Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Football: In the Red Zone

There is an interesting comparison between Elon and Western Carolina when looking at both teams play inside the Red Zone, on both offense and defense.    

In the Red Zone on offense, Elon ranks #4 in the conference, having scored 11 of 13 times from the red zone.  Seven (7) of the scores were touchdowns (1 rushing, 6 pass) and 4 were field goals. The interesting fact here, is that Western Carolina ranks right behind Elon in the 5th spot.   The Catamounts have scored 12 of 15 times in the red zone.  Eleven (11) scores were touchdowns (9 rushing and 2 passing) and one was a field goal.

On defense, WCU and Elon are actually tied for 6th place in the conference, both have gives up scores 15 of the 18 times their opponent was in the red zone.

From the Red Zone, it looks pretty even to me.

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