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| Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #71 | -0.01 | SOS Played | +0.04 | #47 |
| #66 | +0.00 | SOS Remaining | +0.14 | #33 |
| Offense | ||||
| #16 | +0.20 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.01 | #59 |
| #16 | +0.29 | EPA / Play | +0.09 | #88 |
| #42 | 6.3 | Yards / Play | 5.8 | #73 |
| #21 | 48.4% | Success Rate | 42.3% | #66 |
| Defense · allowed | ||||
| #35 | -0.10 | Adj. EPA / Play | -0.04 | #56 |
| #19 | -0.03 | EPA / Play | +0.10 | #60 |
| #65 | 5.7 | Yards / Play | 5.1 | #19 |
| #9 | 34.6% | Success Rate | 37.5% | #25 |
| Success rate: Bill Connelly. Adjusted EPA: a port of sportsdataverse-py. EPA and plays: CollegeFootballData.com. Methods | ||||
 NEB Offense | vs |  IOWA Defense | ||
| #39 | +0.25 | EPA / Pass | +0.35 | #119 |
| #3 | +0.33 | EPA / Rush | -0.17 | #3 |
| #16 | 57.7% | Available Yards % | 34.5% | #16 |
| #43 | Own 31 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 24 | #3 |
| #24 | +0.21 | Early Downs EPA | +0.04 | #56 |
| #16 | 51.3% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 38.5% | T-#51 |
| #104 | 7.6 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 7.5 | #41 |
| NEB Defense | vs | IOWA Offense | ||
| #9 | -0.12 | EPA / Pass | +0.13 | #74 |
| #64 | +0.09 | EPA / Rush | +0.05 | #92 |
| #17 | 34.7% | Available Yards % | 45.5% | #72 |
| #52 | Own 28 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 31 | #36 |
| #30 | -0.01 | Early Downs EPA | +0.07 | #67 |
| #5 | 28.1% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 37.3% | T-#94 |
| #18 | 8.1 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 6.4 | #34 |
| Negative Plays · committedper game | ||||
| T-#74 | 2.0 | Sacks Taken | 0.8 | T-#12 |
| T-#58 | 0.6 | INTs Thrown | 0.4 | T-#29 |
| T-#1 | 0.0 | Fumbles Lost | 0.2 | T-#15 |
| T-#15 | 0.6 | Turnovers | 0.6 | T-#15 |
| #131 | 9.2 | Penalties | 6.0 | T-#45 |
| #126 | 76.2 | Penalty Yards | 47.4 | #36 |
| Negative Plays · forcedper game | ||||
| T-#27 | 2.6 | Sacks | 3.4 | T-#8 |
| T-#16 | 1.2 | INTs | 0.4 | T-#94 |
| T-#70 | 0.4 | Fumbles Recovered | 0.2 | T-#112 |
| T-#23 | 1.6 | Takeaways | 0.6 | T-#122 |
| T-#88 | 6.0 | Penalties Drawn | 7.4 | T-#40 |
| T-#63 | 57.8 | Penalty Yds Drawn | 56.0 | #71 |
| Record | ||||
| T-#1 | 5-0 | Current Year ATS (2026) | 4-2 | T-#22 |
| Coaching | ||||
| Matt Rhule | Head Coach | Kirk Ferentz | ||
| T-#44 | 4 | Seasons at School | 28 | #1 |
| #81 | 66-62 | Career Record | 213-128 | #39 |
| Situation | ||||
| 7 days | Rest | 7 days | ||
| 274 mi | Travel | Home | ||
| Anthony Colandrea | QB | Jeremy Hecklinski | ||
| #47 | +0.36 | EPA / Att | +0.16 | #108 |
| #45 | 48.9% | Success Rate | 51.0% | #31 |
| #77 | 1.49 | Explosiveness | 1.27 | #127 |
| #39 | 3.6% | Sack Rate | 1.9% | #11 |
| #9 | +0.63 | Rush EPA | +0.82 | #3 |
| Last 8 · EPA / Att | ||||
| Game Breakers | ||||
| #9RB | Jamal Rule+33.4 | Playmaker · PPA | DJ Vonnahme+21.0 | #12TE |
| 95.7thWR | Jacory Barney Jr.+29.3 | Playmaker · PPA | Kamari Moulton+20.2 | 95.1thRB |
| 98.6thDB | Donovan Jones+11.7 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Deshaun Lee+10.2 | 96.9thDB |
| 94.1thDB | Andrew Marshall+7.4 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Jacob Wallace+6.6 | 92.3thDB |
| Recruiting | ||||
| T-#23 | 1 | 5★ Players | 0 | T-#37 |
| #23 | 27 | 4★ Players | 17 | T-#38 |
| T-#60 | 59 | 3★ Players | 63 | T-#40 |
| Transfers | ||||
6 in · 8 out | OFF Transfers | 5 in · 3 out | ||
9 in · 8 out | DEF Transfers | 8 in · 4 out | ||
| 47% | OFF Returning | 34% | ||
| 53% | DEF Returning | 28% | ||