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2015 Temple advanced statistical profile

Updated on 8/21/2016

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2015 | 2016

Temple Owls (American East)

2015 Schedule & Results
Record: 10-4 | Second-order wins (diff.): 9.2 (-0.8) | S&P+ Rk: 49
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy
Adj. Scoring
Margin
Percentile
Performance
Off.
Percentile
Def.
Percentile
5-Sep Penn State 30 27-10 W 90% 10.1 93% 60% 91%
12-Sep at Cincinnati 74 34-26 W 77% 5.9 85% 56% 71%
19-Sep at Massachusetts 97 25-23 W 53% 0.6 72% 35% 51%
2-Oct at Charlotte 124 37-3 W 100% 21.0 85% 55% 62%
10-Oct Tulane 120 49-10 W 100% 35.1 84% 61% 93%
17-Oct Central Florida 125 30-16 W 100% 24.1 48% 15% 97%
22-Oct at East Carolina 76 24-14 W 92% 11.3 67% 43% 90%
31-Oct Notre Dame 8 20-24 L 9% -10.6 18% 38% 61%
6-Nov at SMU 104 60-40 W 98% 17.0 45% 71% 32%
14-Nov at South Florida 50 23-44 L 1% -19.0 22% 44% 32%
21-Nov Memphis 55 31-12 W 99% 20.0 85% 58% 95%
28-Nov Connecticut 87 27-3 W 100% 31.7 87% 67% 97%
5-Dec at Houston 44 13-24 L 5% -13.5 25% 33% 62%
22-Dec vs. Toledo 21 17-32 L 0% -20.9 18% 38% 22%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 27.1 80 20.2 18
Points Per Game 29.8 60 20.1 17
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.31 44 1.35 106 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 38.9% 99 34.3% 9 40.3%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 33.7 5 28.3 38 29.9
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 4.69 76 4.13 24 4.67
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED -1.68 85 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+1.67
ACTUAL 3 46
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 96.6 90 113.3 28 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 38.9% 102 32.9% 5 42.3%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.08 58 1.27 119 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 88.7 113 110.5 31 100.0
Opportunity Rate 33.7% 113 33.6% 17 38.9%
Power Success Rate 61.4% 95 62.2% 42 66.3%
Stuff Rate 25.9% 124 23.8% 18 19.6%

Individual Rushing Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Rushes Yards TD Yards/
Carry
Hlt Yds/
Opp.
Opp.
Rate
Fumbles
(Lost)
Jahad Thomas RB 5'10, 180 JR 277 1262 17 4.6 6.8 31.0% 4 (3)
P.J. Walker QB 6'1, 200 JR 63 314 2 5.0 5.6 44.4% 7 (2)
Ryquell Armstead RB 5'11, 205 FR 51 191 2 3.7 2.7 35.3% 2 (1)
David Hood RB 5'9, 185 FR 45 180 1 4.0 3.5 31.1% 2 (1)
Jager Gardner RB 6'2, 205 FR 32 184 1 5.8 12.4 25.0% 0 (0)
Brandon Shippen WR 5'11, 191 SR 6 41 0 6.8 6.6 50.0% 0 (0)
Kip Patton TE 6'4, 241 FR 4 41 2 10.3 6.2 75.0% 0 (0)
Robby Anderson WR 6'3, 190 SR 4 15 0 3.8 0.5 75.0% 3 (2)
Samuel Benjamin WR 6'0, 200 JR 2 -1 0 -0.5 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+ 96.7 80 113.1 29 100.0
Passing Success Rate 38.8% 80 35.5% 21 40.3%
Passing IsoPPP 1.54 46 1.42 55 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 139.3 29 98.2 67 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate
Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
P.J. Walker 6'1, 200 JR 246 433 2973 19 8 56.8% 18 4.0% 6.4
Frank Nutile 6'4, 219 FR 3 3 40 1 0 100.0% 0 0.0% 13.3

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch
Yds/
Target
Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Robby Anderson WR 6'3, 190 SR 122 70 939 7 13.4 7.7 57.4% 40.2% 28.6%
Ventell Bryant WR 6'3, 181 FR 70 39 579 3 14.9 8.3 55.7% 47.1% 16.4%
Brandon Shippen WR 5'11, 191 SR 40 20 288 1 14.4 7.2 50.0% 40.0% 9.4%
Romond Deloatch WR 6'4, 214 JR 34 20 155 3 7.8 4.6 58.8% 35.3% 8.0%
Jahad Thomas RB 5'10, 180 JR 32 22 216 1 9.8 6.8 68.8% 40.6% 7.5%
John Christopher WR 5'11, 189 SR 32 20 208 0 10.4 6.5 62.5% 43.8% 7.5%
Adonis Jennings WR 6'3, 190 SO 32 14 146 2 10.4 4.6 43.8% 34.4% 7.5%
Kip Patton TE 6'4, 241 FR 18 13 169 0 13.0 9.4 72.2% 44.4% 4.2%
Saledeem Major TE 6'3, 254 SR 10 6 96 1 16.0 9.6 60.0% 60.0% 2.3%
David Hood RB 5'9, 185 FR 10 9 73 1 8.1 7.3 90.0% 30.0% 2.3%
Colin Thompson TE 6'4, 250 JR 7 5 67 0 13.4 9.6 71.4% 57.1% 1.6%
Samuel Benjamin WR 6'0, 200 JR 5 3 37 0 12.3 7.4 60.0% 40.0% 1.2%
Michael Felton LB 6'0, 232 SR 4 3 11 1 3.7 2.8 75.0% 50.0% 0.9%
Ryquell Armstead RB 5'11, 205 FR 4 2 7 0 3.5 1.8 50.0% 0.0% 0.9%
Brodrick Yancy WR 5'11, 187 SO 3 2 11 0 5.5 3.7 66.7% 33.3% 0.7%
P.J. Walker QB 6'1, 200 JR 2 1 25 0 25.0 12.5 50.0% 50.0% 0.5%
Standard Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Standard Downs S&P+ 89.6 108 108.7 32 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 42.3% 110 40.1% 12 46.5%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.08 80 1.18 99 1.11
SD Line Yards per Carry 2.51 116 2.31 8 2.90
SD Sack Rate 4.8% 64 4.7% 76 5.0%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 113.1 38 121.4 18 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 32.2% 54 24.3% 10 30.7%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.89 34 1.83 82 1.77
PD Line Yards per Carry 2.33 119 3.01 48 3.20
PD Sack Rate 2.9% 5 7.2% 69 7.5%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 96.0 90 122.5 19
Q2 S&P+ 93.7 92 108.3 52
Q3 S&P+ 105.4 58 141.6 6
Q4 S&P+ 88.3 107 104.0 52
1st Down S&P+ 88.0 112 120.8 13
2nd Down S&P+ 99.2 78 108.9 42
3rd Down S&P+ 103.2 70 123.4 11
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 60.8% 60 60.4%
Pass Downs Run Rate 31.6% 72 34.0%
Adj. Pace -3.3 91 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 76.8% 46 74.9%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 56.3% 108 60.3%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 28.8% 110 33.9%
Overall Havoc Rate 19.1% 16 16.0%
DL Havoc Rate 8.2% 8 5.1%
LB Havoc Rate 5.8% 28 4.5%
DB Havoc Rate 4.8% 109 6.3%
PD to INC 33.3% 57 32.8%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF FR
Tyler Matakevich LB 6'1, 232 SR 107.5 14.7% 15.0 4.5 5 5 0 0
Sean Chandler DB 5'11, 185 SO 55.5 7.6% 5.5 1.0 4 10 0 0
Jarred Alwan LB 6'1, 237 JR 52.0 7.1% 7.0 1.5 0 2 4 0
Nate L. Smith DB 6'1, 188 JR 43.0 5.9% 0.5 0.0 1 3 0 0
Alex Wells DB 6'0, 203 SR 42.0 5.8% 0.5 0.0 1 5 0 0
Avery Williams LB 5'10, 200 JR 38.5 5.3% 6.0 0.0 1 1 0 0
Haason Reddick DL 6'1, 225 JR 37.5 5.1% 12.5 5.0 0 1 1 0
Tavon Young DB 5'10, 180 SR 35.0 4.8% 5.0 1.0 0 7 0 0
Matt Ioannidis DL 6'4, 292 SR 34.5 4.7% 11.5 3.5 0 5 0 0
Stephaun Marshall LB 5'11, 203 JR 34.5 4.7% 0.5 0.5 1 5 1 1
Nate D. Smith DL 6'0, 236 SR 28.0 3.8% 9.5 7.0 0 0 0 0
Hershey Walton DL 6'4, 314 SR 27.0 3.7% 5.5 0.0 0 4 0 0
Praise Martin-Oguike DL 6'2, 255 JR 26.0 3.6% 9.0 4.0 1 0 3 0
Will Hayes DB 5'9, 192 SR 23.5 3.2% 0.5 0.0 1 0 0 0
Boye Aromire DB 6'0, 206 SR 16.5 2.3% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Delvon Randall DB 6'0, 190 FR 14.0 1.9% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Averee Robinson DL 6'1, 285 JR 12.0 1.6% 4.0 1.0 0 0 0 0
Nick Sharga LB 6'2, 240 SO 12.0 1.6% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Michael Dogbe DL 6'3, 257 FR 10.5 1.4% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Sharif Finch DL 6'4, 257 JR 10.0 1.4% 3.0 1.0 1 0 0 0
Nate Hairston DB 6'0, 193 JR 8.5 1.2% 0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Brandon Shippen WR 5'11, 191 SR 7.0 1.0% 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Freddie Booth-Lloyd DL 6'1, 315 FR 6.5 0.9% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Artrel Foster DB 6'0, 186 SO 6.5 0.9% 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
Samuel Benjamin WR 6'0, 200 JR 6.0 0.8% 1.0 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 23
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.32 26
Punt Success Rate 57.8% 49
Kickoff Success Rate 66.3% 84
Punt Return Success Rate 62.1% 26
Kick Return Success Rate 51.3% 38
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Austin Jones 5'10, 196 SO 44-45 23-28 82.1%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Alex Starzyk 6'3, 213 SO 63 42.4 8 21 18 61.9%
Tyler Mayes 6'2, 204 SR 1 45.0 0 0 1 100.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches
Onside
Att
Onside
Success
Tyler Mayes 6'2, 204 SR 75 60.4 19 25.3% 0 2 2 1
Austin Jones 5'10, 196 SO 8 59.5 0 0.0% 0 1 0 0
Alex Starzyk 6'3, 213 SO 3 57.3 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Sean Chandler 5'11, 185 SO 17 12.1 0 14 1 (1)
Robby Anderson 6'3, 190 SR 9 5.9 0 2 1 (1)
Artrel Foster 6'0, 186 SO 1 -5.0 0 0 1 (1)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Jager Gardner 6'2, 205 FR 16 22.4 0 0 0 (0)
Robby Anderson 6'3, 190 SR 9 14.4 0 0 1 (0)
Jahad Thomas 5'10, 180 JR 6 33.2 1 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics