Category	Connecticut		Marshall
S&P+ (Rk)	89		64
Category	Connecticut offense	Marshall defense	Marshall offense	Connecticut defense
Yards per play (Rk)	4.73 (116)	4.74 (26)	5.16 (90)	4.88 (35)
Yards per game (Rk)	313.8 (123)	388.5 (59)	398.8 (65)	342.3 (25)
Points per possession (Rk)	1.44 (117)	1.24 (6)	2.31 (61)	1.66 (29)
Category	Connecticut offense	Marshall defense	Marshall offense	Connecticut defense
S&P+ (Rk)	19.6 (114)	23.5 (36)	26.4 (85)	23.9 (38)
Rushing S&P+ (Rk)	91.3 (108)	95.1 (84)	94.5 (99)	104.6 (52)
Passing S&P+ (Rk)	95.8 (83)	109.3 (35)	96.6 (79)	108.0 (39)
Standard Downs S&P+ (Rk)	94.7 (96)	103.7 (49)	93.6 (103)	106.0 (44)
Passing Downs S&P+ (Rk)	88.4 (98)	105.0 (57)	103.7 (55)	104.0 (60)
Q1 S&P+ (Rk)	93.0 (100)	97.5 (73)	104.1 (64)	103.0 (51)
Q2 S&P+ (Rk)	91.3 (101)	111.9 (33)	106.1 (55)	107.7 (54)
Q3 S&P+ (Rk)	100.9 (77)	102.5 (63)	89.8 (103)	103.5 (60)
Q4 S&P+ (Rk)	89.2 (106)	111.9 (32)	77.1 (125)	102.6 (61)

Five biggest advantages* (according to the advanced stats)

_{* or smallest disadvantages}

Connecticut

Redzone S&P+ (No. 20 defense vs. No. 92 offense)
Standard Downs Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 41 defense vs. No. 106 offense)
Rushing Efficiency (Success Rate) (No. 50 defense vs. No. 113 offense)
Passing Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 30 defense vs. No. 91 offense)
Standard Downs S&P+ (No. 44 defense vs. No. 103 offense)

Marshall

Third Down S&P+ (No. 31 defense vs. No. 121 offense)
Standard Downs Sack Rate (No. 45 defense vs. No. 128 offense)
Adj. Sack Rate (No. 40 defense vs. No. 120 offense)
Explosiveness (IsoPPP) (No. 42 defense vs. No. 102 offense)
Field Position (No. 9 offense vs. No. 67 defense)

Five Factors

Category	Connecticut offense	Marshall defense	Marshall offense	Connecticut defense
EXPLOSIVENESS	1.18 (107)	1.18 (26)	1.20 (97)	1.19 (30)
EFFICIENCY	38.4% (102)	37.4% (29)	42.6% (57)	39.0% (47)
FIELD POSITION	30.0 (65)	27.4 (22)	33.5 (9)	29.8 (67)
FINISHING DRIVES	3.7 (118)	3.3 (1)	4.9 (56)	3.8 (14)
TURNOVER MARGIN	EXPECTED: Connecticut 3.21 (39) Marshall 4.67 (26)		ACTUAL Connecticut 9 (17) Marshall 4 (40)

Offensive Footprint

Category (Rk)	Connecticut offense	Marshall offense
Adj. Pace	-7.6 (121)	2.0 (39)
Plays per game	66.3 (123)	77.3 (39)
Possessions per game	12.3 (108)	14.1 (17)
Std. Downs Run Rate	64.4% (35)	55.0% (92)
Pass. Downs Run Rate	37.2% (37)	29.8% (80)
% of solo tackles	71.8% (89)	59.0% (128)

Defensive Footprint

Category (Rk)	Connecticut defense	Marshall defense
Std. Downs Run Rate	61.6% (48)	58.8% (76)
Pass. Downs Run Rate	34.6% (58)	32.6% (75)
Overall Havoc Rate	15.2% (83)	19.2% (19)
Front 7 Havoc Rate	8.5% (88)	11.6% (25)
DB Havoc Rate	6.4% (63)	7.7% (21)
PD to INC	30.7% (84)	38.4% (23)

When Connecticut has the ball…

Standard Downs

	Connecticut Offense		Marshall Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Standard Downs S&P+	94.7	96	103.7	49	Marshall
Standard Downs Success Rate	44.5	97	42.2	26	Marshall big
Standard Downs IsoPPP	1.00	112	1.03	21	Marshall big
SD Line Yards per Carry	2.35	124	3.00	85	Marshall
SD Sack Rate	11.6%	128	5.5%	45	Marshall big

Passing Downs

	Connecticut Offense		Marshall Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Passing Downs S&P+	88.4	98	105.0	57	Marshall
Passing Downs Success Rate	27.2	93	27.5	35	Marshall big
Passing Downs IsoPPP	1.71	84	1.68	59	Marshall
PD Line Yards per Carry	3.28	59	3.50	93	Connecticut
PD Sack Rate	8%	79	6.9%	73

When Marshall has the ball…

Standard Downs

	Marshall Offense		Connecticut Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Standard Downs S&P+	93.6	103	106.0	44	Connecticut big
Standard Downs Success Rate	47.9	50	43.1	42
Standard Downs IsoPPP	0.99	116	1.00	34	Connecticut big
SD Line Yards per Carry	2.73	91	2.80	53	Connecticut
SD Sack Rate	3.2%	32	5.2%	57	Marshall

Passing Downs

	Marshall Offense		Connecticut Defense
	Avg.	Rk	Avg.	Rk	Edge
Passing Downs S&P+	103.7	55	104.0	60
Passing Downs Success Rate	30.3	67	30.4	64
Passing Downs IsoPPP	2.00	16	1.73	41	Marshall
PD Line Yards per Carry	3.61	28	2.61	15	Connecticut
PD Sack Rate	6.2%	47	5.8%	93	Marshall

Individual Passing Stats

Team	Player	Ht, Wt	Year	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT	Comp Rate	Sacks	Sack Rate	Yards/ Att.
Connecticut	Bryant Shirreffs	6'2, 220	SO	158	262	1992	9	7	60.3%	32	10.9%	6.3
Connecticut	Tim Boyle	6'3, 224	JR	31	60	281	0	2	51.7%	2	3.2%	4.3
Connecticut	Garrett Anderson	6'1, 236	JR	2	2	53	1	0	100.0%	1	33.3%	15.7
Marshall	Chase Litton	6'6, 207	FR	207	349	2387	22	7	59.3%	15	4.1%	6.3
Marshall	Michael Birdsong	6'5, 241	JR	43	80	365	2	4	53.8%	5	5.9%	3.9
Marshall	Gunnar Holcombe	6'3, 212	JR	1	3	9	0	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3.0

Individual Rushing Stats

Team	Player	Pos.	Ht, Wt	Year	Rushes	Yards	TD	Yards/ Carry	Hlt Yds/ Opp.	Opp. Rate
Connecticut	Arkeel Newsome	RB	5'7, 182	SO	174	760	6	4.4	5.3	32.8%
Connecticut	Bryant Shirreffs	QB	6'2, 220	SO	103	582	3	5.7	3.2	58.3%
Connecticut	Ron Johnson	RB	5'11, 226	SO	87	216	4	2.5	3.3	25.3%
Connecticut	Max DeLorenzo	RB	5'11, 216	SR	13	36	0	2.8	3.8	15.4%
Marshall	Hyleck Foster	WR	5'11, 185	SO	87	415	3	4.8	4.7	37.9%
Marshall	Devon Johnson	RB	6'1, 244	SR	84	555	5	6.6	8.1	40.5%
Marshall	Remi Watson	RB	5'11, 207	SR	80	398	5	5.0	8.0	27.5%
Marshall	Tony Pittman	RB	5'10, 203	SO	64	327	3	5.1	4.5	37.5%
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
Connecticut	Noel Thomas	WR	6'1, 195	JR	91	54	719	3	13.3	7.9	59.3%
Connecticut	Arkeel Newsome	RB	5'7, 182	SO	53	40	432	2	10.8	8.2	75.5%
Connecticut	Alec Bloom	TE	6'6, 257	SO	33	20	290	1	14.5	8.8	60.6%
Connecticut	Tyraiq Beals	WR	6'0, 178	FR	31	23	271	2	11.8	8.7	74.2%
Connecticut	Tommy Myers	TE	6'5, 255	SO	20	16	232	2	14.5	11.6	80.0%
Connecticut	Hergy Mayala	WR	6'2, 200	FR	18	6	65	0	10.8	3.6	33.3%
Connecticut	Thomas Lucas	WR	6'2, 213	SO	15	7	83	0	11.9	5.5	46.7%
Marshall	Davonte Allen	WR	6'2, 200	SR	98	56	696	5	12.4	7.1	57.1%
Marshall	Deandre Reaves	WR	5'10, 179	SR	72	47	617	4	13.1	8.6	65.3%
Marshall	Deon-Tay McManus	WR	6'1, 228	SO	72	32	316	1	9.9	4.4	44.4%
Marshall	Ryan Yurachek	TE	6'3, 233	SO	48	39	361	8	9.3	7.5	81.2%
Marshall	Justin Hunt	WR	6'3, 203	JR	35	20	295	4	14.8	8.4	57.1%
Marshall	Hyleck Foster	WR	5'11, 185	SO	25	16	89	0	5.6	3.6	64.0%
Marshall	Emanuel Byrd	TE	6'3, 229	JR	23	17	191	1	11.2	8.3	73.9%

Individual Defensive Stats

Team	Name	Pos	Ht, Wt	Year	Tackles	% of Team	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	FF	FR
Connecticut	Andrew Adams	S	6'0, 198	SR	71.5	11.4%	3.5	0.0	3	3	0	0
Connecticut	Obi Melifonwu	S	6'3, 216	JR	65.0	10.3%	2.0	0.0	2	5	0	0
Connecticut	Junior Joseph	LB	6'1, 242	SO	62.5	9.9%	3.5	0.0	1	0	0	0
Connecticut	Graham Stewart	LB	6'1, 237	SR	48.0	7.6%	9.5	2.0	0	1	0	0
Connecticut	Jhavon Williams	CB	5'10, 190	JR	45.5	7.2%	2.0	0.0	3	6	0	0
Connecticut	Folorunso Fatukasi	DL	6'4, 304	SO	37.0	5.9%	7.0	6.5	0	0	4	0
Connecticut	Luke Carrezola	LB	6'3, 255	SO	34.5	5.5%	11.5	6.0	0	1	2	0
Connecticut	Matthew Walsh	LB	6'1, 241	JR	32.0	5.1%	4.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Connecticut	Marquise Vann	LB	6'0, 231	SR	30.0	4.8%	2.0	0.0	1	0	0	0
Connecticut	Jamar Summers	CB	6'0, 185	SO	30.0	4.8%	0.5	0.0	7	3	0	0
Connecticut	Kenton Adeyemi	DL	6'4, 291	SR	20.0	3.2%	3.5	2.0	0	0	0	0
Connecticut	Julian Campenni	DL	6'0, 306	SR	17.5	2.8%	4.0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Connecticut	Mikal Myers	DL	6'1, 323	JR	17.0	2.7%	4.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Marshall	Evan McKelvey	LB	6'2, 218	SR	79.5	10.9%	9.0	0.0	1	9	1	1
Marshall	Tiquan Lang	S	5'8, 170	JR	63.5	8.7%	1.0	0.0	2	6	0	0
Marshall	Taj Letman	S	6'2, 185	SR	58.5	8.0%	3.5	0.0	3	7	1	0
Marshall	Corey Tindal	DB	5'10, 182	JR	51.0	7.0%	3.5	3.0	2	13	1	0
Marshall	D.J. Hunter	LB	6'0, 211	SR	43.0	5.9%	5.0	3.0	0	0	3	0
Marshall	Gary Thompson	DL	6'1, 252	JR	42.5	5.8%	11.5	8.0	0	4	5	0
Marshall	Ryan Bee	DL	6'7, 263	FR	35.0	4.8%	7.5	3.0	0	2	0	0
Marshall	Antavis Rowe	DB	5'11, 167	SO	32.5	4.5%	2.5	0.0	1	6	1	0
Marshall	Devontre'a Tyler	LB	6'2, 240	JR	29.5	4.1%	2.0	1.0	0	0	0	0
Marshall	Jarquez Samuel	DL	6'4, 287	SR	26.5	3.6%	6.0	1.0	0	4	0	1
Marshall	Blake Keller	DL	6'2, 234	SO	25.0	3.4%	5.5	0.5	0	0	1	0
Marshall	Shawn Petty	LB	6'2, 241	JR	24.0	3.3%	4.5	1.5	0	4	1	0
Marshall	Rodney Allen	DB	5'11, 180	SO	23.0	3.2%	1.0	0.0	3	2	0	1
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
Connecticut	Justin Wain	6'3, 214	JR	70	37.9	6	36	20	80.0%
Marshall	Tyler Williams	6'0, 205	SR	68	44.3	9	18	22	58.8%

Team	Kicker	Ht, Wt	Year	Kickoffs	Avg	TB	TB%	OOB	Fair Catches	Onside Att	Onside Success
Connecticut	Michael Tarbutt	6'0, 177	FR	26	57.7	5	19.2%	0	0	0	0
Connecticut	Bobby Puyol	5'10, 178	JR	22	61.5	10	45.5%	1	0	3	1
Marshall	Amoreto Curraj	6'2, 213	SO	72	62.5	41	56.9%	0	4	0	0
Marshall	Kaare Vedvik	6'4, 200	SO	0	0.0	0	0.0%	0	0	1	0

Team	Place-Kicker	Ht, Wt	Year	PAT	FG	Pct
Connecticut	Bobby Puyol	5'10, 178	JR	20-23	15-17	88.2%
Connecticut	Michael Tarbutt	6'0, 177	FR	0-0	0-1	0.0%
Marshall	Nick Smith	5'10, 175	SO	47-47	15-21	71.4%
Marshall	Amoreto Curraj	6'2, 213	SO	1-1	0-2	0.0%

Team	Kick Returner	Ht, Wt	Year	Returns	Avg.	TD	Fair Catch	Fumbles (Lost)
Connecticut	Arkeel Newsome	5'7, 182	SO	19	22.6	0	0	0 (0)
Connecticut	Josh Marriner	5'9, 201	SO	4	14.3	0	0	0 (0)
Marshall	Deandre Reaves	5'10, 179	SR	22	30.5	2	0	0 (0)
Marshall	Remi Watson	5'11, 207	SR	3	23.7	0	0	0 (0)

Team	Punt Returner	Ht, Wt	Year	Returns	Avg.	TD	Fair Catch	Fumbles (Lost)
Connecticut	Nick Vitale	5'8, 176	JR	4	-3.3	0	17	2 (0)
Connecticut	Brian Lemelle	5'10, 172	JR	2	7.5	0	8	0 (0)
Marshall	Deandre Reaves	5'10, 179	SR	13	13.7	1	19	2 (1)
Marshall	Hyleck Foster	5'11, 185	SO	9	4.1	0	6	2 (1)