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2016 Stanford advanced statistical profile

Updated on 1/13/2017

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2015 | 2016

Stanford Cardinal (Pac-12 North)

2016 Schedule & Results
Record: 10-3 | Second-order wins (diff.): 8.2 (-1.8) | S&P+ Rk: 23
Date Opponent Opp. S&P+ Rk Score W-L Win
Expectancy		 Adj. Scoring
Margin		 Percentile
Performance		 Off.
Percentile		 Def.
Percentile
2-Sep Kansas State 31 26-13 W 94% 12.3 88% 51% 95%
17-Sep USC 9 27-10 W 93% 11.7 94% 85% 78%
24-Sep at UCLA 58 22-13 W 68% 3.8 69% 42% 72%
30-Sep at Washington 7 6-44 L 0% -49.3 12% 9% 25%
8-Oct Washington State 41 16-42 L 0% -24.0 20% 14% 39%
15-Oct at Notre Dame 26 17-10 W 48% -0.5 71% 26% 83%
22-Oct Colorado 18 5-10 L 9% -10.7 50% 17% 77%
29-Oct at Arizona 96 34-10 W 100% 21.2 86% 28% 86%
5-Nov Oregon State 65 26-15 W 84% 7.7 74% 45% 66%
12-Nov at Oregon 74 52-27 W 99% 19.9 89% 87% 65%
19-Nov at California 51 45-31 W 88% 9.2 79% 64% 62%
26-Nov Rice 121 41-17 W 100% 34.6 91% 72% 84%
30-Dec vs. North Carolina 21 25-23 W 32% -3.7 63% 20% 75%
Category Offense Rk Defense Rk
S&P+ 30.3 60 20.8 18
Points Per Game 26.3 82 20.4 18
Five Factors
Offense Defense
Category Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
EXPLOSIVENESS IsoPPP 1.30 51 1.24 52 1.27
EFFICIENCY Success Rate 42.3% 64 39.0% 32 40.9%
FIELD POSITION Avg. FP 33.7 7 25.4 3 29.7
FINISHING DRIVES Pts. Per Trip in 40 3.99 108 4.05 30 4.47
TURNOVER MARGIN EXPECTED 1.05 62 Turnover Luck (PPG):
+0.37
ACTUAL 2 47
Rushing
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Rushing S&P+ 115.6 23 116.6 20 100.0
Rushing Success Rate 44.5% 56 40.5% 41 43.1%
Rushing IsoPPP 1.32 8 1.00 29 1.08
Adj. Line Yards 106.2 48 112 22 100.0
Opportunity Rate 40.6% 61 40.7% 83 39.7%
Power Success Rate 65.9% 76 69.4% 80 67.9%
Stuff Rate 14.8% 9 15.4% 112 18.9%

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, 200 JR 254 1603 13 6.3 6.2 43.3% 1 (0)
Bryce Love RB 5'10, 187 SO 112 783 2 7.0 8.5 41.1% 1 (0)
Cameron Scarlett RB 6'1, 220 SO 38 117 1 3.1 1.9 31.6% 1 (1)
Ryan Burns QB 6'5, 232 SR 37 150 0 4.1 3.5 32.4% 8 (4)
Keller Chryst QB 6'5, 236 JR 30 222 2 7.4 10.3 40.0% 1 (0)
Michael Rector WR 6'1, 189 SR 5 71 1 14.2 16.8 60.0% 0 (0)
Pat McFadden RB 5'10, 190 SR 3 5 0 1.7 0.0 0.0% 0 (0)
Trenton Irwin WR 6'2, 199 SO 2 11 0 5.5 3.5 50.0% 0 (0)
JJ Arcega-Whiteside WR 6'3, 218 SO 2 7 1 3.5 1.5 50.0% 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+ 91.0 92 113.0 26 100.0
Passing Success Rate 39.2% 81 37.8% 37 40.9%
Passing IsoPPP 1.27 119 1.44 53 1.49
Adj. Sack Rate 54.8 125 133.2 17 100

Individual Passing Stats

Player Ht, Wt Year Comp Att Yards TD INT Comp
Rate		 Sacks Sack Rate Yards/
Att.
Ryan Burns 6'5, 232 SR 102 167 1151 5 7 61.1% 23 12.1% 5.3
Keller Chryst 6'5, 236 JR 77 136 905 10 2 56.6% 11 7.5% 5.7

Individual Receiving Stats

Player Pos. Ht, Wt Year Targets Catches Yards TD Yds/
Catch		 Yds/
Target		 Catch Rate Success Rate Target
Rate
Trenton Irwin WR 6'2, 199 SO 63 37 441 1 11.9 7.0 58.7% 52.4% 21.6%
Michael Rector WR 6'1, 189 SR 60 32 367 3 11.5 6.1 53.3% 40.0% 20.6%
Christian McCaffrey RB 6'0, 200 JR 48 37 311 3 8.4 6.5 77.1% 45.8% 16.5%
Dalton Schultz TE 6'6, 240 JR 42 24 252 1 10.5 6.0 57.1% 45.2% 14.4%
JJ Arcega-Whiteside WR 6'3, 218 SO 39 24 379 5 15.8 9.7 61.5% 51.3% 13.4%
Bryce Love RB 5'10, 187 SO 13 8 83 1 10.4 6.4 61.5% 23.1% 4.5%
Francis Owusu WR 6'3, 219 SR 9 8 113 1 14.1 12.6 88.9% 44.4% 3.1%
Greg Taboada TE 6'5, 248 SR 6 5 92 0 18.4 15.3 83.3% 83.3% 2.1%
Donald Stewart WR 6'4, 189 FR 6 2 17 0 8.5 2.8 33.3% 33.3% 2.1%
Taijuan Thomas WR 5'10, 172 SR 3 1 5 0 5.0 1.7 33.3% 33.3% 1.0%
Isaiah Brandt-Sims WR 5'11, 177 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+ 106.1 45 120.1 9 100.0
Standard Downs Success Rate 47.4% 69 43.4% 27 47.3%
Standard Downs IsoPPP 1.18 42 1.02 26 1.12
SD Line Yards per Carry 3.37 12 2.82 46 2.98
SD Sack Rate 11.4% 127 7.1% 19 5.1%
Passing Downs
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk Nat'l Avg.
Passing Downs S&P+ 100.7 72 109.4 36 100.0
Passing Downs Success Rate 31.1% 65 31.3% 65 31.1%
Passing Downs IsoPPP 1.73 69 1.77 83 1.76
PD Line Yards per Carry 3.13 81 2.97 40 3.24
PD Sack Rate 9.4% 93 8.0% 53 7.9%
Situational
Offense Defense
Avg. Rk Avg. Rk
Q1 S&P+ 104.1 60 117.1 21
Q2 S&P+ 109.4 47 108.3 40
Q3 S&P+ 106.5 46 112.5 26
Q4 S&P+ 92.6 100 117.9 17
1st Down S&P+ 101.9 63 119.7 13
2nd Down S&P+ 100.5 74 120.4 17
3rd Down S&P+ 108.8 50 99.4 69
Offensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 67.9% 21 60.2%
Pass Downs Run Rate 41.6% 20 34.6%
Adj. Pace -6.6 116 +0.0
% of Solo Tackles 71.3% 98 74.2%
Defensive Footprint
Team Rk Nat'l Average
Std. Downs Run Rate 57.1% 91 60.2%
Pass. Downs Run Rate 22.8% 127 34.5%
Overall Havoc Rate 16.1% 53 15.8%
DL Havoc Rate 3.6% 97 5.0%
LB Havoc Rate 5.6% 26 4.3%
DB Havoc Rate 6.7% 44 6.4%
PD to INC 32.8% 66 33.1%
Individual Defensive Stats
Name Pos Ht, Wt Year Tackles % of Team TFL Sacks Int PBU FF
Solomon Thomas DE 6'3, 273 JR 51.5 7.9% 15.0 8.0 0 0 1
Justin Reid SS 6'1, 198 SO 46.5 7.2% 4.0 0.0 0 7 0
Dallas Lloyd SS 6'3, 213 SR 46.5 7.2% 0.0 0.0 5 2 1
Joey Alfieri OLB 6'3, 240 JR 40.5 6.2% 10.5 5.0 2 1 1
Peter Kalambayi OLB 6'3, 243 SR 37.0 5.7% 6.0 3.5 0 2 0
Harrison Phillips DT 6'4, 285 JR 32.5 5.0% 9.5 6.5 0 1 0
Alameen Murphy CB 5'11, 194 JR 31.0 4.8% 0.0 0.0 0 7 0
Zach Hoffpauir FS 6'0, 202 SR 30.5 4.7% 0.5 0.0 0 3 0
Kevin Palma ILB 6'2, 251 SR 29.5 4.5% 1.5 0.0 1 1 0
Sean Barton ILB 6'3, 223 SO 28.0 4.3% 5.5 2.0 0 0 1
Bobby Okereke ILB 6'3, 235 JR 26.5 4.1% 4.0 3.0 0 1 0
Noor Davis ILB 6'4, 243 SR 24.5 3.8% 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
Mustafa Branch ILB 5'11, 214 SO 24.5 3.8% 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
Jordan Perez ILB 6'2, 222 JR 24.0 3.7% 1.5 1.0 0 1 0
Ben Edwards FS 6'0, 193 SO 23.5 3.6% 0.0 0.0 1 3 0
Quenton Meeks CB 6'2, 192 SO 18.5 2.9% 0.0 0.0 2 6 0
Mike Tyler OLB 6'5, 235 SR 18.0 2.8% 2.0 1.5 0 1 0
Casey Toohill OLB 6'4, 241 SO 16.5 2.5% 2.5 2.5 0 0 0
Brandon Simmons FS 6'0, 195 JR 13.5 2.1% 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Frank Buncom CB 6'2, 194 SO 13.5 2.1% 0.0 0.0 1 5 0
Dylan Jackson DE 6'6, 261 SO 12.5 1.9% 1.0 0.0 0 0 0
Terrence Alexander CB 5'10, 182 JR 11.5 1.8% 0.0 0.0 0 2 1
Jordan Watkins DE 6'5, 274 SR 9.5 1.5% 3.0 2.0 0 0 0
Curtis Robinson OLB 6'3, 227 FR 9.5 1.5% 1.0 1.0 0 0 0
Alijah Holder CB 6'2, 186 JR 8.0 1.2% 1.0 0.0 0 6 1
Special Teams

 Rating Rank
Special Teams S&P+ 1.6 3
Category Rate Rank
FG Value (per kick) 0.43 17
Punt Success Rate 64.8% 26
Kickoff Success Rate 93.0% 5
Punt Return Success Rate 50.0% 58
Kick Return Success Rate 68.4% 3
Place-Kicker Ht, Wt Year PAT FG Pct
Conrad Ukropina 6'1, 194 SR 34-34 22-27 81.5%
Punter Ht, Wt Year Punts Avg TB FC I20 FC/I20
Ratio
Jake Bailey 6'2, 193 SO 50 43.5 2 9 17 52.0%
Alex Robinson 6'0, 208 SR 4 37.0 0 3 3 150.0%
Kicker Ht, Wt Year Kickoffs Avg TB TB% OOB Fair
Catches		 Onside
Att		 Onside
Success
Jake Bailey 6'2, 193 SO 71 63.9 44 62.0% 0 2 0 0
Punt Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian McCaffrey 6'0, 200 JR 10 9.6 0 18 0 (0)
Jay Tyler 5'8, 170 SO 2 -5.5 0 3 0 (0)
Kick Returner Ht, Wt Year Returns Avg. TD Fair Catch Fumbles (Lost)
Christian McCaffrey 6'0, 200 JR 14 22.7 0 0 0 (0)
Bryce Love 5'10, 187 SO 5 9.4 0 0 0 (0)
Michael Rector 6'1, 189 SR 4 12.0 0 0 0 (0)

Stats via SportSource Analytics