Slippery Rock Weekly Update
Slippery Rock improves to 3-1 on the season with a 58-34 victory over Mercyhurst (1-3) this weekend. Slippery Rock senior QB Nigel Barksdale had another great game, throwing for over 400 yards with 2 TD's. WR John Schademan caught 11 passes for a school record 229 yards and RB Teddy Blakeman accounted for five TD's, throwing for one, running for three, and catching one.
Several notes of interest: Barksdale is one of only two Rock players to throw for more than 400 yards twice in the same season. Slippery Rock has scored 194 points in the first four games of the year, breaking a school record set in 2000. The Rock is averaging over 48 points per game this year.
Link to the story: http://www.rockathletics.com/news/2013/9/28/FB_0928130917.aspx?path=football
September 30th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
They're like the Oregon of Appalachia
September 30th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
Here is an overview from the NCAA site of Slippery Rock's summary statistics and how they rank with the rest of Division II. I sorted by rank so people could see what they are highly ranked in first:
Stat | Rank | Value |
Passing Offense | 6 | 381.3 |
Scoring Offense | 7 | 48.5 |
Total Offense | 8 | 554 |
3rd Down Converstion Pct Defense | 12 | 0.253 |
First Downs Offense | 12 | 107 |
Team Passing Efficiency | 16 | 161.52 |
Net Punting | 30 | 37.05 |
Team Passing Efficiency Defense | 33 | 111.03 |
Rushing Defense | 40 | 115.5 |
Punt Returns | 45 | 11.09 |
3rd Down Conversion Pct | 47 | 0.431 |
Rushing Offense | 67 | 172.8 |
Total Defense | 69 | 373.5 |
Kickoff Returns | 84 | 19.81 |
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense | 86 | 0.455 |
First Downs Defense | 98 | 82 |
Passing Yards Allowed | 112 | 258 |
Time of Possession | 135 | 27:49 |
Red Zone Defense | 141 | 0.895 |
Fewest Penalties Per Game | 146 | 10.25 |
Fewest Penatly Yards Per Game | 148 | 93.75 |
Red Zone Offense | T-107 | 0.72 |
4th Down Conversion Pct | T-116 | 0.333 |
Scoring Defense | T-125 | 36.5 |
Turnover Margin | T-154 | -2 |
September 30th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
48.5 pts/game is good for seventh?! Damn...
September 30th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
Thanks!
September 30th, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
stick with the goofy tradition of laughing at the sillyness of the school's name than actually caring about Slippery Rock Football?
Wait, woah they're lighting it up on offense...