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SCOUT

Rutgers · offensive tendencies

12 games · 856 plays · 2025

Run / pass by down

1st down
54.1% R
2nd & long
70.1% P
3rd & short
72.5% R
3rd & long
70.4% P

Overall balance

Run50.4%
Pass49.6%
Red-zone run56.4%
3rd-down conv42.6%

Efficiency

Success rate46.4%
Explosive rate12.4%
PPA / play (CFBD)0.24
Plays / game71.3

Game script

Run when leading 7+54.7%
Run when trailing 7+49%
1st-down PPA (CFBD)0.11
Season12 games · 856 plays
ADVANCED

Their offense · what we must stop

CFBD advanced season stats · 2025

Efficiency · CFBD advanced

PPA / play0.21
Success46.2%
Explosiveness1.22
Pts / scoring opp3.38

Line of scrimmage

Line yards3.03
Power success73.7%
Stuffed at the line15.5%
Open-field yds0.76

Standard vs passing downs

Std-downs success50.8%
Std-downs PPA0.15
Pass-downs success34.9%
Pass-downs PPA0.34

Havoc taken

Havoc rate15.9%
Front seven8.7%
Secondary7.1%
Avg field position71.9
READ

The coach's read

SHELL AIgrounded in the numbers above
KEY 01
On first down, set the edge and hold your run fits. Rutgers runs it 54.1% of the time on first down, and their 1st-down PPA of 0.11 tells you they are moving the chains without being explosive. If you let them win first down on the ground, you hand them manageable second-and-third situations all night.
KEY 02
Third down is a two-script game: be in your run front on third and short because they run 72.5% of the time in that situation, then flip to rush and coverage on third and long where they pass 70.4% of the time. Do not let a blown assignment on third and short give them a free conversion inside their offense's most comfortable tendency.
KEY 03
Protect the red zone run front. Rutgers runs 56.4% of the time inside the 20, and with a 50.4% overall run rate they are not suddenly going to become a passing team near the goal line. Make them beat you through the air down there, not with a physical run game that already keeps them at a positive PPA of 0.24 across the board.
Bottom lineRutgers is a balanced, methodical offense that converts at 42.6% on third down and generates chunk plays at a modest 12.4% explosive rate, meaning they beat you with consistency, not one big shot. Eliminate their first-down running game, nail your third-down run-pass alignments, and make them earn every red zone score in the passing game.