Trend: Outgaining Opponents & Losing Ball Games

Mark BlankenbakerNovember 8, 2021

Scott Sattterfield has coached 33 games at Louisville. He’s 16-17.

During Scott’s tenure the Cards have outgained their opponents 22 times.

The Cards have failed to gain more than its opponent 11 times.

If gaining yards was the goal, Louisville Football would be 22-11 under Scott Satterfield.

Louisville has won just 3 games when gaining few yards than its opponent under Satterfield. The Cards have 8 losses when gaining more yards than its opponent during Satt’s tenure.

Overall the Cards have outgained its opponents in Satterfield’s 33 games at UofL 14,683 yards to 13,448. A difference of 1235 yards.

Losses when gaining more than the opponent

2019: 1 (Miami)
2020: 4 (Miami, GT, VT, UVA, BC)
2021: 3 (Wake, NC State, Clemson)

Wins when gaining less than the opponent

2019: 2 (Wake & NC State)
2020: 0
2021: 1 (FSU)

Yardage per point is a measure of efficiency of teams and scoring. The lower the number the better, higher numbers are the result of poor field position, turnovers, defense, general luck and offenses scoring/not scoring after gaining yardage. It’s a team metric and typically the number represented isn’t outweighed by one singular thing. Teams with higher numbers are working harder than teams with lower numbers.

Louisville in 2021 is 89th in yards per point at 15.5. Houston is #1 in the country at 10.6 for comparison.

Louisville Yards Per Point History

2021- 89th, 15.5
2020- 89th, 15.0
2019- 43rd, 13.6
2018– 128th, 18.8
2017-69th, 14.6
2016- 20th, 12.5
2015-77th, 14.8
2014-34th, 13.4
2013-40th, 13.4
2012-40th, 13.4
2011-67th, 14.9
2010-50th, 13.8
2009-111th, 19.2
2008-102nd, 16.6
2007-73rd, 14.9
2006-17th, 12.6
2005-3rd, 11.1
2004-4th, 10.8
2003, 43rd, 13.9

Game	UofL Yards	Opponent Yards	Final Score/Result
vs. ND 2019	383	423	35-17 Loss
vs. EKU 2019	542	170	42-0 Win
vs. WKU (Nashville) 2019	415	288	38-21 Win
at FSU 2019	410	522	35-24 Loss
vs. BC 2019	664	563	41-39 Win
at Wake 2019	520	668	62-59 Win
vs. Clemson 2019	263	551	45-10 Loss
vs. Virginia 2019	360	311	28-21 Win
at Miami 2019	496	449	52-27 Loss
at NC State 2019	326	377	34-20 Win
vs. Syracuse 2019	608	510	56-34 Win
at UK 2019	318	521	45-13 Loss
vs. Miss State (Nashville 2019	510	366	38-28 Win
vs. WKU 2020	487	248	35-21 Win
vs. Miami 2020	516	485	47-34 Loss
at Pitt 2020	223	376	23-20 Loss
at Georgia Tech 2020	471	450	46-27 Loss
at Notre Dame 2020	233	338	12-7 Loss
vs. FSU 2020	569	406	48-16 Win
vs. VT 2020	548	466	42-35 Loss
at Virginia 2020	478	368	31-17 Loss
vs. Syracuse 2020	413	137	30-0 Win
at BC 2020	495	435	34-27 Loss
vs. Wake 2020	453	351	45-21 Win
vs. Ole Miss (ATL) 2021	355	569	43-24 Loss
vs. EKU 2021	442	235	30-3 Win
vs. UCF 2021	501	416	42-35 Win
at FSU 2021	395	453	31-23 Win
at Wake 2021	517	501	37-34 Loss
vs. Virginia 2021	503	522	34-33 Loss
vs. BC 2021	438	266	28-14 Win
at NC State 2021	434	361	28-13 Loss
vs. Clemson	397	345	30-24 Loss
	14,683	13,448