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Statistically speaking: Oregon football’s offense leads Pac-12, except in red zone Oregon’s offense continues to rank in the top 10 in every meaningful statistic, except inside the red zone. The No. 9 Ducks (5-1, 3-1 Pac-12) lead the country in total offense and are second in scoring and top the Pac-12 in rushing, pass efficiency, third down and sacks allowed. Yet when they get inside the 20-yard line the Ducks drop to 51st (86.5%). UO’s touchdown percentage in the red zone (72.97%) ranks 20th, but against five Power Five teams it’s 34th (65.38%). Not surprisingly, the top offenses in the country over the past several years typically also rank highly in red zone scoring. In 2022, Tennessee led the country in total offense and was third in red zone scoring. Ohio State was 12th in red zone scoring but 45th in touchdown percentage in 2021. LSU was 2nd in red zone scoring in 2019 and Oklahoma was 9th in 2018. Defensively, Oregon’s pass defense has gone from 5th nationally after five games to 56th following back-to-back games against the top two passing offenses in the country. Here is where Oregon ranked in the Pac-12 and nationally after Week 8: OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS RUSHING OFFENSE 2013: 273.5 (1st, 9th) 2014: 234.5 (1st, 20th) 2015: 279.9 (1st, 5th) 2016: 226.4 (2nd, 27th) 2017: 251.0 (2nd, 12th) 2018: 179.4 (4th, 54th) 2019: 174.9 (2nd, 51st) 2020: 166.7 (7th, 61st) 2021: 202.4 (4th, 24th) 2022: 215.8 (3rd, 12th) After Portland State:348 (2nd, 5th) After Texas Tech:219.5 (3rd, 23rd) After Hawaii: 229.3 (3rd, 11th) After Colorado:232.0 (1st, 7th) After Stanford: 227.2 (1st, 6th) After bye: 227.2 (1st, 8th) After Washington:221.7 (1st, 8th) After Washington State: 225.4 (1st, 6th) Why: Oregon ran for 248 yards and 3 touchdowns on 32 carries RUSHING DEFENSE 2013: 165.5 (6th, 66th) 2014: 165.4 (10th, 60th) 2015: 178.8 (6th, 73rd) 2016: 246.5 (11th, 121st) 2017: 128.5 (2nd, 25th) 2018: 144.3 (5th, 43rd) 2019: 108.9 (2nd, 13th) 2020: 169.6 (7th, 70th) 2021: 144.1 (6th, 53rd) 2022: 124.8 (4th, 30th) After Portland State: 148 (11th, 91st) After Texas Tech: 161 (11th, 102nd) After Hawaii: 127 (10th, 70th) After Colorado: 105.2 (5th, 32nd) After Stanford: 102.0 (6th, 26th) After bye: 102.0 (4th, 20th) After Washington: 101.5 (4th, 16th) After Washington State: 95.1 (3rd, 11th) Why: Washington State ran for 57 yards and 1 touchdown on 22 carries NET PUNTING 2013: 38.49 (3rd, 27th) 2014: 36.40 (8th, 82nd) 2015: 31.85 (12th, 126th) 2016: 34.68 (11th, 113th) 2017: 34.35 (11th, 123rd) 2018: 36.85 (10th, 83rd) 2019: 38.50 (7th, 63rd) 2020: 39.36 (4th, 49th) 2021: 37.13 (11th, 103rd) 2022: 35.69 (11th, 117th) After Portland State: 58 (1st, 1st) After Texas Tech: 37.8 (7th, 87th) After Hawaii: 39.86 (5th, 57th) After Colorado: 41.44 (3rd, 34th) After Stanford: 43.09 (2nd, 13th) After bye: 43.09 (2nd, 13th) After Washington: 43.88 (1st, 6th) After Washington State: 42.5 (1st, 12th) Why: Ross James had 2 punts averaging 39 yards and Bo Nix had a 37-yard punt PASSING OFFENSE 2013: 291.5 (4th, 21st) 2014: 312.5 (3rd, 10th) 2015: 258.3 (7th, 36th) 2016: 265.3 (5th, 31st) 2017: 189.9 (10th, 94th) 2018: 247.8 (7th, 49th) 2019: 258.2 (5th, 41st) 2020: 248.1 (4th, 47th) 2021: 221.3 (7th, 76th) 2022: 284.8 (4th, 17th) After Portland State:381 (5th, 11th) After Texas Tech:370 (4th, 7th) After Hawaii: 357.7 (5th, 7th) After Colorado:338.8 (5th, 9th) After Stanford: 330.6 (5th, 11th) After bye: 330.6 (5th, 10th) After Washington:331.7 (5th, 9th) After Washington State: 326.1 (4th, 8th) Why: Bo Nix threw for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns PASSING DEFENSE 2013: 204.5 (1st, 21st) 2014: 264.3 (7th, 108th) 2015: 306.5 (11th, 125th) 2016: 271.9 (10th, 113th) 2017: 240.6 (8th, 89th) 2018: 241.6 (8th, 82nd) 2019: 220.1 (2nd, 53rd) 2020: 236.3 (7th, 66th) 2021: 241.4 (8th, 88th) 2022: 256.4 (6th, 102nd) After Portland State: 52 (1st, 5th) After Texas Tech: 167 (3rd, 33rd) After Hawaii: 158.7 (1st, 15th) After Colorado: 158.8 (1st, 9th) After Stanford: 153.6 (1st, 8th) After bye: 153.6 (1st, 5th) After Washington: 180.7 (1st, 17th) After Washington State: 217.4 (2nd, 56th) Why: Cameron Ward threw for 438 yards and 1 touchdown KICK RETURNS 2013: 21.69 (5th, 59th) 2014: 19.69 (11th, 92nd) 2015: 25.16 (1st, 15th) 2016: 23.67 (1st, 16th) 2017: 22.73 (3rd, 29th) 2018: 20.18 (7th, 70th) 2019: 26.28 (2nd, 8th) 2020: 19.23 (8th, 84th) 2021: 22.53 (6th, 45th) 2022: 18.81 (8th, 89th) After Portland State: n/a (n/a) After Texas Tech: 18.5 (6th, 81st) After Hawaii: 11.75 (12th, 125th) After Colorado: 14.20 (11th, 119th) After Stanford: 15.17 (11th, 118th) After bye: 15.17 (11th, 120th) After Washington: 15.88 (11th, 115th) After Washington State: 13.3 (11th, 128th) Why: Patrick Herbert had a 6-yard return and Jordan James had a return for no yards PASS EFFICIENCY OFFENSE 2013: 164.91 (1st, 5th) 2014: 180.78 (1st, 1st) 2015: 161.86 (2nd, 9th) 2016: 151.57 (2nd, 19th) 2017: 143.34 (4th, 32nd) 2018: 142.67 (4th, 44th) 2019: 158.11 (3rd, 13th) 2020: 158.76 (1st, 14th) 2021: 138.84 (6th, 62nd) 2022: 162.03 (2nd, 5th) After Portland State:205.8 (3rd, 15th) After Texas Tech:179.22 (5th, 20th) After Hawaii: 184.6 (3rd, 9th) After Colorado:182.60 (4th, 12th) After Stanford:185.84 (4th, 8th) After bye: 185.84 (3rd, 4th) After Washington:179.76 (3rd, 7th) After Washington State: 181.45 (1st, 4th) Why: Nix was 18 of 25 for 293 yards with 2 touchdowns PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE 2013: 105.75 (1st, 7th) 2014: 125.18 (3rd, 54th) 2015: 139.14 (8th, 95th) 2016: 143.16 (10th, 103rd) 2017: 122.85 (5th, 48th) 2018: 124.95 (4th, 49th) 2019: 113.69 (2nd, 14th) 2020: 124.02 (3rd, 30th) 2021: 127.01 (5th, 41st) 2022: 133.66 (3rd, 79th) After Portland State: 78.34 (1st, 13th) After Texas Tech: 112.09 (4th, 40th) After Hawaii: 104.31 (3rd, 20th) After Colorado: 108.13 (4th, 26th) After Stanford: 109.0 (2nd, 19th) After bye: 109.0 (2nd, 15th) After Washington: 118.81 (4th, 30th) After Washington State: 125.26 (5th, 45th) Why: Ward was 34 of 48 for 438 yards and 1 touchdown and Lincoln Victor threw an incomplete pass KICK RETURN DEFENSE 2013: 21.65 (9th, 70th) 2014: 21.39 (7th, 72nd) 2015: 22.42 (10th, 86th) 2016: 20.52 (8th, 63rd) 2017: 22.14 (6th, 86th) 2018: 22.68 (9th, 105th) 2019: 24.43 (10th, 118th) 2020: 21.33 (6th, 66th) 2021: 23.0 (8th, 102nd) 2022: 25.2 (11th, 125th) After Portland State: 14.67 (3rd, 38th) After Texas Tech: 18.75 (6th, 66th) After Hawaii: 17.6 (5th, 52nd) After Colorado: 17.6 (4th, 48th) After Stanford: 18.5 (6th, 55th) After bye: 18.5 (5th, 51st) After Washington: 20.0 (7th, 68th) After Washington State: 18.67 (7th, 55th) Why: Washington State had an 8-yard return TOTAL OFFENSE 2013: 565.0 (1st, 2nd) 2014: 547.0 (1st, 3rd) 2015: 538.2 (1st, 5th) 2016: 491.7 (2nd, 15th) 2017: 440.9 (4th, 30th) 2018: 427.2 (3rd, 41st) 2019: 433.1 (4th, 40th) 2020: 412.9 (6th, 49th) 2021: 423.6 (5th, 50th) 2022: 500.5 (4th, 6th) After Portland State: 729 (1st, 1st) After Texas Tech: 589.5 (1st, 2nd) After Hawaii: 587 (2nd, 3rd) After Colorado: 570.8 (2nd, 2nd) After Stanford: 557.8 (2nd, 2nd) After bye: 557.8 (2nd, 2nd) After Washington: 553.3 (1st, 1st) After Washington State: 551.6 (1st, 1st) Why: Oregon had 541 yards on 57 plays TOTAL DEFENSE 2013: 370.1 (3rd, 37th) 2014: 429.7 (8th, 87th) 2015: 485.3 (12th, 116th) 2016: 518.4 (11th, 126th) 2017: 369.2 (4th, 46th) 2018: 385.9 (6th, 55th) 2019: 329.1 (2nd, 22nd) 2020: 405.9 (5th, 62nd) 2021: 385.6 (8th, 72nd) 2022: 381.2 (4th, 71st) After Portland State: 200 (1st, 13th) After Texas Tech: 328 (6th, 61st) After Hawaii: 285.7 (5th, 30th) After Colorado: 264.0 (3rd, 11th) After Stanford: 255.6 (1st, 10th) After bye: 255.6 (2nd, 6th) After Washington: 282.2 (3rd, 13th) After Washington State: 312.6 (3rd, 20th) Why: Washington State had 495 yards on 71 plays PUNT RETURNS 2013: 12.39 (2nd, 19th) 2014: 12.48 (3rd, 12th) 2015: 12.58 (4th, 23rd) 2016: 7.55 (7th, 73rd) 2017: 6.44 (8th, 79th) 2018: 11.95 (1st, 29th) 2019: 14.33 (3rd, 9th) 2020: 7.0 (7th, 62nd) 2021: 10.0 (7th, 40th) 2022: 4.92 (10th, 107th) After Portland State: 6.8 (5th, 49th) After Texas Tech: 6.8 (5th, 67th) After Hawaii: 8.45 (4th, 54th) After Colorado: 8.31 (5th, 59th) After Stanford: 8.31 (5th, 64th) After bye: 8.31 (6th, 66th) After Washington: 7.71 (6th, 72nd) After Washington State: 7.93 (6th, 69th) Why: Tez Johnson had 1 return for 11 yards SCORING OFFENSE 2013: 45.5 (1st, 4th) 2014: 45.4 (1st, 4th) 2015: 43.0 (1st, 5th) 2016: 35.4 (4th, 27th) 2017: 36.0 (3rd, 18th) 2018: 34.8 (2nd, 25th) 2019: 35.4 (2nd, 16th) 2020: 31.3 (4th, 42nd) 2021: 31.4 (3rd, 42nd) 2022: 38.8 (4th, 10th) After Portland State:81 (1st, 1st) After Texas Tech:59.5 (1st, 1st) After Hawaii: 58.0 (2nd, 2nd) After Colorado: 54.0 (2nd, 2nd) After Stanford: 51.6 (2nd, 2nd) After bye: 51.6 (2nd, 2nd) After Washington:48.5 (1st, 1st) After Washington State: 47.0 (1st, 2nd) Why: Oregon scored 38 points SCORING DEFENSE 2013: 20.5 (2nd, 13th) 2014: 23.6 (2nd, 30th) 2015: 37.5 (12th, 115th) 2016: 41.4 (11th, 126th) 2017: 29.0 (8th, 81st) 2018: 25.4 (6th, 48th) 2019: 16.5 (2nd, 9th) 2020: 28.3 (6th, 59th) 2021: 27.0 (9th, 75th) 2022: 27.4 (5th, 75th) After Portland State: 7 (2nd, 15th) After Texas Tech: 18.5 (8th, 53rd) After Hawaii: 15.7 (6th, 31st) After Colorado: 13.2 (3rd, 16th) After Stanford: 11.8 (2nd, 8th) After bye: 11.8 (1st, 5th) After Washington: 15.8 (2nd, 11th) After Washington State: 17.0 (3rd, 16th) Why: Washington State scored 24 points PUNT RETURN DEFENSE 2013: 3.25 (1st, 9th) 2014: 5.75 (3rd, 36th) 2015: 15.28 (12th, 124th) 2016: 7.94 (6th, 68th) 2017: 6.55 (7th, 58th) 2018: 7.36 (5th, 51st) 2019: 7.42 (3rd, 64th) 2020: 7.44 (4th, 70th) 2021: 11.07 (10th, 113th) 2022: 13.6 (12th, 119th) After Portland State: 0.0 (4th, 9th) After Texas Tech: 33.0 (12th, 132nd) After Hawaii: 22.5 (11th, 126th) After Colorado: 15.67 (10th, 119th) After Stanford: 15.67 (11th, 123rd) After bye: 15.67 (12th, 122nd) After Washington: 15.67 (12th, 122nd) After Washington State: 15.67 (12th, 124th) Why: Washington State did not return a punt SACKS ALLOWED 2013: 18 sacks, 1.38 per game (3rd, 29th) 2014: 31 sacks, 2.07 per game (4th, 63rd) 2015: 39 sacks, 3.00 per game (9th, 111th) 2016: 29 sacks, 2.42 per game (10th, 91st) 2017: 25 sacks, 1.92 per game (5th, 54th) 2018: 22 sacks, 1.69 per game (4th, 35th) 2019: 25, 1.79 per game (4th, 49th) 2020: 11, 1.57 per game (5th, 29th) 2021: 24, 1.71 per game (4th, 36th) 2022: 5, 0.38 per game (1st, 1st) After Portland State:0, 0.0 per game (1st, 1st) After Texas Tech: 1, 0.5 per game (1st, 8th) After Hawaii: 1, 0.33 per game (1st, 2nd) After Colorado: 3, 0.75 per game (2nd, 8th) After Stanford: 3, 0.6 per game (1st, 5th) After bye: 3, 0.6 per game (1st, 6th) After Washington: 4, 0.67 per game (1st, 5th) After Washington State: 4, 0.57 per game (1st, 2nd) Why: Washington State did not have a sack SACKS 2013: 28 sacks, 2.15 per game (7th, 52nd) 2014: 37 sacks, 2.47 per game (7th, 38th) 2015: 38 sacks, 2.92 per game (2nd, 9th) 2016: 25 sacks, 2.08 per game (6th, 61st) 2017: 33 sacks, 2.54 per game (5th, 28th) 2018: 29 sacks, 2.23 per game (7th, 57th) 2019: 41, 2.93 per game (1st, 16th) 2020: 12, 1.71 per game (9th, 91st) 2021: 23, 1.64 per game (8th, 104th) 2022: 18, 1.38 per game (10th, 123rd) After Portland State: 0, 0.0 per game (n/a) After Texas Tech: 4, 2.0 per game (7th, 63rd) After Hawaii: 6, 2.0 per game (6th, 65th) After Colorado: 13, 3.25 per game (4th, 18th) After Stanford: 18, 3.6 per game (3rd, 9th) After bye: 18, 3.6 per game (2nd, 8th) After Washington: 19, 3.17 per game (3rd, 11th) After Washington State: 25, 3.57 per game (1st, 5th) Why: Oregon had 6 sacks PENALTIES AND TURNOVERS THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 2013: 43.1 percent (5th, 45th) 2014: 49.5 percent (1st, 9th) 2015: 39.1 percent (9th, 69th) 2016: 39.1 percent (7th, 79th) 2017: 41.0 percent (9th, 56th) 2018: 42.9 percent (4th, 34th) 2019: 41.8 percent (7th, 44th) 2020: 43.2 percent (6th, 44th) 2021: 51.1 percent(1st, 4th) 2022: 46.3 percent (5th, 18th) After Portland State: 42.9 (8th, 57th) After Texas Tech: 52.0 (7th, 33rd) After Hawaii: 51.4(4th, 22nd) After Colorado: 47.8(2nd, 27th) After Stanford: 50.9(2nd, 12th) After bye: 50.9 (1st, 10th) After Washington: 53.5 (1st, 6th) After Washington State: 53.1 (1st, 5th) Why: Oregon was 5 of 19 on third down THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE 2013: 40.3 percent (10th, 71st) 2014: 42.3 percent (12th, 89th) 2015: 42.2 percent (7th, 93rd) 2016: 48.5 percent (11th, 122nd) 2017: 33.3 percent (2nd, 24th) 2018: 37.1 percent (5th, 45th) 2019: 33.2 percent (2nd, 22nd) 2020: 41.4 percent (5th, 75th) 2021: 46.0 percent (10th, 118th) 2022: 46.8 percent (9th, 123rd) After Portland State: 26.7 (3rd, 32nd) After Texas Tech: 42.9 (9th, 84th) After Hawaii: 33.3 (5th, 37th) After Colorado: 33.0 (3rd, 35th) After Stanford: 32.9 (4th, 28th) After bye: 32.9 (2nd, 25th) After Washington: 34.5 (3rd, 39th) After Washington State: 33.7 (3rd, 29th) Why: Washington State was 4 of 14 on third downs TURNOVER MARGIN 2013: +10, 0.77 per game (2nd, 17th) 2014: +23, 1.53 per game (1st, 1st) 2015: +5, 0.38 per game (3rd, 34th) 2016: -3, minus-0.25 per game (10th, 85th) 2017: even, 0.00 per game (7th, 64th) 2018: +5, 0.38 per game (3rd, 35th) 2019: +16, 1.14 per game (1st, 5th) 2020: -9, -1.29 per game (11th, 121st) 2021: +9, 0.64 per game (3rd, 18th) 2022: +9, 0.69 per game (2nd, 18th) After Portland State: +1, 1.0 per game (2nd, 23rd) After Texas Tech: +5, 2.5 per game (1st, 4th) After Hawaii: +6, 2.0 per game (1st, 4th) After Colorado: +5, 1.25 per game (2nd, 9th) After Stanford: +5, 1.0 per game (2nd, 12th) After bye: +5, 1.0 per game (2nd, 11th) After Washington: +6, 1.0 per game (2nd, 11th) After Washington State: +6, 0.86 per game (2nd, 15th) Why: There were no turnovers RED ZONE OFFENSE 2013: 78.4 percent (11th, 94th) 2014: 86.3 percent (7th, 43rd) 2015: 85.7 percent (8th, 52nd) 2016: 82.4 percent (9th, 79th) 2017: 89.3 percent (3rd, 27th) 2018: 84.3 percent (6th, 64th) 2019: 77.8 percent (11th, 96th) 2020: 86.7 percent (7th, 39th) 2021: 84.2 percent (6th, 63rd) 2022: 84.3 percent (6th, 64th) After Portland State:100 percent (1st, 1st) After Texas Tech:92.3 percent (6th, 35th) After Hawaii: 94.1 percent (4th, 21st) After Colorado: 91.3 percent (4th, 28th) After Stanford: 89.3 percent (7th, 43rd) After bye: 89.3 percent (7th, 37th) After Washington:84.8 percent (8th, 62nd) After Washington State: 86.5 percent (5th, 51st) Why: Oregon scored 3 touchdowns and a field goal on 4 red zone trips RED ZONE DEFENSE 2013: 80.4 percent (4th, 40th) 2014: 84.7 percent (8th, 82nd) 2015: 90.9 percent (10th, 116th) 2016: 89.2 percent (10th, 100th) 2017: 82.6 percent (5th, 60th) 2018: 83.7 percent (6th, 74th) 2019: 76.9 percent (2nd, 23rd) 2020: 83.9 percent (6th, 64th) 2021: 86.9 percent (10th, 95th) 2022: 76.9 percent (3rd, 22nd) After Portland State: 100 percent (7th, 73rd) After Texas Tech: 83.3 percent (6th, 60th) After Hawaii: 77.8 percent (6th, 50th) After Colorado: 80.0 percent (5th, 50th) After Stanford: 81.8 percent (6th, 57th) After bye: 81.8 percent (6th, 57th) After Washington: 80.0 percent (6th, 47th) After Washington State: 80.0 percent (6th, 50th) Why: Washington State had 2 touchdowns and 2 field goals on 5 red zone trips PENALTY YARDS PER GAME 2013: 70.15 (10th, 116th) 2014: 72.27 (8th, 115th) 2015: 61.00 (10th, 92nd) 2016: 75.83 (12th, 126th) 2017: 88.31 (12th, 129th) 2018: 47.92 (4th, 41st) 2019: 61.57 (9th, 103rd) 2020: 50.86 (6th, 60th) 2021: 64.57 (9th, 111th) 2022: 57.23 (9th, 84th) After Portland State: 20 (1st, 10th) After Texas Tech: 72 (8th, 112th) After Hawaii: 73.33 (10th, 109th) After Colorado: 75.0 (9th, 118th) After Stanford: 64.0 (9th, 105th) After bye: 64.0 (9th, 108th) After Washington: 62.5 (9th, 102nd) After Washington State: 60.0 (6th, 94th) Why: Oregon committed 7 penalties for 45 yards Statistically speaking: Oregon football’s offense leads Pac-12, except in red zone WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM The Ducks lead the country in total offense and are second in scoring, yet inside the 20-yard line they drop to 51st.

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