Big Ten · B1G+A advanced report
CHUNK PLAY INDEX
Who creates explosive plays and who gives them up. Chunk play = a completion of 20+ yards or a run of 15+ yards.
Weeks 1–7 (Aug 29 – Oct 17) · 85 games, 117 Big Ten team-games · public play-by-play feeds · built Oct 18, 2:51 PM CT
CREATING CHUNK PLAYS
sorted by chunk plays per game (20+ pass, 15+ run) · through Week 7| # | Team | G | Chunk plays per game (20+ pass, 15+ run) | 20+ yd passes per game | 10+ yd runs per game | 15+ yd runs per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  UCLA | 6 | 7.83 (1) | 4.33 (4) | 6.00 (T-4) | 3.50 (2) |
| 2 |  Northwestern | 6 | 7.50 (2) | 3.83 (8) | 6.83 (1) | 3.67 (1) |
| 3 |  Indiana | 7 | 7.00 (3) | 3.86 (T-6) | 6.00 (T-4) | 3.14 (4) |
| 4 |  Nebraska | 7 | 6.71 (4) | 3.29 (12) | 6.43 (2) | 3.43 (3) |
| 5 |  USC | 7 | 6.43 (5) | 4.86 (1) | 5.29 (6) | 1.57 (11) |
| 6 |  Ohio State | 7 | 6.14 (6) | 4.71 (2) | 3.86 (8) | 1.43 (T-12) |
| 7 |  Washington | 7 | 5.57 (7) | 4.14 (5) | 2.71 (T-14) | 1.43 (T-12) |
| 8 |  Illinois | 6 | 5.50 (8) | 3.50 (9) | 3.17 (T-12) | 2.00 (6) |
| 9 |  Purdue | 7 | 5.14 (9) | 3.43 (10) | 3.71 (9) | 1.71 (8) |
| 10 |  Rutgers | 6 | 5.00 (10) | 3.33 (11) | 3.50 (T-10) | 1.67 (T-9) |
| 11 |  Iowa | 6 | 4.83 (11) | 2.00 (17) | 6.33 (3) | 2.83 (5) |
| 12 |  Wisconsin | 6 | 4.67 (12) | 3.00 (T-13) | 3.50 (T-10) | 1.67 (T-9) |
| 13 |  Minnesota | 6 | 4.33 (13) | 3.00 (T-13) | 2.33 (16) | 1.33 (15) |
| 14 |  Maryland | 7 | 4.29 (14) | 2.86 (15) | 4.43 (7) | 1.43 (T-12) |
| 15 |  Michigan | 6 | 4.00 (15) | 2.17 (16) | 3.17 (T-12) | 1.83 (7) |
| 16 |  Michigan State | 7 | 2.71 (16) | 1.86 (18) | 2.71 (T-14) | 0.86 (16) |
| — |  Oregon | 6 | — | 4.67 (3) | — | — |
| — |  Penn State | 7 | — | 3.86 (T-6) | — | — |
ALLOWING CHUNK PLAYS
sorted by chunk plays allowed per game · through Week 7| # | Team | G | Chunk plays allowed per game | 20+ yd passes allowed per game | 10+ yd runs allowed per game | 15+ yd runs allowed per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 6 | 2.50 (1) | 2.17 (T-3) | 2.00 (2) | 0.33 (1) |
| 2 | Nebraska | 7 | 3.43 (2) | 2.29 (5) | 3.43 (6) | 1.14 (T-4) |
| 3 | UCLA | 6 | 3.83 (3) | 2.83 (11) | 3.17 (5) | 1.00 (3) |
| 4 | Indiana | 7 | 3.86 (4) | 2.71 (10) | 2.43 (3) | 1.14 (T-4) |
| T-5 | Iowa | 6 | 4.00 (T-5) | 3.33 (14) | 1.33 (1) | 0.67 (2) |
| T-5 | Washington | 7 | 4.00 (T-5) | 2.43 (6) | 4.14 (11) | 1.57 (T-8) |
| 7 | Northwestern | 6 | 4.17 (7) | 2.50 (7) | 3.83 (8) | 1.67 (10) |
| 8 | Illinois | 6 | 4.33 (8) | 3.17 (13) | 3.50 (7) | 1.17 (6) |
| 9 | Maryland | 7 | 4.43 (9) | 2.57 (8) | 4.00 (10) | 1.86 (12) |
| 10 | Minnesota | 6 | 4.50 (10) | 2.67 (9) | 4.17 (12) | 1.83 (11) |
| T-11 | Oregon | 6 | 5.00 (T-11) | 3.67 (17) | 2.67 (4) | 1.33 (7) |
| T-11 | Michigan State | 7 | 5.00 (T-11) | 3.43 (15) | 3.86 (9) | 1.57 (T-8) |
| 13 | Rutgers | 6 | 6.17 (13) | 3.00 (12) | 7.50 (14) | 3.17 (14) |
| 14 | Purdue | 7 | 6.86 (14) | 4.29 (18) | 4.43 (13) | 2.57 (13) |
| — | Ohio State | 7 | — | 1.71 (2) | — | — |
| — | USC | 7 | — | 3.57 (16) | — | — |
| — | Penn State | 7 | — | 1.57 (1) | — | — |
| — | Wisconsin | 6 | — | 2.17 (T-3) | — | — |
How B1G+A counts it. Counts come from individual public play-by-play feeds plays (pass completions and rushes, including plays that ended in a fumble); penalty-nullified plays are excluded. Per game = divided by games played. Rank in parentheses is among Big Ten teams with a published value.
Source: public feeds game summaries (play-by-play drives plus box score) for every final game involving a Big Ten team, Aug 29 – Oct 17. Every game is checked against the box score in the same feed: punts 170/170; punt yds 170/170; punt in20 168/170; punt tb 170/170; net n 170/170; punt vs drives 170/170; punt result drives have punt 170/170; rec yds 170/170; rush yds 164/170; off td 170/170; fg made vs drives 170/170; turnovers 170/170; ints thrown 170/170; fumbles lost 170/170; ret td vs scoring 170/170; score recon 170/170; scoring plays in pbp 170/170 team-games agree (rushing and receiving yardage within 10 yards, punt yardage within 1 yard; all other checks must match exactly). A team's figure is shown only if all of its games pass the checks that stat depends on; otherwise it shows — (hover for the reason). Withheld for at least one stat on this page: Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, USC, Wisconsin.