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SCOUT

Purdue · offensive tendencies

12 games · 766 plays · 2025

Run / pass by down

1st down
48.6% R
2nd & long
61.8% P
3rd & short
65.2% R
3rd & long
70.6% P

Overall balance

Run45.8%
Pass54.2%
Red-zone run59.8%
3rd-down conv40.5%

Efficiency

Success rate43.5%
Explosive rate11.7%
PPA / play (CFBD)0.07
Plays / game63.8

Game script

Run when leading 7+56.4%
Run when trailing 7+38.8%
1st-down PPA (CFBD)-0.08
Season12 games · 766 plays
ADVANCED

Their offense · what we must stop

CFBD advanced season stats · 2025

Efficiency · CFBD advanced

PPA / play0.04
Success42.0%
Explosiveness1.22
Pts / scoring opp3.06

Line of scrimmage

Line yards2.90
Power success58.8%
Stuffed at the line19.7%
Open-field yds1.01

Standard vs passing downs

Std-downs success45.8%
Std-downs PPA-0.06
Pass-downs success34.1%
Pass-downs PPA0.24

Havoc taken

Havoc rate16.0%
Front seven10.0%
Secondary6.0%
Avg field position72.5
READ

The coach's read

SHELL AIgrounded in the numbers above
KEY 01
On first down, Purdue is nearly 50/50, so do not tip your hand with an obvious run or pass look. Their first-down PPA of -0.08 means they are losing the down on average, so play sound, disciplined defense, force them into second and long, and let their own tendency work against them. Do not give free yards trying to be too aggressive.
KEY 02
In the red zone they run the ball almost 60 percent of the time, so load the box and pin your ears back inside the 20. This is their clearest tendency in the data. Get your best run-stoppers ready to play physical football in a condensed field and do not let them walk it in on the ground.
KEY 03
On third and short they run 65 percent of the time, but on third and long they throw 71 percent of the time, so match your call to the exact distance on third down. Stack the line of scrimmage when they need one or two yards. When they need five or more, get into your coverage and make their quarterback work through progressions against a defense that has time to react.
Bottom linePurdue is an average offense at best, sitting at 0.07 PPA per play with a 43.5 percent success rate, so they will beat themselves if you eliminate explosive plays and make them sustain drives. Force them into second and long situations early and often, protect against the run in scoring position, and let their own modest efficiency numbers close the door.