | FR | 31 | 171 | 2 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 45.2% | 1 (1) |
| Greg Windham | QB | 6'1, 214 | JR | 26 | 118 | 0 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 53.8% | 0 (0) |
| Bo Hardy | RB | 5'10, 195 | JR | 5 | 69 | 0 | 13.8 | 10.1 | 80.0% | 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+ | 103.0 | 63 | 110.4 | 34 | 100.0 |
| Passing Success Rate | 39.6% | 74 | 38.8% | 47 | 40.3% |
| Passing IsoPPP | 1.52 | 50 | 1.28 | 9 | 1.49 |
| Adj. Sack Rate | 84.8 | 87 | 114.7 | 40 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
| Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
| Derrius Vick | 6'1, 196 | SR | 158 | 247 | 1809 | 10 | 6 | 64.0% | 21 | 7.8% | 6.2 |
| JD Sprague | 6'1, 200 | JR | 63 | 114 | 912 | 7 | 3 | 55.3% | 6 | 5.0% | 7.3 |
| Greg Windham | 6'1, 214 | JR | 19 | 40 | 298 | 1 | 4 | 47.5% | 1 | 2.4% | 7.2 |
Individual Receiving Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
| Sebastian Smith | WR | 6'3, 183 | JR | 100 | 64 | 770 | 7 | 12.0 | 7.7 | 64.0% | 50.0% | 26.1% |
| Jordan Reid | WR | 6'3, 198 | JR | 67 | 45 | 625 | 5 | 13.9 | 9.3 | 67.2% | 52.2% | 17.5% |
| Brendan Cope | WR | 6'2, 189 | SO | 55 | 30 | 510 | 2 | 17.0 | 9.3 | 54.5% | 41.8% | 14.4% |
| Keith Heitzman | TE | 6'4, 255 | SR | 39 | 22 | 288 | 3 | 13.1 | 7.4 | 56.4% | 33.3% | 10.2% |
| Papi White | RB | 5'9, 166 | FR | 27 | 21 | 323 | 1 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 77.8% | 51.9% | 7.0% |
| Daz'mond Patterson | RB | 5'7, 177 | SR | 23 | 18 | 68 | 0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 78.3% | 26.1% | 6.0% |
| A.J. Ouellette | RB | 5'10, 195 | SO | 16 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 75.0% | 25.0% | 4.2% |
| Robbie Walker | WR | 5'9, 180 | SO | 14 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 57.1% | 35.7% | 3.7% |
| Herman Brunis | WR | 6'0, 170 | SO | 11 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 63.6% | 63.6% | 2.9% |
| Kawmae Sawyer | WR | 6'0, 192 | SR | 10 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 16.6 | 8.3 | 50.0% | 40.0% | 2.6% |
| Jerrid Marhefka | WR | 5'11, 183 | SO | 5 | 2 | 78 | 0 | 39.0 | 15.6 | 40.0% | 40.0% | 1.3% |
| Maleek Irons | RB | 6'0, 211 | FR | 4 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 11.0 | 8.3 | 75.0% | 75.0% | 1.0% |
| Dorian Brown | RB | 5'11, 196 | SO | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.8% |
| Ian Dixon | WR | 5'7, 167 | SR | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 0.8% |
| Mason Morgan | TE | 6'6, 259 | SO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Cody Grilliot | LB | 6'0, 214 | SO | 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+ | 98.1 | 81 | 106.0 | 43 | 100.0 |
| Standard Downs Success Rate | 44.9% | 90 | 41.4% | 17 | 46.5% |
| Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.07 | 83 | 1.17 | 95 | 1.11 |
| SD Line Yards per Carry | 3.00 | 47 | 2.69 | 36 | 2.90 |
| SD Sack Rate | 8.1% | 115 | 4.3% | 93 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing Downs S&P+ | 100.8 | 70 | 103.6 | 59 | 100.0 |
| Passing Downs Success Rate | 29.8% | 73 | 28.9% | 46 | 30.7% |
| Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.78 | 64 | 1.70 | 51 | 1.77 |
| PD Line Yards per Carry | 3.60 | 30 | 3.59 | 103 | 3.20 |
| PD Sack Rate | 4.7% | 17 | 7.1% | 71 | 7.5% |
Situational
| Offense | Defense | |||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
| Q1 S&P+ | 98.6 | 82 | 120.2 | 23 |
| Q2 S&P+ | 103.1 | 66 | 106.9 | 56 |
| Q3 S&P+ | 85.8 | 108 | 97.0 | 80 |
| Q4 S&P+ | 116.3 | 20 | 80.6 | 123 |
| 1st Down S&P+ | 97.4 | 85 | 100.0 | 67 |
| 2nd Down S&P+ | 97.5 | 81 | 95.3 | 85 |
| 3rd Down S&P+ | 110.0 | 45 | 106.2 | 48 |
Offensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 61.0% | 58 | 60.4% |
| Pass Downs Run Rate | 41.6% | 23 | 34.0% |
| Adj. Pace | +1.6 | 45 | +0.0 |
| % of Solo Tackles | 76.2% | 50 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 55.8% | 110 | 60.3% |
| Pass. Downs Run Rate | 30.9% | 90 | 33.9% |
| Overall Havoc Rate | 16.2% | 54 | 16.0% |
| DL Havoc Rate | 4.7% | 66 | 5.1% |
| LB Havoc Rate | 5.6% | 33 | 4.5% |
| DB Havoc Rate | 5.8% | 80 | 6.3% |
| PD to INC | 36.0% | 34 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
| Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
| Quentin Poling | LB | 6'0, 219 | SO | 58.0 | 8.3% | 10.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Blair Brown | LB | 6'0, 230 | JR | 51.0 | 7.3% | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Jones | S | 6'1, 202 | SR | 51.0 | 7.3% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Toran Davis | S | 6'0, 206 | JR | 45.5 | 6.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Laseak | DL | 6'4, 236 | JR | 44.0 | 6.3% | 7.0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Moore | LB | 6'0, 193 | SO | 43.5 | 6.3% | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Layton | CB | 5'11, 180 | SR | 35.0 | 5.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovon Johnson | LB | 6'0, 215 | SR | 33.0 | 4.7% | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tarell Basham | DL | 6'4, 250 | JR | 31.5 | 4.5% | 10.0 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Wells | CB | 5'11, 202 | SR | 30.5 | 4.4% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Carpenter | S | 5'9, 201 | SR | 25.0 | 3.6% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan DiCillo | LB | 6'2, 212 | FR | 24.5 | 3.5% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Bass | CB | 5'9, 190 | SR | 22.0 | 3.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Purdum | DL | 6'3, 270 | SR | 18.5 | 2.7% | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Daugherty | LB | 6'1, 202 | SO | 18.0 | 2.6% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Casey Sayles | DL | 6'3, 268 | JR | 17.5 | 2.5% | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Smart | DL | 6'3, 249 | SO | 12.0 | 1.7% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Watson Tautuiaki | DL | 6'2, 304 | SR | 10.0 | 1.4% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Langston Provitt | DB | 5'11, 180 | FR | 10.0 | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Porter | DL | 6'1, 289 | SO | 10.0 | 1.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Macer | S | 6'0, 192 | SR | 8.5 | 1.2% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleon Aloese | DL | 6'0, 297 | SO | 8.5 | 1.2% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Collins | LB | 6'0, 222 | SR | 8.5 | 1.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Grilliot | LB | 6'0, 214 | SO | 8.0 | 1.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Terpin | CB | 5'10, 165 | SR | 6.5 | 0.9% | 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+ | -0.4 | 82 |
| Category | Rate | Rank |
| FG Value (per kick) | 0.10 | 54 |
| Punt Success Rate | 50.8% | 94 |
| Kickoff Success Rate | 65.8% | 87 |
| Punt Return Success Rate | 50.0% | 58 |
| Kick Return Success Rate | 43.2% | 72 |
| Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
| Josiah Yazdani | 5'10, 216 | SR | 44-44 | 16-22 | 72.7% |
| Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
| Mitch Bonnstetter | 5'11, 187 | SR | 70 | 38.7 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 75.7% |
| Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
| Josiah Yazdani | 5'10, 216 | SR | 73 | 57.3 | 9 | 12.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Papi White | 5'9, 166 | FR | 13 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | 1 (1) |
| Daz'mond Patterson | 5'7, 177 | SR | 5 | 6.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 (0) |
| Kylan Nelson | 5'10, 180 | SO | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Daz'mond Patterson | 5'7, 177 | SR | 15 | 24.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0) |
| Devin Bass | 5'9, 190 | SR | 7 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Langston Provitt | 5'11, 180 | FR | 5 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Stats via SportSource Analytics