OregonDucks No. 1 Share Posted October 27 Scoring Defense: #10 (15.62 points per game) Total Defense: #12 (297.2 yards per game) Team Passing Efficiency Defense: #9 (105.1) Rushing Yards Per Carry Defense: #46 (4.05) 3rd Down Conversion Defense: #27 (33.0%) 4th Down Conversion Defense: #20 (37.5%) Red Zone Defense: #55 (81.8%) - An area for improvement? NCAA College Football FBS current team Stats | NCAA.com WWW.NCAA.COM Discover the current NCAA FBS Football leaders in every stats category, as well as historic leaders. =========================== Look at those national rankings for Oregon's defense: #10 in the country in scoring defense and #12 in total defense! And, as Anthony Newman says, "They are getting better!" with another great performance against a top 20 Illinois team. There are a couple of areas that the defense can improve on: 1. Rushing defense (YPC) -- Going against Jeanty didn't help our stats and this will be tested on Saturday by Michigan 2. Red zone defense 3. Defensive turnovers (it would help if the B1G officials would make the right calls!) We are seeing what many of us hoped to see when Oregon hired Coach Lanning but there is still room for improvement. Hopefully, we can get Burch back soon and the defensive line can wreck havoc on opposing offenses down the stretch. I also enjoyed seeing some of the non-starters contributing late in the game yesterday (e.g., Sione Laulea at 6'4" had a a nice interception and pass breakup) showing Oregon's depth. They say that "defense wins championships" and Oregon has a pretty good one this year. 2 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
