Week 3: Tale Of The Tape For Virginia-Ohio

Welcome to our third week of Tale Of The Tape, comparing the individual and team statistics for Virginia and Ohio in preparation for Saturday’s 4:30 game at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville.

It’s still summer in Tennessee, as the game is expected to be played in mostly sunny, hot weather. Of all the stats on the chart below, the ones related to the Ohio defense appear to be the most interesting. In its previous game, Ohio gave up 645 yards, and their secondary got torched, giving up 484 yards passing. Conditions could be right for Virginia QB Bryce Perkins to have a great game.

To see the complete chart of “Tale Of The Tape” click on “Continue Reading” below:

Saturday, September 15, 2018 Vanderbilt Stadium, 4:30 p.m.
TV- ESPN2
Game Time Weather Forecast:
Mostly Sunny, Highs Near 90

VIRGINIA
LEADS ALL-TIME SERIES, 1-0

VS OHIO
LOST LAST MEETING 41-7 in 1993
1-1 OVERALL W-L 1-0
0-0 CONFERENCE W-L 0-0, MAC
L 20-16 vs Indiana, 9/8 LAST GAME W 38-32 vs Howard, 9/1
OFFENSE
393.0 TOTAL YDS 423.0
148.5 PASS YDS 277.0
244.5 RUSH YDS 146.0
8 TOUCHDOWNS 4
4-1 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0
29.0 POINTS PER GAME 38.0
40 TOTAL 1ST DOWNS 22
14 1ST DOWN BY PASS 11
24 1ST DOWN BY RUSH 10
2 1ST DOWN BY FLAG 1
3RD DOWN CONVOS
16/31 (52%) CONVERTED/TOTAL (%) 4/15 (27%)
4TH DOWN CONVOS
2/2 (100%) CONVERTED/TOTAL (%) 1/1 (100%)
RED ZONE SCORING
4/5 (80%) SCORES/TRIPS (%) 5/5 (100%)
RED ZONE TOUCHDOWNS
4/5 (80%) TDs/TRIPS (%) 4/5 (80%)
TIME OF POSSESSION
34:13 AVG PER GAME 31:28
DEFENSE
306.0 TOTAL YDS ALLOWED 645.0
170.5 PASS YDS ALLOWED 484.0
135.5 RUSH YDS ALLOWED 161.0
16.5 POINTS ALLOWED 32.0
3 INTERCEPTIONS 2
2 SACKS 1
2 PTS. OFF TURNOVERS 0
106/13 TACKLES/FOR LOSS 87/6
PENALTIES
9/80/40.0 #/YDS/PER GAME 5/50/50.0
SPECIAL TEAMS
PUNTING
42.4 NET PUNT AVG 46.0
3/61 50-PLUS/LONG 3/58
5 INSIDE 20 2
KICKOFFS
63.9 NET KICK AVG 38.7
7 TOUCHBACKS 3
FIELD GOALS
0/1 (0%) MADE/ATT (%) 1/2 (50%)
LONG 22
0 BLOCKED 0
EXTRA POINTS
8/8 (100%) MADE/ATT (%) 5/5 (100%)
PUNT RETURNS
5/-1/-0.2 #/YDS/PER GAME 1/4/4.0
KICKOFF RETURNS
6/100/16.67 #/YDS/PER GAME 4/146/36.5
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Bryce Perkins PASSING Quinton Maxwell
25-48, 291 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT 17-25-0, 233 yds, 2 TD, (8-21 rush, 2 TD)
Bryce Perkins RUSHING A.J. Ouellette
38-258 (6.1), 2 TD 17-59 (3.5)
Olamide Zaccheaus RECEIVING Papi White
11-116 (10.6), 2 TD 8-154 (19.3), TD
Malcolm Cook, Joey Blount, 14 TACKLES Evan Croutch, 11
Bryce Hall, Mandy Alonso, 1 each SACKS Cole Baker, Sam McKnight, 0.5
Three Tied with 1 INTERCEPTIONS Evan Croutch, Ilyaas Motley, 1
A.J. Mejia, 0/1 FG (8/8 PAT) KICKING Louie Zervos, 1/2 FG (5/5 PAT)
Chuck Davis, 5-(-1) (-0.2) PUNT RETURNS Papi White, 1-4 (4.0)
Joe Reed, 4-69 (17.3) KICK RETURNS DL Knock, 3-126 (42.0), TD