10 Amazing College Football Stats from Week 3 in the Big 12
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Athlon Sports brings the most intriguing, important, historic and bizarre stats from around the weekend of Big 12 football action:
108: Plays West Virginia ran
The Mountaineers rolled up 694 yards of offense in the win over Maryland in College Park. They ran 108 plays to get those yards and are third in the nation with 273 offensive snaps in three weeks. It took five games for WVU to hit the same mark a season ago.
2: Times Texas kicked off to start a half
One of the oddest occurrences in any football game ever took place at the coin toss between Texas and UCLA. The Bruins won the toss and deferred to the second half. Texas then inexplicably decided to kickoff to start the game instead of taking the ball. Texas lost the coin toss and the game 20-17 in dramatic fashion.
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4: Consecutive losses by Texas to teams outside the state of Texas
After the painful and dramatic loss to UCLA in Arlington, Texas, has now lost five of its last seven games and four straight to opponents from outside of the state of Texas. The Longhorns have beaten Texas Tech and North Texas while losing to Oklahoma State, Baylor, Oregon, BYU and UCLA in their last seven contests.
6:05: Texas Tech’s time of possession in the second half
Arkansas gashed the Red Raiders defense for 438 rushing yards (6.4 ypc) and seven scores. Bret Bielema’s offense held the ball for 40:39, which limited the high-powered Texas Tech offense to just three second-half possessions. The Red Raiders only registered 6:05 in time of possession over the final two quarters. The Hogs had more rushing attempts (68) than passing yards (61).
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293.7: Texas Tech’s rushing yards allowed per game over their last 9 games
After the drubbing at the hands of the Razorbacks, the Red Raiders' opponents have rushed for 293.7 yards per game in their last nine contests. Kliff Kingsbury’s record is 3-6 in those games.
2:42: Total time of TCU’s three touchdown drives
Each of TCU’s three touchdown-scoring drives against Minnesota took less than 1:12 worth of time. The Frogs scored a touchdown on drives that took 35 seconds, 55 seconds and 1:12 — all in the first half of the 30-7 win over Minnesota. Sonny Cumbie and Doug Meacham have implemented the Horned Frogs’ new up-tempo attack in short order.
61.6: Average yards of KD Cannon’s TD catches
In three games this year, Cannon has caught 14 passes for a nation’s best 471 yards and five scores. The true freshman is averaging 33.6 yards per catch, with his five touchdown catches averaging 61.6 yards per reception.
2: Trevor Knight 300-yard games against SEC teams
Oklahoma’s quarterback likes facing the SEC. He has two career 300-yard passing games and both have come against SEC foes after he threw for 308 yards in an easy win over Tennessee. His other such game was his 348-yard Sugar Bowl outing against Alabama. Knight averages 102.3 yards per game passing in 10 other career games.
3-1: Paul Rhoads record against Kirk Ferentz since 2011
The Cyclones kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to topple Iowa in Kinnick Stadium this weekend. It was the third win in four years for Iowa State and Paul Rhoads in the heated battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy. (Overall, Rhoads is 3-3 against Iowa.)
20.4: Yards per carry by Duke's Shaun Wilson against Kansas
There is a lot wrong with Kansas but its rushing defense was exposed this weekend in the embarrassing 40-3 loss to Duke. The Jayhawks allowed Duke true freshman running back Shaun Wilson to rush 12 times for a school-record 245 yards and three touchdowns for an astounding 20.4 yards per carry.
