After Indiana’s season-opening road loss to then-No. 18 and now-No. 10 Iowa, Crimson Quarry went through the play-by-play data from the Hawkeyes’ 34-6 win, courtesy of ESPN, to take a closer look at what happened and why.
Here are our behind-the-number takeaways from Indiana’s Week 1 loss.
Success rate
Success rate is defined as a team gaining 50 percent of the yards needed for a first down on first down, 70 percent on second down and 100 percent on third and fourth downs. Plays in which a penalty was committed before the snap weren’t counted as part of this analysis.