The red zone statistics for 2007 have been expanded to include touchdowns, touchdown percentage, field goals, and field goal percentage. These new stats have been added to the national and conference leader pages, and to the red zone splits and game logs for each team. Some examples:

National Team Leaders - Red Zone Touchdown Percentage

Pac-10 Team Leaders - Opponent Red Zone Touchdown Percentage

Oklahoma Sooners - Red Zone Conversion Offense Game Log

A quick look at the kickoff data through week 10 of the 2007 season. We last looked at the impact of the new kickoff rule through week 8.

Here are the kickoff numbers through week 10 of 2007 compared to 2005-2006.

The percentage of touchbacks decreased from 13.12% through week 8 to 12.60% through week 10. The average ending spot of the kickoff moved from the 9.61 yard line through week 8 out to the 9.80 yard line through week 10.

Here are the kickoff return numbers through week 10 of 2007 compared to 2005-2006.

The kickoff return numbers are similar to what they were through week 8. The average kickoff return was 21.56 through week 8 compared to 21.54 through week 10. The average ending spot of the return was 30.98 through week 8 compared to 31.08 through week 10. The percentage of kickoffs returned for touchdown was 0.94% through week 8 compared to 0.97% through week 10.

Finally, the individual leaders in percentage of kickoffs for touchback. To qualify for this list, a player must have a minimum of 32 kickoffs.

The statistics for week 10 (through 11/03/2007) are now available. Please let me know if you find any problems.

Last Saturday’s Georgia vs. Florida game featured seven penalties that were either a personal foul or unsportsmanlike conduct, highlighted by two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against Georgia when the entire team rushed the field to celebrate its first touchdown.

The seven personal foul or unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in the game are tied for 3rd most of any game since the start of the 2005 season. Here are the top games in total personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties from 2005 to 2007.

Five of twelve games on the list involved MAC teams, with Toledo involved three times and Akron two.

Watch out when Florida International visits Arkansas State this weekend (11/3). Each of the last two games between those teams is on the list!

The statistics for week 9 (through 10/27/2007) are now available. Please let me know if you find any problems.

I’ve added yards from scrimmage stats for each player, where applicable, with national and conference leaderbords. Yards from scrimmage are the sum of a player’s rushing and receiving yards.

Matt Forte Yards From Scrimmage Stats

National Leaders - Yards From Scrimmage

I’ve added receiving situational stats for each player, where applicable. Examples of player’s receiving situational stats:

Michael Crabtree’s Receiving Situational Stats

DeSean Jackson’s Receiving Situational Stats

I’ve also added receiving situational leaders to the national leader board and each conference leader board. You can find information such as:

National Receiving Leaders - 1st downs gained in the Red Zone

SEC Receiving Leaders - Most receptions of 25 or more yards

Let’s take a look at the kickoff numbers through week 8. After mentioning the possibility in last week’s entry, I’ve decided going forward to include all kickoffs in the data that I present, not just kickoffs from the 30 yard line (and from the 35 in 2005-2006).

Here are the kickoff numbers through week 8 of 2007 compared to 2005-2006.

Comparing 2007 to the previous two seasons combined, touchbacks are down 55% through week 8, and the average ending spot of the kickoff has moved 3.03 yards farther from the goal line. This is a week-by-week breakdown of the kickoff numbers.

In weeks 1-4 combined, 11.56% of kickoffs resulted in a touchback; in weeks 5-8 combined, 14.90% of kickoffs resulted in a touchback. For week 8, the kickoff end average was the highest of any week so far this season, while at the same time the percentage of touchbacks was the 2nd highest of any week.

Here are the kickoff return numbers through week 8 of 2007 compared to 2005-2006.

Comparing 2007 to the previous two seasons combined, the average return is up 1.04 yards, and the average ending spot of the return is 3.4 yards farther upfield. Here is the week-by-week breakdown of the kickoff return numbers.

Week 8 saw both the lowest average per kickoff return and lowest touchdown percentage of any week so far this season. Only one kickoff was returned for touchdown in week 8, a 98-yard return by Perrish Cox of Oklahoma State against Kansas State.

Now that I’m considering all data when looking at the new kickoff rule, I can bring back the list of individual leaders in kickoffs for touchback. To qualify for this list, a player must have a minimum of 24 kickoffs.

The statistics for week 8 (through 10/20/2007) are now available. Please let me know if you find any problems.

The 2007 roster page for each team has been expanded to include the player’s height, weight, hometown, and last school attended. An example of the new format is the Missouri Tigers roster page. The roster pages for previous seasons still have the old format, which is just the player’s uniform number, name, position, and year of eligibility.