NC State Football By The Numbers – Post UNC Edition

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Here are the season stats after the Wolfpack’s 5th straight win over the Tar Heels.

Team Statistics

Offense
Points Per Game: 25.9 (ACC Rank: 8, Nat’l Rank: 75)
High: 43
Low: 0

Rushing Yards: 108.1 (ACC Rank: 10, Nat’l Rank: 106)
Passing Yards: 230.8 (7, 61)
Total Offense: 338.9 (11, 97)

Defense
Points Per Game: 25.4 (ACC Rank: 7, Nat’l Rank: 53)
High: 45
Low: 0

Rushing Yards: 142.7 (ACC Rank: 6, Nat’l Rank: 55)
Passing Yards: 227.4 (8, 64)
Total Defense: 370.1 (6, 50)

Turnovers
Offense: 8 fumbles, 9 interceptions, 17 total
Defense: 7 fumbles, 19 interceptions, 26 total
Turnover Margin: +9

More Team National Rankings
Offense
Passing Efficiency – 62
Sacks Allowed – 94
Interceptions Thrown – 74
Fumbles Lost – 65
Turnovers Lost – 76
Tackles For Loss Allowed – 45
First Downs – 103
3rd Down Efficiency – 67
4th Down Efficiency – 57
Red Zone Efficiency – 79
Time Of Possession – 53

Defense
Pass Efficiency Defense – 31
Sacks – 17
Tackles For Loss – 51
Passes Intercepted – 1
Fumbles Recovered – 53
Turnovers Gained – 5
First Downs Allowed – 41
3rd Down Efficiency Defense – 61
4th Down Efficiency Defense – 4
Red Zone Efficiency Defense – 103

Special Teams
Net Punting – 73
Punt Returns – 19
Punt Return Defense – 37
Kickoff Returns – 59
Kickoff Return Defense – 86

Other
Turnover Margin Per Game – 10
Penalties – 10
Penalty Yards – 2

Attendance
Total Attendance (281,102) – ACC Rank: 7, Nat’l Rank: 38
Average Attendance (56,220) – 4, 33
Percent of Capacity (97.6%) – 3, 31

Toughest Schedule (FBS Only)
Cumulative Opposition: 38-36 (.514) ACC Rank: 8, Nat’l Rank: 57
Future Opposition: 9-15 (.375) ACC Rank: 12, Nat’l Rank: 98
Past Opposition: 29-21 (.580) ACC Rank: 3, Nat’l Rank: 19

Individual Statistics

Rushing Leaders
James Washington: 157 carries, 636 yards, 4.1 avg, 5 TD
Tony Creecy: 63 carries, 237 yards, 3.8 avg
Curtis Underwood: 42 carries, 226 yards, 5.4 avg, 1 TD
Brandon Barnes: 3 carries, 10 yards, 3.3 avg

Receiving Leaders
T.J. Graham: 29 catches, 543 yards, 18.7 avg, 5 TD
Tobias Palmer: 28 catches, 339 yards, 12.1 avg, 2 TD
Jay Smith: 25 catches, 240 yards, 9.6 avg, 2 TD
James Washington: 26 catches, 225 yards, 8.7 avg
Bryan Underwood: 12 catches, 219 yards, 18.3 avg, 2 TD

Passing
Mike Glennon: 179-296, 2011 yds, 20 TD, 9 Int, 60.5% Comp Pct, 133.76 rating
Tyler Brosius: 8-13, 66 yards, 1 TD, 0 Int, 61.5% Comp Pct, 129.57 rating

Tackle Leaders
Earl Wolff: 78
Audie Cole: 76
Brandan Bishop: 52
David Amerson: 47
Terrell Manning: 45

Tackles For Loss Leaders
Audie Cole: 8.5
Markus Kuhn: 7
Terrell Manning: 6
Dwayne Maddox – 5.5
D.J. Green: 5
Art Norman: 5

Sacks Leaders
Audie Cole: 3.5
Terrell Manning: 3.5
Markus Kuhn: 3.5
Brian Slay: 3.5
Darryl Cato-Bishop: 3

Interceptions
David Amerson: 9
Brandan Bishop: 4
Terrell Manning: 2
Earl Wolff: 2
D.J. Green: 1
Darryl Cato-Bishop: 1

Fumbles
T.J. Graham: 6 fumbles, 2 lost
Mike Glennon: 4 fumbles, 2 lost
Curtis Underwood: 2 fumbles, 2 lost
James Washington: 3 fumbles, 1 lost
Team: 2 fumble, 1 lost

Field Goals
Niklas Sade: 6 of 11, long of 45

Extra Points
Niklas Sade: 29 of 31

Punting
Wil Baumann: 46 punts, 38.1 avg, long of 62, 16 inside 20 yard line
J. Ellis Flint: 3 punts, 35.3 avg, long of 38, 0 inside 20 yard line

Kickoffs
Niklas Sade: 44 KO, 62.4 avg, 3 touchbacks, 3 out of bounds

Kickoff Return Leaders
T.J. Graham: 33 returns, 23.1 avg
Dean Haynes: 2 returns, 15.5 avg
Tobias Palmer: 2 returns, 10.5 avg
David Amerson: 1 return, 25.0 avg
C.J. Wilson: 1 return, 21.0 avg
Mario Carter: 1 returns, 10.0 avg

Punt Return Leaders
T.J. Graham: 11 returns, 13.2 avg, 1 TD
Rashard Smith: 1 return, 6.0 avg

Individual ACC & National Rankings (Nat’l Top 100)
James Washington (Rushing) – ACC Rank: 8, Nat’l Rank: 71
Mike Glennon (Pass Efficiency) – 8, 56
Mike Glennon (Total Offense) – 8, 66
T.J. Graham (Receiving Yards Per Game) – 11, 94
David Amerson (Interceptions) – 1, 1
Brandan Bishop (Interceptions) – 3, 12
Terrell Manning (Interceptions) – 10, 85
Wil Baumann (Punting) – 7, 81
T.J. Graham (Punt Returns) – 1, 11
T.J. Graham (Kickoff Returns) – 5, 68
Niklas Sade (Field Goals) – 10, 89
T.J. Graham (All Purpose Runners) – 3, 12
Terrell Manning (Sacks) – 7, 74
Earl Wolff (Tackles) – 7, 46
Audie Cole (Tackles) – 9, 55
Audie Cole (Tackles For Loss) – 7, 98

Top 10 Active NCAA Career Leaders
C.J. Wilson:
Interception-TDs: 7

David Amerson:
Interceptions Per Game: 2

T.J. Graham:
Punt Returns: 6
Punt Return Yards: 8
Punt Return TDs: 3
Kickoff Returns: 4
Kickoff Return Yards: 5
Kickoff Return TDs: 10
Kickoff Returns Per Game: 9

About WV Wolf

Graduated from NCSU in 1996 with a degree in statistics. Born and inbred in West "By God" Virginia and now live in Raleigh where I spend my time watching the Wolfpack, the Mountaineers and the Carolina Hurricanes as well as making bar graphs for SFN. I'm @wvncsu on the Twitter machine.

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27 Responses to NC State Football By The Numbers – Post UNC Edition

  1. primacyone 11/09/2011 at 11:46 AM #

    1)13-0 / 5-0 Could be 6,7, or 8 – 0 before the streak ends.

    2)Sade leg is getting a little shaky. He needs to find his aim.

    3)Hoping JW gets close or hits that 1000 yard mark. If he does, we go bowling.

    4)It hasn’t been pretty, but . . . .

    5)Anxious to see the offensive and defensive game plan versus BC.

  2. baxter 11/09/2011 at 11:49 AM #

    Sade has barely gotten a chance to kick as it is, so I’m not worried, he had the distance on the 48 yarder (it was pretty blustery Saturday), that block @ UVA was all snapper / holder.

    JW just needs around 120 per game to get there. The next three defenses are 70th, 96th and 116th against the run.

  3. baxter 11/09/2011 at 11:52 AM #

    Also, our rush defense has gone from 87th in week 5 (return of Sweezy) to 55th now in week 10 (Sweezy, Teal full strength). Not too bad if you ask me. This is the squad we have now, lets see if we can bottle these guys up – BC is 70th with 140 per, Clemson 47th 170 per, Maryland 57th 162 per game.

  4. StateFans 11/09/2011 at 12:00 PM #

    11th in the ACC and 97th in the NCAA in total offense. OUCH

  5. 61Packer 11/09/2011 at 2:14 PM #

    The only important numbers right now are 13-0, 5, and 11-12-2011.

  6. howlie 11/09/2011 at 2:59 PM #

    (If I’m reading it right)

    #2 in USA in regards to penalties against us.

    Talk about a STARK reversal in coaching regimes…

  7. the_phisherman 11/09/2011 at 4:11 PM #

    It’s been very interesting to watch our offense get worse and our defense get better.

    The other interesting thing to watch is strength of schedule with the records of future and past opposition. We definitely thought that the end of our schedule was tough coming into the season. Not so tough now is it.

    I love these pieces.

  8. TruthBKnown Returns 11/09/2011 at 4:40 PM #

    Had the offense gotten worse, or have we just faced better defenses in the last couple of games?

  9. tuckerdorm1983 11/09/2011 at 7:56 PM #

    I feel like we will beat BC, get crushed by Clemson and maybe beat MD. If MD phenom QB had not gone AWOL, then things might be different.

  10. ryebread 11/09/2011 at 8:42 PM #

    tuckerdorm1983: I think like you — beat BC (truly dreadful) and MD (god what a drop off this year, Danny O will transfer for sure) and get beat by 2 TDs by Clemson. Clemson is beatable and will lose again at least once before their bowl, but I don’t think it will be by us.

    As for the offense, I think Glennon has regressed a bit in the last few weeks. The OL is playing a little bit better as noted by the increased yardage on the ground.

    The defense last week looked like what I’d expected coming into the season. Let’s see if that’s a one game blip due to it being UNC or whether this can actually continue. The pressure was much, much better. I swear I can’t tell whether Tenuta or Archer is calling the plays sometimes this year.

  11. mak4dpak 11/09/2011 at 8:48 PM #

    So GT dominates Clemson pretty much, and we played a better game against GT, with a chance to even win, so why can’t we beat Clemson at home, especially if we take care of BC this week. Will be a big game, like UNC, for which if we show up, could mean trouble for the tigers.

  12. pack76 11/09/2011 at 8:50 PM #

    13 – 0!!! Four days later and UNX still hasn’t scored!!!!

  13. choppack1 11/09/2011 at 9:36 PM #

    No idea what’s going on with the offense. However, the ugly truth is that we’ve struggled sustaining drives and scoring TDs all year. The last 2 weeks, we didn’t make any long plays.

    Hopefully, this will change.

    I really like our D when we have our full list of lineman and linebackers. Teal has the potential to be a fantastic DL.

  14. mak4dpak 11/09/2011 at 10:28 PM #

    Choppack1, the offense is coached by Bible, and that is our problem. What TOB sees in his play calling I will never know. But rest assure his favorite play is run it up the middle, regardless if it works, especially when we have the lead. Would love for TOB to give him his walkin papers, and find a younger coach with some new and exciting play calling.

  15. choppack1 11/09/2011 at 10:56 PM #

    mak4 – Historically, Bible is one of the best. Outside of Norm Chow, no one has put more unheralded QBs in the NFL. And our offensive #s certainly haven’t been the problem in TOB’s 5 years.

    And hell, I don’t mind running up the middle when you’re shutting the other team down – and when you are getting 4 yards on the carry. The bad news is that this style of play does leave your vulnerable to a freakish loss – that’s why BC lost to State in 2006.

    I think it’s definitely possible he’s past his prime. He’s not going to change a whole heck of a lot. He’ll try to establish the run. (In the past, I thought we didn’t dedicate ourself to the run enough under this staff.)

  16. Greywolf 11/09/2011 at 11:05 PM #

    The #2 penalties ranking is penalty yards vs. #10 ranking for number of penalties. IOW our penalties are the 5 yarders meaning less “character” penalties.

    I’d like to see the bowl game for the additional practice time and sure hope it’s warm where we play.

  17. Greywolf 11/09/2011 at 11:17 PM #

    Playing good D dictates an offense that is less risky, giving us a better chance to win. When we were giving up points we had to score more. Don’t ask about the FSU game. It doesn’t fit my thoughts on the subject. Renner threw into double coverage (risky) and got intercepted. If unx was even or ahead, ball control would have been the better strategy.

    It’s not that I agree with throttling back, but I think that’s why we are gaining less yardage.

    I for sure hope DY can talk TOB into making Bible Assoc HC and hire that OC that we so desparately need to be on the cutting edge of offense systems, not playing 80’s ball.

  18. mak4dpak 11/10/2011 at 12:14 AM #

    Choppack 1, if running up the middle is working, fine, but when we have played against formidable teams it hasn’t, as in the FSU game, yet we cont’d to try it, and nothing different to compete with them, it all depends on our opposition, so game plans must change from week to week, and I really don’t see that with Bible’s play calling. Boring!

  19. baxter 11/10/2011 at 12:41 AM #

    First, FSU had so much speed on the edges there was no way our run game was going lateral. Secondly, they jammed the receivers who aren’t big receivers like Williams, Spencer and Davis were, they could separate themselves off the line and had more experience to know how to do so. Third, the FSU and UNC front four are the best in the ACC, so its not shocking we had a bad performance against them. Lets be real, Glennon’s receivers made UVa more of a game than it was, if just one of those guys catches a ball on the first 2 drives, we steam roll.

    However, you can’t rely on the recievers at this point to be consistent game changers. Next year, an experienced Palmer and Underwood may have more impact and success. Asa Watson has a chance to really pop out next year, he’s a completely different TE than we’ve had.

    Regardless, expect us to run like hell on BC, Clemson and Maryland, they are ranked 70th, 96th and 116th in rush defense. At this point, TOB and company are prepared to ride their defense and let Mike manage games while JW and Creecy get workhorse carries.

  20. Pack78 11/10/2011 at 8:41 AM #

    I agree with some of the above assessments re the offense: looked like Bible eliminated a lot of the playbook as our DL and LB guys were really killing the holes OL; more of a ‘dont’t turn it over and we’ve got these guys’ approach. Also, Bauman’s great punting (four balls inside the 10, one more inside the 20) kept the holes pinned back all day, didn’t get into the red zone. I look for a very vanilla smash-mouth gameplan vs. BC-weather (cool and sunny) looks good in Boston Saturday.

  21. GAWolf 11/10/2011 at 9:16 AM #

    Sadly, our offense reminds me of our basketball offense of the past however many years. We simply cannot make a big play when it’s needed most. We cannot break streaks of bad luck/poor play. I know many of you hate the “it” word when it comes to sports, but quite simply there is an immeasurable aspect of success in sports and some teams have “it” and some do not. Hopefully we can find whatever that is that makes our players believe they can go out and make big plays when it’s needed of them. If you know a better word than “it” to describe this phenomenon then I’m interested in knowing what it is so I don’t offend any of you who hate simply calling it “it.”

    There is absolutely no doubt that having guys back on D, including a healthy Sweezy, is HUGE to this team. Hence there is marked improvement in out D. Most notably our 3rd down D seems to have improved by leaps and bounds now that we have developed something of a pass rush. If we can stop our opponents from regularly moving the chains on third and way-too-long, we should continue to see those numbers and rankings continue. This is another example in NC State sporting history of nowhere to go but up, however.

    The offense is simply devoid of play makers. I hope Glennon rises to that point before next year, or I believe we find ourselves frustrated again given the folks we’re losing on both sides of the ball. Glennon seems to still have about 3 or 4 throws a game that you can see coming and yell “NO! NO! NO!” before he even releases the ball. They’re usually into triple coverage and many times are thrown when he has ample time to survey the field. It’s so very odd. Many of those have led to picks, obviously. He also continues to throw balls way too hard when it’s not necessary, something I felt like both Rivers and (that other guy who isn’t here anymore) did very well. The five yard pass doesn’t always need to break fingers. It’s certainly much more important that it hits guys in stride rather than bang off the back (or front) of their helmets at mach 2.

    This Saturday will answer a ton of questions, win or lose. By that I mean we could win this game and still for all practical purposes cash in our bowl hopes. We have to beat two teams, BC on the road (TOB has never done that) and then Maryland (always seems to ruin our season at the end of the year which is why I wish they’d stop putting this stupid game in the last two or three games so we can hopefully break a trend by playing them earlier in the year).

    Do y’all really think we can win two thorn-in-the-side games to close out the year? Unless our Offense improves leaps and bounds Clemson will beat us in the exact fashion as FSU. Bank on it. So that leaves those two notoriously “uh oh” games.

    Y’all really think as long-time State fans that this will happen? I certainly hope it does and we go to a bowl, but I think the chance is around 25% given what’s happened to us in past years, especially under this staff.

    Then again, TOB does seem to improve in November. It just seems that we’ve gotten too far in the hole to dig ourselves out with the above-mentioned two games that are notoriously problematic for us.

  22. Wolfacct 11/10/2011 at 9:19 AM #

    I agree with baxter. The FSU and Tarhole defensive fronts pressured Glennon all game. While we did establish a running game against the ‘holes, it appeared to be more on the edge/slants than up the middle. Glennon may have been a little gunshy after the FSU game, but I don’t think he or the offense has regressed. I expect a much more balanced offensive attack in the final three games.

  23. TheCOWDOG 11/10/2011 at 9:59 AM #

    GA has pretty much laid the framework on Glennon. He scares me.

    The boy has no touch over the LBs, and has consistently thrown to the wrong guy. And yes, I know what defensive pressure can do.

    The boy has not shown me field eyes yet. State was a quarter inch away from a game changing pick six Saturday on that last WO quick screen. Now granted, Bible should never have let UNC see that play for a third time, but son, you gotta find that corner.

  24. Ed89 11/10/2011 at 11:06 AM #

    ^The boy has no touch over the LBs, and has consistently thrown to the wrong guy.

    Completely agree. He throws bullets from 5 yards away. He rarely, if ever, goes to his second read…unless his second read is the check down RB. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen him look to one side of the field, and turn and throw to the other side.

    In a nutshell, he looks scared and in a hurry to get rid of the ball.

  25. mak4dpak 11/10/2011 at 3:37 PM #

    We have ran the same offense under Bible, and frankly it is quite boring, with not even a new twist every now and then, as it is quite easy to predict our play calling, and that means coaches from the opposing teams see the same thing. So unless we are overpowering our competition, we have to play an offensive scheme that works for the personel we are playing. That does not happen most of the time. And as many of you have shown your displesure with Glennon, don’t forget the numerous drops that were on target, and not his fault. He is learning, and is a good QB, with room for improvement, and that will happen. But Bible is another story, with no improvement in sight.

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