West Virginia was dominated in the first half in a 52-15 loss to Texas Tech to fall to 6-6 on the season. WVSports.com takes a look at some of the advanced statistics to get a snapshot of the game as well as the season moving forward.
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PASSING:
--Redshirt senior quarterback Garrett Greene completed just 1/4 passes over 20+ yards in the air for a 30-yard completion.
--Greene completed 8/9 passes between 10-19 yards in the air for 108 yards and a touchdown.
--A total of 20 of his completions were either 0-9 yards in the air or behind the line of scrimmage for a total of 127 yards and an interception.
--Texas Tech blitzed on 9 dropbacks and Greene completed 5-6 passes for 66 yards and a touchdown.
--Greene had only one pass dropped.
--The average depth of the target was 7.1 yards.
--In 11 play action dropbacks, Greene was 8-10 for 75 yards and a pick.
RUSHING:
--Out of the 174 rushing yards, a total of 126 came after contact for an average of 4.06 yards after contact per attempt.
--White was especially effective with 98 of his 114 yards after contact.
--Jahiem White forced a total of 9 of the 11 missed tackles.
--White had 4 runs over 10+ yards, nobody else recorded one.
--Only 8 of the rushing attempts resulted in a first down.
--Greene scrambled just twice in the game for a total of 14 yards. He had only 10 yards on designed runs in the game.
RECEIVING:
--West Virginia targeted the tight end 3 times for 1 catch for 8 yards. Through 12 games, the Mountaineers have now connected with the position 43 times for 466 yards and 3 touchdowns with Kole Taylor accounting for all but 57 of those yards and all 3 of the touchdowns.
--West Virginia's running backs were targeted a total of 15 times resulting in 12 catches for 97 yards.
--Rodney Gallagher caught all four of his targets for 21 yards and a touchdown. Justin Robinson caught all three of his for 35 yards. Preston Fox also caught all three of his passes for 45 yards.
--A total of 128 of the 265 receiving yards came after the catch. And 72 of that came from running back CJ Donaldson.
--The Mountaineers averaged just 9.1 yards per catch.
--Hudson Clement was targeted the most with 7 but that resulted in just 4 catches for 40 yards.
--The Mountaineers made only one of three contested catches, with Justin Robinson hauling in that pass.
--Pass catchers forced just three missed tackles. Donaldson accounted for two of those on the day and Ric'Darious Famer the other.
BLOCKING:
--West Virginia kept Garrett Greene clean on 28 of 38 dropbacks or 84.4 percent. However, the Mountaineers gave up four sacks.
--Greene had on average 2.77 seconds to throw.
--West Virginia had success off the left side with 6 carries for 47 yards and a touchdown rushing off the left end and 5 for 67 behind the left tackle. The Mountaineers had 5 of their 9 rushing first downs there. Outside those two spots, West Virginia averaged 3.1 yards per carry or less.
--Tomas Rimac graded out the highest in pass blocking across 44 snaps at 88.6, while Wyatt Milum topped at run blocking across 29 snaps at 63.0.
DEFENSE:
--West Virginia blitzed 14 times on 41 dropbacks and Texas Tech completed 8-14 passes for 91 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. On the season, the Mountaineers have now blitzed 116 times on 402 dropbacks.
--West Virginia did not allow a pass to be completed over 20+ yards in the air.
--The Mountaineers missed a total of 7 tackles.
--West Virginia had only 3 hits and 3 hurries on the day.
--In his coverage, Anthony Wilson allowed 4-4 passes to be completed for 80 yards with a touchdown but also recorded an interception. Safety Israel Boyce allowed 3-5 passes to be completed in his coverage for 67 yards and a touchdown.
--West Virginia did not record a pass breakup.
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