Indiana earned its first win of the season on Saturday night, defeating Idaho 56-14 in its home opener. Crimson Quarry went through the play-by-play data from the game, courtesy of ESPN, in order to calculate some advanced metrics in an effort to provide more context about the victory.
Here’s what we found.
Success rate
Success rate is defined as a team gaining at least 50 percent of the yards needed for a first down on first down, at least 70 percent on second down and 100 percent on third and fourth down.
Here’s how Indiana and Idaho fared in terms of success rate in Week 2:
Indiana
- 1st down: 39.