One thing that struck me while putting these together is how much Oregon’s defense has improved in 2008. Obviously, the Ducks have played 2 lower-tier football teams, but even comparing the numbers to last year’s Houston and Washington games, there is visible improvement.
Average Stats in games vs Houston and Washington:
Rushing Defense: 239.2 yards
Pass Defense: 243 yards
2007 Defensive Stats (13 games):
Rushing Defense: 132.7
Pass Defense: 249.2
2008 Stats (2 games):
Rushing Defense: 91.5
Pass Defense: 182.5
jfwells Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I appreciate the stats, but what we really need to see is Oregon’s offense vs. the opponent’s defense since the teams’ don’t line up rushing attacks against each other (if that makes any sense as an example).