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2015 Stanford advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/20/2016

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2015 | 2016

Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 North)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 12-2 | Second-order wins (diff.): 11.2 (-0.8) | S&P+ Rk: 10
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep at Northwestern 56 6-16 L 29% -4.4 71% 37% 50%
12-Sep Central Florida 125 31-7 W 100% 32.5 95% 42% 96%
19-Sep at USC 17 41-31 W 53% 0.6 93% 81% 36%
25-Sep at Oregon State 102 42-24 W 100% 21.5 85% 78% 24%
3-Oct Arizona 77 55-17 W 100% 32.6 93% 95% 86%
15-Oct UCLA 23 56-35 W 92% 11.4 90% 96% 54%
24-Oct Washington 12 31-14 W 88% 9.3 77% 95% 51%
31-Oct at Washington State 63 30-28 W 78% 6.1 67% 47% 90%
7-Nov at Colorado 98 42-10 W 98% 16.1 72% 80% 61%
14-Nov Oregon 25 36-38 L 43% -1.3 45% 72% 51%
21-Nov California 34 35-22 W 96% 14.3 82% 89% 69%
28-Nov Notre Dame 8 38-36 W 47% -0.7 54% 93% 19%
5-Dec vs. USC 17 41-22 W 96% 14.2 87% 84% 74%
1-Jan vs. Iowa 47 45-16 W 100% 44.5 97% 99% 98%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 43.1 5 24.7 42
Points Per Game 37.8 18 22.6 32
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.22 83 1.27 73 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 51.4% 3 41.5% 66 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 32.8 16 25.5 3 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 5.75 2 4.39 42 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 3.82 34 Turnover Luck (PPG):
-1.01
ACTUAL 1 58
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 117.1 15 102.3 57 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 52.4% 3 40.1% 49 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 0.97 106 1.27 120 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 107 41 94.8 88 100.0
Opportunity Rate 41.8% 29 38.6% 71 38.9%
Power Success Rate 76.2% 12 58.8% 27 66.3%
Stuff Rate 16.4% 20 19.6% 70 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Christian McCaffrey RB 6'0, 201 SO 337 2019 8 6.0 4.9 47.2% 2 (2)
Remound Wright RB 5'9, 205 SR 82 239 13 2.9 3.0 18.3% 0 (0)
Kevin Hogan QB 6'4, 218 SR 66 431 6 6.5 5.6 51.5% 5 (3)
Barry Sanders RB 5'10, 198 SR 51 315 4 6.2 9.5 31.4% 0 (0)
Bryce Love RB 5'10, 184 FR 29 226 2 7.8 9.5 48.3% 1 (0)
Keller Chryst QB 6'5, 233 SO 5 19 0 3.8 2.5 40.0% 1 (0)
Ryan Burns QB 6'5, 229 JR 4 13 0 3.3 0.5 25.0% 0 (0)
Pat McFadden RB 5'10, 191 JR 3 10 0 3.3 1.0 33.3% 0 (0)
Francis Owusu WR 6'3, 212 JR 1 1 0 1.0 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+ 135.1 5 103.8 57 100.0
Passing Success Rate 49.8% 6 42.9% 92 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.65 19 1.26 8 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 100.6 62 75.6 105 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Kevin Hogan 6'4, 218 SR 206 304 2867 27 8 67.8% 19 5.9% 8.6
Keller Chryst 6'5, 233 SO 5 9 59 1 0 55.6% 1 10.0% 5.0

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Michael Rector WR 6'1, 189 SR 55 34 559 7 16.4 10.2 61.8% 52.7% 18.0%
Christian McCaffrey RB 6'0, 201 SO 53 45 653 5 14.5 12.3 84.9% 52.8% 17.3%
Austin Hooper TE 6'4, 248 JR 53 34 438 6 12.9 8.3 64.2% 56.6% 17.3%
Devon Cajuste WR 6'4, 227 SR 41 27 383 3 14.2 9.3 65.9% 61.0% 13.4%
Francis Owusu WR 6'3, 212 JR 19 13 175 1 13.5 9.2 68.4% 57.9% 6.2%
Trenton Irwin WR 6'2, 199 FR 18 12 150 0 12.5 8.3 66.7% 50.0% 5.9%
Bryce Love RB 5'10, 184 FR 16 15 242 1 16.1 15.1 93.8% 62.5% 5.2%
Dalton Schultz TE 6'6, 233 SO 13 10 121 1 12.1 9.3 76.9% 53.8% 4.2%
Rollins Stallworth WR 6'4, 210 SR 9 7 82 1 11.7 9.1 77.8% 66.7% 2.9%
Remound Wright RB 5'9, 205 SR 9 6 49 2 8.2 5.4 66.7% 44.4% 2.9%
Greg Taboada TE 6'5, 244 JR 7 5 66 2 13.2 9.4 71.4% 71.4% 2.3%
Daniel Marx FB 6'2, 254 SO 3 3 25 0 8.3 8.3 100.0% 66.7% 1.0%
Barry Sanders RB 5'10, 198 SR 3 1 11 0 11.0 3.7 33.3% 33.3% 1.0%
Kevin Hogan QB 6'4, 218 SR 2 1 11 1 11.0 5.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.7%
Isaiah Brandt-Sims WR 5'11, 177 SO 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Bobby Okereke ILB 6'3, 226 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+ 121.3 8 102.4 54 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 55.9% 3 45.4% 56 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.10 66 1.14 81 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.11 30 3.14 99 2.90
SD Sack Rate 3.6% 35 2.3% 122 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 124.1 17 109.5 39 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 37.6% 13 31.8% 80 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.76 68 1.70 52 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 4.42 1 3.54 97 3.20
PD Sack Rate 9.6% 99 8.0% 53 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 115.1 33 101.2 56
Q2 S&P+ 124.0 14 115.0 26
Q3 S&P+ 134.8 3 109.5 43
Q4 S&P+ 117.4 17 100.3 69
1st Down S&P+ 123.4 11 102.6 56
2nd Down S&P+ 115.9 27 114.4 28
3rd Down S&P+ 133.0 6 111.3 38
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 70.6% 15 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 33.9% 57 34.0%
Adj. Pace -3.5 94 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 70.4% 102 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 56.6% 105 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 30.3% 100 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 16.0% 60 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 4.8% 64 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 5.9% 26 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 5.3% 99 6.3%
PD to INC 29.2% 96 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Blake Martinez ILB 6'2, 245 SR 107.5 15.2% 6.5 1.5 1 6 1 0
Dallas Lloyd SS 6'3, 207 SR 44.5 6.3% 0.5 0.0 1 2 1 0
Aziz Shittu DE 6'3, 279 SR 42.5 6.0% 14.0 4.0 0 3 0 0
Peter Kalambayi OLB 6'3, 242 JR 42.0 5.9% 5.5 4.5 0 3 1 0
Alameen Murphy CB 5'11, 192 SO 38.5 5.4% 0.5 0.0 0 1 0 0
Kodi Whitfield SS 6'2, 202 SR 36.5 5.1% 2.5 1.0 1 2 1 0
Alijah Holder CB 6'2, 184 SO 32.5 4.6% 1.0 0.0 1 7 0 0
Solomon Thomas DE 6'3, 271 SO 31.5 4.4% 10.5 3.5 0 0 0 1
Joey Alfieri OLB 6'3, 240 SO 31.5 4.4% 7.0 3.5 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Harris CB 5'10, 172 SR 31.5 4.4% 1.5 0.5 0 10 0 0
Kevin Anderson OLB 6'4, 244 SR 30.5 4.3% 8.5 2.0 0 0 0 1
Kevin Palma ILB 6'2, 252 JR 29.5 4.2% 1.5 1.0 0 0 0 0
Quenton Meeks CB 6'2, 195 FR 29.0 4.1% 1.5 0.0 3 4 0 0
Brennan Scarlett DE 6'4, 264 SR 25.5 3.6% 8.0 5.5 0 2 2 0
Terrence Alexander CB 5'10, 182 SO 25.5 3.6% 0.5 0.0 0 4 0 0
Jordan Perez ILB 6'2, 219 SO 20.5 2.9% 1.0 0.0 0 2 0 0
Justin Reid SS 6'1, 195 FR 19.5 2.8% 0.0 0.0 1 1 0 0
Mike Tyler OLB 6'5, 234 JR 13.0 1.8% 6.5 5.0 0 1 0 0
Mustafa Branch ILB 5'11, 218 FR 13.0 1.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Craig Jones ILB 6'0, 223 SR 11.0 1.6% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Noor Davis ILB 6'4, 247 SR 9.5 1.3% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Ben Edwards FS 6'0, 191 FR 7.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Brandon Simmons FS 6'0, 189 SO 6.0 0.8% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Okereke ILB 6'3, 226 SO 4.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Taijuan Thomas CB 5'10, 173 JR 4.0 0.6% 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+ 1.4 5
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.53 3
Punt Success Rate 58.3% 46
Kickoff Success Rate 69.8% 67
Punt Return Success Rate 41.2% 93
Kick Return Success Rate 67.3% 6
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Conrad Ukropina 6'1, 193 SR 67-67 18-20 90.0%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Alex Robinson 6'0, 207 JR 38 42.4 2 11 13 63.2%
Jake Bailey 6'2, 186 FR 10 34.7 2 0 7 70.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Jake Bailey 6'2, 186 FR 65 61.8 11 16.9% 0 6 0 0
Conrad Ukropina 6'1, 193 SR 31 60.9 7 22.6% 0 0 1 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian McCaffrey 6'0, 201 SO 15 8.7 1 23 0 (0)
Barry Sanders 5'10, 198 SR 2 12.0 0 3 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian McCaffrey 6'0, 201 SO 37 28.9 1 0 0 (0)
Remound Wright 5'9, 205 SR 5 19.0 0 0 0 (0)
Dalton Schultz 6'6, 233 SO 4 13.0 0 1 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics