STATS FROM DR. SATURDAY

The following stats and pics come from Dr. Saturday’s recent post.  While SNL has not independently confirmed the content, you can bank on its accuracy considering the source.

UConn outgained North Carolina by 115 yards and ten first downs and lost by 26 points.

• Missouri converted seven of nine first downs, scored on each of its first seven possessions and went 60 yards before going out on downs on its eighth and final drive in a 52-17 win over Nebraska. After punting once against Nevada and once against Buffalo, the Tigers did not punt at all against the Huskers.

• With six points against Penn State, Purdue has averaged eight points in its last seven games against Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin, most of them with the game out of reach in the fourth quarter.

• Minnesota held Indiana to seven points on 293 yards, the Gophers’ best defensive game in either category since beating depression-era Penn State in 2004. That would have been a good quarter for the Gopher defense in 2007.

• Georgia Tech completed nine passes for 230 yards in its 27-0 win over Duke, all of them to Demaryius Thomas. Duke’s 132 total yards was the Devils’ lowest output since September 2005.

• Florida State gained 440 yards, scored 41 points, turned the ball over five times, gave up 36 points in the second half and didn’t punt in its 41-39 win over Miami.

• Boston College easily doubled up N.C. State in total yards, 578 to 253, but only scored the winning touchdown with 22 seconds on the clock.

• Oklahoma State and Texas A&M were nearly dead-even in total yards, but four touchdowns apart on the scoreboard thanks to three non-offensive touchdowns by the Cowboys in the first half.

• Kansas gained 87 yards and scored zero points in the first half, before gaining 354 yards and scoring 35 points in the second half of its 35-33 win over Iowa State.

• As predicted, Jimmy Clausen had his first 300-yard passing game, with three touchdowns and no interceptions in Notre Dame’s win over Stanford. And for Chris Marinelli: the Irish sacked Tavita Pritchard five times.

• Air Force outgained Navy by 167 yards, and lost, 33-27, thanks to two blocked punts returned for touchdown.

• TCU outrushed San Diego State by 396 yards, 383 to -13, in a 41-7 Horned Frogs win. SDSU held the ball for just 16:31 and totaled 85 yards total offense.

• Ball State ran for 240 yards and passed for 242 in a 31-0 win over Toledo.

• Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher ran for a national-high 260 yards on 7.6 per carry in USM’s double-overtime loss to (gag me) UTEP.

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