11-25-2019, 11:05 PM
(11-25-2019, 01:54 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Stanford had one of the top defenses in the conference in 2015. I remember that I used to do the per drive stats back then, and the key was that we had one of the best offenses in the country on a per drive basis, and one of the best defenses in the conference if not the country on that basis.
BC
Even in 2017 we had a very good defense.
BC
I like the points per drive stats, particularly for comparing to other teams over a season. I don't know why they aren't a more common stat in football - they are in basketball for example.
The best site I know for per drive stats is bcftoys.com
These aren't adjusted for strength of schedule. That's roughly what FEI is.
PPD Defense | FEI (rank only)
2007 2.01 56th | 56th
2008 2.32 83rd | 83rd
2009 2.42 86th | 99th
2010 1.40 9th | 10th
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2011 1.78 36th | 25th
2012 1.38 13th | 8th
2013 1.57 17th | 13th
2014 1.41 8th | 8th
2015 1.93 43rd | 52nd
2016 1.57 14th | 20th
2017 2.10 58th | 60th
2018 1.98 49th | 47th
2019 2.60 94th | 86th
Offense PPD | FEI (rank only)
2007 1.39 103rd | 105th
2008 2.11 53rd | 31st
2009 3.05 6th | 4th
2010 3.72 2nd | 1st
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2011 3.58 2nd | 3rd
2012 2.08 72nd | 52nd
2013 2.61 30th | 30th
2014 2.31 49th | 45th
2015 3.56 2nd | 4th
2016 2.23 60th | 78th
2017 2.78 18th | 17th
2018 2.41 38th | 39th
2019 1.80 96th | 83rd
It's not very clear from these numbers whether the problems have been more centered on offense of defense.
It's very hard to analyze any specific details of the current team's problems beyond the absolutely disastrous injuries. There's never been a Stanford team that could withstand this kind of attrition, and few teams anywhere. Maybe that's due to S&C, or maybe its random.