[2024] Week 2 3rd Down Data

[npklemm]

Week 2 was a fantastic week with plenty of lopsided blowouts and upsets alike. I thought it might be fun to breakdown some 3rd Down Data:

Notes:

 - Any 3rd Down Play that contains a Penalty is Omitted (difficult to parse easily what the specific outcome was - there were 87 of these instances)
 - Short 3rd Down Attempt is Fewer than 5 Yards
 - Medium 3rd Down Attempt is 5-8 Yards
 - Long 3rd Down Attempt is 9+ Yards

Link to Data Set: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YjX4DTEnSGAP1lvZH2abZFj65eqyX847sXI-uRHNsWo/edit?usp=sharing

Now, to the fun part:

Top 5 Conversions:

Team	Opp	Convert	Att	Conv%
UHOU	TEMP	8	11	72.7%
NEB	IAST	10	14	71.4%
NAVY	LEH	12	17	70.6%
SOCA	SAM	6	9	66.7%
PITT	CCU	7	11	63.6%

 

Bottom 5 Conversions:

Team	Opp	Convert	Att	Conv%
AUB	AKRN	0	8	0.0%
IAST	NEB	0	8	0.0%
SHSU	SMU	0	14	0.0%
JMU	RICE	1	13	7.7%
ARST	UNT	1	12	8.3%

Most Attempts:

Team	Opp	Convert	Att	Conv%
TTU	OHIO	7	22	31.8%
MISS	GT	8	21	38.1%
MINN	LOU	9	21	42.9%
ODU	UVA	10	21	47.6%
ULM	GRAM	13	21	61.9%

And the fewest:

Team	Opp	Convert	Att	Conv%
KANS	MONT	4	7	57.1%
AUB	AKRN	0	8	0.0%
IAST	NEB	0	7	0.0%
UNLV	KENT	4	9	44.4%
SOCA	SAM	6	9	66.7%