Armed Forces Bowl - A Look at the Numbers
by bhsmarine on Dec 9, 2009 5:46 AM PST
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Air Force and Houston are facing off in the Armed Forces Bowl on New Years Eve. Lets take a quick look at how the teams stack up against each other. The bold numbers denote that team is ranked higher in that certain category. Stats after the jump...
| Catagory | Air Force | Houston |
| Scoring Offense (PPG) | #53 - 28.3 | #2 - 43.9 |
| Rushing Offense (Yards) | #4 - 273.6 | #81 -134 |
| Passing Offense (Yards) | #118 - 82.3 | #1 - 447 |
| Total Offense (Yards) | #77 - 355.9 | #1 - 581.1 |
| Turnover Margin (TO per G) | #3 - 1.42 | #19 - .62 |
| Penalties (Yards per G) | #26 - 44.6 | #7 - 40.5 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | #29 - 43.5% | #3 - 51.9% |
| Red Zone Conversions | #63 - 81.6% | #20 - 86.4% |
| Time of Possession | #19 - 31:44 | #112 - 27:22 |
| Total Defense (Yards) | #10 - 284.8 | #108 - 442.7 |
| Opponent 3rd Down Conv. | #7 - 30.3% | #89 - 41.9% |
| Sacks (Per Game) | #58 - 1.92 | #76 -1.69 |
It looks to be a battle of run vs. pass and who can impose their tempo on the other team. In these 12 categories the teams match off an even 6-6 with Houston taking most the offensive categories and Air Force the defensive ones. In a quick bit of analysis I would say whoever imposes their tempo in this game wins. There will be a full write up as the game gets closer.
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i hate to go against my conference but i see houston beating down air force
pretty bad. unless the triple option attack gains 380 yards i could see the cougars winning by 3 td’s. af +4.5. i hope i’m wrong but i’m bettting on houston. i actually like byu getting 3 and 1/2 points from osu. the usc trojans did not want to play byu. they did finish in fifth place in the pac-ten but choose to play boston college in cali. they just don’t want to play in the desert where it would get cold. i see byu and utah winning both games and both teams are getting points.
yes i am obsessive, obnoxious, in your face and all about covering the spread. those are my good qualities.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Dec 9, 2009 3:21 PM PST reply actions
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