Quick post: We wanted to check and see if Coach Petrino in his openers vs. FBS schools had any kind of trend (Note all of Arkansas’ openers while Bobby was with the Razorbacks were vs. FCS programs).

One thing that stands out is that Coach Petrino REALLY tends to run the ball at a much higher rate than he throws.  In the 6 sampled games the RUN:PASS ratio is 278:165, or about 1.68 runs per pass.  Given the way this Louisville team is built, I’d expect more of the same vs. Auburn, hopefully for Cards fans the 5 of 6 games over 200+ yards on the ground goes to 6 of 7.

Defensively, Petrino’s not as consistent (he’s an offensive minded coach so this makes sense) in trends but one thing does stand out:  It’s rushing defense.  Only at Western Kentucky did an opponent do a nice job running the football vs. Petrino, but the Hilltoppers were still able to beat the Cats.

Of course a lot of what we are looking at here is Petrino vs. UK with the lone exception being last year vs. Miami.  But if nothing else, this may lend fans some insight into Petrino’s mindset when he starts Game 1 of a season.

Passing Rushing Passing Allowed Rushing Allowed
2003-UK 14-23, 180 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT 44-240 yards, 3 TDs 18-32,236 yards 2 TDs, 2 INTs 36-108 yards, 1 TD
2004-UK 14-21, 178 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT 49-261 yards, 2 TDs 14-34, 172 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs 26-66 yards, 0 TD
2005-UK 19-27, 179 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT 46-209 yards, 4 TDs 17-27, 278 yards, 2 TD, 0 INTs 27-47 yards, 1 TD
2006-UK 20-32, 268 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT 55-363 yards, 6 TDs 10-26, 238 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs 19-22 yards, 0 TD
2013-UK (@WKU) 27-34, 271 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT 41-216 yards, 4 TDs 18-28, 203 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs 32-216, 2 TDs
2014-Miami (FL) 20-28, 206 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs 43-130 yards, 1 TD 17-29, 174 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs 27-70 yards, 0 TD
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