Category	Western Kentucky		South Florida
S&P+ (Rk)	11		49
Category	Western Kentucky offense	South Florida defense	South Florida offense	Western Kentucky defense
Yards per play (Rk)	6.98 (2)	4.80 (29)	5.88 (34)	5.44 (79)
Yards per game (Rk)	518.9 (9)	360.5 (41)	414.3 (53)	395.7 (64)
Points per possession (Rk)	3.51 (2)	1.58 (22)	2.51 (43)	1.99 (56)
Category	Western Kentucky offense	South Florida defense	South Florida offense	Western Kentucky defense
S&P+ (Rk)	42.8 (5)	24.1 (39)	30.6 (53)	25.8 (53)
Rushing S&P+ (Rk)	112.3 (26)	105.4 (49)	114.9 (19)	103.9 (55)
Passing S&P+ (Rk)	141.0 (4)	105.8 (47)	105.8 (49)	95.6 (80)
Standard Downs S&P+ (Rk)	127.8 (2)	103.8 (48)	111.0 (32)	102.3 (55)
Passing Downs S&P+ (Rk)	145.1 (5)	107.6 (47)	99.9 (68)	95.7 (82)
Q1 S&P+ (Rk)	124.6 (12)	117.3 (30)	103.2 (67)	125.9 (14)
Q2 S&P+ (Rk)	141.5 (3)	117.5 (24)	108.1 (49)	99.5 (77)
Q3 S&P+ (Rk)	121.5 (22)	92.3 (92)	120.3 (24)	102.1 (66)
Q4 S&P+ (Rk)	119.6 (15)	106.7 (48)	105.8 (52)	84.5 (118)

Five biggest advantages* (according to the advanced stats)

_{* or smallest disadvantages}

Western Kentucky

Third Down S&P+ (No. 4 offense vs. No. 76 defense)
Passing Efficiency (Success Rate) (No. 4 offense vs. No. 65 defense)
Short-Yardage Rushing (No. 36 offense vs. No. 93 defense)
Passing Downs Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 5 offense vs. No. 61 defense)
Standard Downs Efficiency (Success Rate) (No. 1 offense vs. No. 57 defense)

South Florida

Passing Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 42 offense vs. No. 89 defense)
Standard Downs Sack Rate (No. 79 offense vs. No. 115 defense)
Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 34 offense vs. No. 70 defense)
Rushing S&P+ (No. 19 offense vs. No. 55 defense)
Field Position (No. 24 offense vs. No. 58 defense)

Five Factors

Category	Western Kentucky offense	South Florida defense	South Florida offense	Western Kentucky defense
EXPLOSIVENESS	1.40 (11)	1.25 (66)	1.36 (20)	1.29 (87)
EFFICIENCY	52.7% (1)	37.9% (34)	44.0% (38)	40.3% (61)
FIELD POSITION	31.8 (33)	30.3 (79)	32.2 (24)	29.3 (58)
FINISHING DRIVES	5.5 (9)	3.7 (6)	4.9 (53)	4.3 (38)
TURNOVER MARGIN	EXPECTED: Western Kentucky 9.44 (6) South Florida 6.08 (21)		ACTUAL Western Kentucky 16 (3) South Florida 8 (18)

Offensive Footprint

Category (Rk)	Western Kentucky offense	South Florida offense
Adj. Pace	-1.0 (68)	-1.3 (71)
Plays per game	74.4 (59)	70.4 (92)
Possessions per game	12.6 (92)	13.3 (47)
Std. Downs Run Rate	46.7% (123)	72.5% (12)
Pass. Downs Run Rate	17.6% (127)	47.3% (10)
% of solo tackles	76.7% (47)	84.3% (9)

Defensive Footprint

Category (Rk)	Western Kentucky defense	South Florida defense
Std. Downs Run Rate	57.1% (98)	64.6% (26)
Pass. Downs Run Rate	37.3% (30)	33.3% (71)
Overall Havoc Rate	17.4% (39)	17.9% (33)
Front 7 Havoc Rate	10.1% (50)	10.2% (48)
DB Havoc Rate	7.2% (30)	7.7% (20)
PD to INC	34.7% (48)	29.1% (95)

When Western Kentucky has the ball…

Standard Downs

	Western Kentucky Offense		South Florida Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Standard Downs S&P+	127.8	2	103.8	48	Western Kentucky
Standard Downs Success Rate	56.8	1	44.2	49	Western Kentucky
Standard Downs IsoPPP	1.23	13	1.10	32	Western Kentucky
SD Line Yards per Carry	3.19	23	2.57	26
SD Sack Rate	1.1%	5	8.3%	5

Passing Downs

	Western Kentucky Offense		South Florida Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Passing Downs S&P+	145.1	5	107.6	47	Western Kentucky
Passing Downs Success Rate	42.0	3	26.2	26	Western Kentucky
Passing Downs IsoPPP	1.98	22	1.82	114	Western Kentucky big
PD Line Yards per Carry	2.76	104	2.82	33	South Florida big
PD Sack Rate	4.4%	16	8.2%	45	Western Kentucky

When South Florida has the ball…

Standard Downs

	South Florida Offense		Western Kentucky Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Standard Downs S&P+	111.0	32	102.3	55	South Florida
Standard Downs Success Rate	49.9	30	45.5	58	South Florida
Standard Downs IsoPPP	1.22	19	1.02	65	South Florida
SD Line Yards per Carry	3.18	24	2.69	38	South Florida
SD Sack Rate	5.5%	79	2.8%	115	South Florida

Passing Downs

	South Florida Offense		Western Kentucky Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Passing Downs S&P+	99.9	68	95.7	82	South Florida
Passing Downs Success Rate	30.5	65	30.7	67
Passing Downs IsoPPP	1.90	32	1.95	82	South Florida
PD Line Yards per Carry	3.73	21	3.19	63	South Florida
PD Sack Rate	7.5%	70	5.6%	98	South Florida

Individual Passing Stats

Team	Player	Ht, Wt	Year	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Comp Rate	Sacks	Sack Rate	Yards/ Att.
Western Kentucky	Brandon Doughty	6'3, 220	SR	356	496	4594	45	7	71.8%	13	2.6%	8.8
Western Kentucky	Nelson Fishback	6'2, 215	JR	7	8	70	0	0	87.5%	0	0.0%	8.8
Western Kentucky	Drew Eckels	6'4, 210	FR	1	1	10	0	0	100.0%	1	50.0%	2.5
South Florida	Quinton Flowers	6'0, 210	SO	148	243	2017	21	8	60.9%	19	7.3%	7.4
South Florida	Steven Bench	6'2, 215	SR	14	22	177	2	1	63.6%	1	4.3%	7.6

Individual Rushing Stats

Team	Player	Pos.	Ht, Wt	Year	Rushes	Yards	TD	Yards/ Carry	Hlt Yds/ Opp.	Opp. Rate
Western Kentucky	D'Andre Ferby	RB	6'1, 240	FR	151	604	11	4.0	3.3	32.5%
Western Kentucky	Anthony Wales	RB	5'10, 195	JR	141	986	7	7.0	5.0	55.3%
Western Kentucky	Darmontre Warr	RB	5'9, 195	JR	35	124	2	3.5	2.0	40.0%
Western Kentucky	Leon Allen	RB	6'0, 235	SR	27	137	2	5.1	4.6	48.1%
South Florida	Marlon Mack	RB	6'0, 205	SO	193	1273	8	6.6	6.7	44.6%
South Florida	Quinton Flowers	QB	6'0, 210	SO	157	969	10	6.2	5.9	44.6%
South Florida	Darius Tice	RB	5'10, 206	JR	83	448	4	5.4	4.9	42.2%
South Florida	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	5'10, 208	SO	69	290	1	4.2	3.1	37.7%
NOTE: Quarterback run totals above do not include sacks (which are counted toward pass averages below) or kneeldowns.

Individual Receiving Stats

Team	Player	Pos.	Ht, Wt	Year	Targets	Catches	Yards	TD	Yds/ Catch	Yds/ Target	Catch Rate
Western Kentucky	Taywan Taylor	WR	6'1, 195	JR	105	79	1363	17	17.3	13.0	75.2%
Western Kentucky	Jared Dangerfield	WR	6'3, 215	SR	104	76	752	7	9.9	7.2	73.1%
Western Kentucky	Nicholas Norris	WR	5'9, 175	JR	82	58	851	4	14.7	10.4	70.7%
Western Kentucky	Antwane Grant	WR	6'1, 205	SR	75	48	620	7	12.9	8.3	64.0%
Western Kentucky	Tyler Higbee	TE	6'6, 250	SR	49	38	563	8	14.8	11.5	77.6%
Western Kentucky	Anthony Wales	RB	5'10, 195	JR	25	22	176	2	8.0	7.0	88.0%
Western Kentucky	Nacarius Fant	WR	5'9, 185	SO	15	12	147	0	12.3	9.8	80.0%
South Florida	Rodney Adams	WR	6'1, 190	JR	61	38	686	8	18.1	11.3	62.3%
South Florida	Chris Barr	WR	5'10, 175	FR	39	23	200	1	8.7	5.1	59.0%
South Florida	Ryeshene Bronson	WR	6'3, 200	SO	32	15	228	1	15.2	7.1	46.9%
South Florida	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	5'10, 208	SO	31	25	346	4	13.8	11.2	80.6%
South Florida	Sean Price	TE	6'3, 252	SR	27	20	306	5	15.3	11.3	74.1%
South Florida	Marlon Mack	RB	6'0, 205	SO	19	16	111	1	6.9	5.8	84.2%
South Florida	Elkanah Dillon	TE	6'5, 245	FR	14	7	160	2	22.9	11.4	50.0%

Individual Defensive Stats

Team	Name	Pos	Ht, Wt	Year	Tackles	% of Team	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	FR
Western Kentucky	TJ McCollum	LB	6'3, 230	SO	81.5	11.0%	11.5	3.0	1	2	1	0
Western Kentucky	Branden Leston	DB	6'3, 205	JR	78.0	10.5%	3.0	0.0	1	3	0	1
Western Kentucky	Nick Holt	LB	6'1, 230	SR	67.0	9.0%	7.5	4.0	3	4	2	0
Western Kentucky	Dejon Brown	LB	6'3, 250	SR	47.5	6.4%	7.0	2.0	0	2	2	1
Western Kentucky	Marcus Ward	DB	6'3, 210	JR	44.5	6.0%	7.5	2.0	1	6	2	0
Western Kentucky	Derik Overstreet	DL	6'2, 250	SO	36.0	4.9%	7.0	2.0	0	1	1	0
Western Kentucky	Prince Charles Iworah	DB	5'11, 190	SR	35.5	4.8%	1.0	0.0	4	10	0	0
Western Kentucky	Joe Brown	DB	5'10, 190	SO	30.5	4.1%	1.5	0.0	1	9	0	0
Western Kentucky	Gavin Rocker	DL	6'2, 255	SR	28.0	3.8%	6.0	2.5	0	1	0	0
Western Kentucky	Wonderful Terry	DB	5'10, 190	SR	27.5	3.7%	1.0	0.0	2	5	1	0
Western Kentucky	Jontavius Morris	DL	6'2, 305	SR	24.5	3.3%	5.0	2.0	0	3	0	0
Western Kentucky	Omarius Bryant	DL	6'3, 310	JR	20.0	2.7%	3.5	1.5	0	0	0	0
Western Kentucky	Nick Newton	LB	6'4, 245	SR	17.5	2.4%	2.5	1.0	1	1	1	0
South Florida	Auggie Sanchez	LB	6'2, 244	SO	83.5	11.8%	8.5	0.5	0	1	0	0
South Florida	Jamie Byrd	DB	5'11, 185	SR	67.5	9.5%	10.0	5.0	3	4	2	0
South Florida	Deatrick Nichols	CB	5'10, 189	SO	51.0	7.2%	8.5	1.0	4	4	2	0
South Florida	Nate Godwin	DB	5'10, 204	JR	50.0	7.1%	1.0	0.0	0	2	0	0
South Florida	Devin Abraham	S	5'9, 186	SO	39.0	5.5%	2.0	1.0	3	3	0	0
South Florida	Eric Lee	DE	6'3, 260	SR	37.5	5.3%	11.0	4.0	0	4	2	0
South Florida	Deadrin Senat	DT	6'1, 305	SO	36.0	5.1%	5.5	0.0	0	0	1	0
South Florida	Nigel Harris	LB	6'0, 231	JR	33.5	4.7%	4.5	1.5	0	0	1	0
South Florida	Tajee Fullwood	CB	6'2, 203	SO	33.0	4.7%	1.0	0.0	0	2	2	0
South Florida	Tashon Whitehurst	LB	6'3, 220	SR	29.0	4.1%	1.5	1.5	0	0	0	0
South Florida	James Hamilton	DT	6'2, 308	SR	23.0	3.2%	5.5	3.0	0	0	0	0
South Florida	Johnny Ward	DB	6'0, 178	JR	23.0	3.2%	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0
South Florida	Zack Bullock	LB	6'3, 245	SR	22.0	3.1%	4.5	1.0	0	2	0	0
Note: It appears "Fumble Returns" are getting pulled instead of "Fumble Recoveries." My apologies. Will try to get that corrected.

Individual Special Teams Stats

Team	Punter	Ht, Wt	Year	Punts	Avg	TB	FC	I20	FC/I20 Ratio
Western Kentucky	Jake Collins	6'0, 190	FR	31	41.6	1	5	10	48.4%
Western Kentucky	Joseph Occhipinti	6'3, 190	JR	15	37.9	1	2	3	33.3%
South Florida	Mattias Ciabatti	6'0, 200	SR	57	43.2	4	12	13	43.9%

Team	Kicker	Ht, Wt	Year	Kickoffs	Avg	TB	TB%	OOB	Fair Catches	Onside Att	Onside Success
Western Kentucky	Ryan Nuss	5'10, 190	FR	64	57.2	8	12.5%	0	1	1	1
Western Kentucky	Jake Collins	6'0, 190	FR	37	56.1	2	5.4%	0	0	0	0
South Florida	Michael Hill	5'9, 180	SR	55	55.4	2	3.6%	0	2	0	0
South Florida	Emilio Nadelman	5'6, 173	SO	20	56.7	5	25.0%	0	2	0	0

Team	Place-Kicker	Ht, Wt	Year	PAT	FG	Pct
Western Kentucky	Garrett Schwettman	5'11, 175	SR	73-74	14-15	93.3%
South Florida	Emilio Nadelman	5'6, 173	SO	48-49	15-21	71.4%
South Florida	Michael Hill	5'9, 180	SR	1-1	0-0	#DIV/0!

Team	Kick Returner	Ht, Wt	Year	Returns	Avg.	TD	Fair Catch	Fumbles (Lost)
Western Kentucky	Kylen Towner	5'8, 175	SO	27	24.6	1	0	1 (1)
Western Kentucky	Anthony Davis	5'9, 205	SR	4	12.0	0	0	1 (1)
South Florida	D'Ernest Johnson	5'10, 208	SO	16	29.1	0	0	0 (0)
South Florida	Rodney Adams	6'1, 190	JR	15	30.5	1	0	1 (1)

Team	Punt Returner	Ht, Wt	Year	Returns	Avg.	TD	Fair Catch	Fumbles (Lost)
Western Kentucky	Kylen Towner	5'8, 175	SO	14	7.1	0	21	3 (3)
Western Kentucky	Nacarius Fant	5'9, 185	SO	2	0.0	0	3	0 (0)
South Florida	Tajee Fullwood	6'2, 203	SO	16	12.3	0	25	2 (0)
South Florida	Jordan Reed	5'10, 170	FR	1	6.0	0	0	0 (0)