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FOOTBALL QB Comparison—Cumbie Years

Much has been said about QB play over the past 2+ seasons about inconsistency, inability to sustain drives, etc. So, I charted every drive since Cumbie arrived to try to quantify this discussion. I looked at 4 drive-based statistics for the 5 QBs who have played significant time in the past 2+ years. These stats are FBS opponents only.

Avg Drive Length %8+ plays/ driveScoring drives3&out drives
Downing6.120%20.0%35%
McNeil5.421%40.9%44%
Lyddy6.430%32.4%35%
Bachmeier6.637%36.8%21%
Turner6.021%32.8%30%

Through 23 FBS games under Cumbie, we have had 267 drives. 32% have been 3 and out and 35% have resulted in some points. We have only had 23 11+ play drives out of 267 total drives. Bachmeier and Lyddy combined for 15 of them. Turner only has 3 through his 67 drives led. None of those have been this year.

All this to say, we don’t do a good job sustaining drives. The 32% of 3 and outs takes a toll on our defense.
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