Stat Trends - Fumbles / Rush Attempt

[JTS]

On the GT Sports Blog, there is an interesting post from Ramblin' Red showing how our rushing attempts per fumble have improved each game so far this season. Below are his findings summarized:

Jax St. = 9.2 running plays per fumble

BC = 13.3 running plays per fumble

VT = 16.7 running plays per fumble

Miss St. = 18 running plays per fumble

This got me thinking about how much room there is to improve in this area so I decided to look at this stat for Navy over the past couple of seasons.

2004 = 36.26 running plays per fumble

2005 = 32.00 running plays per fumble

2006 = 22.47 running plays per fumble

2007 = 38.28 running plays per fumble

So when we really get this thing down, we will only be putting it on the turf 1 or 2 times a game which means we will average about 1 turnover per game from fumbling. While we have shown steady improvement in this area, our ball security has a long way to go.

 

[gt23eric]

When we get to those standards we will be unbeatable!

 

[00Burdell]

This stat may or may not be easy to fill in but I wouldn't mind seeing that data translated into drives per fumble.

 

[beej67]

2004 = 36.26 running plays per fumble

2005 = 32.00 running plays per fumble

2006 = 22.47 running plays per fumble

2007 = 38.28 running plays per fumble

Are you sure that's not "running plays per fumble lost" JT? Red's numbers are "per fumble," whether we lost it or not. I haven't checked, but I get the sense that your numbers are running plays per fumble recovered by the badguys.

 

[ncjacket]

I also wonder how many of the fumbles included are really from the offense. We've lost at least 2 I can think of on STs.

 

[JTS]

Are you sure that's not "running plays per fumble lost" JT? Red's numbers are "per fumble," whether we lost it or not. I haven't checked, but I get the sense that your numbers are running plays per fumble recovered by the badguys.

The Navy stats are for running plays per fumble not running plays per fumble lost. Navy's running plays per fumble lost are below:

2004 = 57.4 running plays per fumble lost

2005 = 67.2 running plays per fumble lost

2006 = 40.2 running plays per fumble lost

2007 = 61.8 running plays per fumble lost