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Purdue is a run-heavy team that leans on the ground game situationally but has not been efficient enough on either side of the ball to consistently move the chains. Their offense sits at a PPA/play of 0.12, which is below average by CFBD standards, and their defense has allowed opponents to convert at a 45.5% clip on third down, indicating real vulnerability in extended possessions.

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

Drive for drive: what Purdue does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

How the man calling it for Purdue thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

• ★Attack them on third down: their defense allows a 45.5% conversion rate, so if we win first and second downs and get to manageable third-down distances, we should be in a strong position to move the chains.
• ★Take shots down the field: opponents have generated explosive plays on 14.5% of snaps against Purdue, so our skill players should be set up to win in one-on-one situations and our staff should have vertical concepts ready to exploit that tendency.
• ★Force Purdue into trailing situations: their run rate drops to 38.8% when they trail by 7 or more, meaning they become a different and less comfortable team when they are behind, and their 40.5% third-down conversion rate suggests they cannot sustain those passing drives reliably.
• ★Defend the red zone run game with discipline: Purdue runs nearly 60% of the time inside the 20, so our defensive front needs to be gap-sound and physical in scoring territory to force them into field goal range rather than giving up rushing touchdowns.

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

• Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
• Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
• Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
• Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.