NC State Football By The Numbers – Post UNC Edition

Here are the football season stats and rankings after the UNC game.

Team Statistics

Offense
Points Per Game: 27.8 (ACC Rank: 7, Nat’l Rank: 65)
High: 52
Low: 10

Rushing Yards: 122.4 (ACC Rank: 9, Nat’l Rank: 99)
Passing Yards: 306.9 (2, 18)
Total Offense: 429.3 (5, 49)

Defense
Points Per Game: 23.0 (ACC Rank: 3, Nat’l Rank: 28)
High: 44
Low: 7

Rushing Yards: 138.0 (ACC Rank: 4, Nat’l Rank: 40)
Passing Yards: 278.1 (12, 108)
Total Defense: 416.1 (8, 76)

Turnovers
Offense: 9 fumbles, 9 interceptions, 18 total
Defense: 6 fumbles, 10 interceptions, 16 total
Turnover Margin: -2

More Team National Rankings
Offense
Passing Efficiency – 63
Sacks Allowed – 105
Interceptions Thrown – 82
Fumbles Lost – 87
Turnovers Lost – 95
Tackles For Loss Allowed – 100
First Downs – 49
3rd Down Efficiency – 67
4th Down Efficiency – 45
Red Zone Efficiency – 36
Time Of Possession – 42

Defense
Pass Efficiency Defense – 81
Sacks – 12
Tackles For Loss – 8
Passes Intercepted – 26
Fumbles Recovered – 63
Turnovers Gained – 40
First Downs Allowed – 31
3rd Down Efficiency Defense – 7
4th Down Efficiency Defense – 2
Red Zone Efficiency Defense – 32

Special Teams
Net Punting – 82
Punt Returns – 73
Punt Return Defense – 91
Kickoff Returns – 89
Kickoff Return Defense – 18

Other
Turnover Margin Per Game – 73
Penalties – 93
Penalty Yards – 73

Attendance
Total Attendance (164,239) – ACC Rank: 8, Nat’l Rank: 61
Average Attendance (54,746) – 4, 37
Percent of Capacity (95.1) – 3, 35

Toughest Schedule (FBS Only)
Cumulative Opposition: 31-41 (.431) ACC Rank: 12, Nat’l Rank: 90
Future Opposition: 11-17 (.393) ACC Rank: 10, Nat’l Rank: 88
Past Opposition: 20-24 (.455) ACC Rank: 9, Nat’l Rank: 79

Individual Statistics

Rushing Leaders
Tony Creecy: 95 carries, 385 yards, 4.1 avg, 3 TD
Shadrach Thornton: 59 carries, 298 yards, 5.1 avg, 2 TD
Brandon Barnes: 28 carries, 101 yards, 3.6 avg, 1 TD
Mustafa Greene: 28 carries, 101 yards, 3.6 avg
James Washington: 27 carries, 77 yards, 2.9 avg, 1 TD

Receiving Leaders
Quintin Payton: 34 catches, 603 yards, 17.7 avg, 1 TD
Bryan Underwood: 28 catches, 460 yards, 16.4 avg, 10 TD
Tobias Palmer: 25 catches, 333 yards, 13.3 avg, 1 TD
Rashard Smith: 10 catches, 201 yards, 20.1 avg, 3 TD
Asa Watson: 16 catches, 182 yards, 11.4 avg

Passing
Mike Glennon: 191-330, 2455 yds, 19 TD, 9 Int, 57.9% Comp Pct, 133.92 rating
Manny Stocker: 0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD, O Int

Tackle Leaders
Brandan Bishop: 68
Earl Wolff: 63
Rickey Dowdy: 55
Sterling Lucas: 49
Dontae Johnson: 37

Tackles For Loss Leaders
Rickey Dowdy: 9
T.Y. McGill: 7
Rodman Noel: 6
Darryl Cato-Bishop: 6
Thomas Teal: 5

Sacks Leaders
Darryl Cato-Bishop: 4.5
T.Y. McGill: 3
Rickey Dowdy: 2.5
Sterling Lucas: 2
A.J. Ferguson: 2
Brian Slay: 2
Art Norman: 2

Interceptions
David Amerson: 4
Earl Wolff: 1
Brandan Bishop: 1
Hakim Jones: 1
Sterling Lucas: 1
Juston Burris: 1
C.J. Wilson: 1

Fumbles
Tobias Palmer: 3 fumbles, 3 lost
Mike Glennon: 9 fumbles, 2 lost
Brandon Barnes: 2 fumbles, 1 lost
Mario Carter: 1 fumble, 1 lost
Mustafa Greene: 1 fumble, 1 lost
Shadrach Thornton: 1 fumble, 1 lost
Rashard Smith: 1 fumble, 0 lost
Team: 1 fumble, 0 lost

Field Goals
Niklas Sade: 7 of 11, long of 50

Extra Points
Niklas Sade: 28 of 29

Punting
Wil Baumann: 48 punts, 40.4 avg, long of 60, 11 inside 20 yard line

Kickoffs
Niklas Sade: 43 KO, 63.9 avg, 26 touchbacks
Wil Baumann: 2 KO, 65.0 avg

Kickoff Return Leaders
Tobias Palmer: 26 returns, 20.6 avg
C.J. Wilson: 1 return, 22.0 avg
Brandon Barnes: 1 returns, 7.0 avg

Punt Return Leaders
Rashard Smith: 20 returns, 7.4 avg, 1 TD
Tobias Palmer: 1 return, 0.0 avg

Individual ACC & National Rankings (Nat’l Top 100)
Mike Glennon (Pass Efficiency) – 6, 59
Mike Glennon (Total Offense) – 2, 20
Quintin Payton (Receiving Yards Per Game) – 7, 51
David Amerson (Interceptions) – 1, 7
Wil Baumann (Punting) – 8, 72
Rashard Smith (Punt Returns) – 6, 46
Tobias Palmer (Kickoff Returns) – 10, 88
Niklas Sade (Field Goals) – 9, 76
Bryan Underwood (Scoring) – 8, 72
Tobias Palmer (All-Purpose Runners) – 8, 57
Darryl Cato-Bishop (Sacks) – 6, 68
Brandan Bishop (Tackles) – 9, 65
Rickey Dowdy (Tackles For Loss) – 5, 53

Top 10 Active NCAA Career Leader Rankings
David Amerson:
Interceptions: 1
Interception Yards: 5
Interceptions Per Game: 1

Brandan Bishop:
Interceptions: 10

C.J. Wilson:
Interception TDs: 6

Wil Baumann:
Punts Per Game: 7

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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One Response to NC State Football By The Numbers – Post UNC Edition

  1. ncsu1987 11/01/2012 at 1:46 PM #

    Paints a picture of a mediocre team in a bad conference. Thanks for your continuing efforts in pulling this information together.

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