Terp tendencies: Breaking down the Eastern Michigan game

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Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - September 22, 2008, 03:56PM

Here’s an abbreviated version of the statistical breakdown from Saturday. The full play-calling breakdown should return next week when I have all my files and templates shifted to my soon-to-arrive laptop.

One number that is worth calling attention to: Chris Turner’s performance on third down. The junior is 20-for-26 for 254 yards and a score on third down, good for a passer rating of 171.68. The yardage might not be Chase Daniel-like, but the completion percentage certainly is.

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Something else that merits a mention is the percentage of throws to Darrius Heyward-Bey. The junior was targeted on 23 out of 95 passes in nonconference play, or nearly one in four. That’s probably about right. Go below 20 percent and clearly the offense’s top threat isn’t involved enough. Inch too far over 25 percent and things get a bit too predictable.

That should be considered one of the early successes of the Terps’ offense.

TOUCHES	vs. EMU	Season
Da’Rel Scott	DNP	59
Davin Meggett	9	31
Darrius Heyward-Bey	5	17
Morgan Green	12	15
Dan Gronkowski	2	8
Danny Oquendo	3	7
Cory Jackson	2	5
Ronnie Tyler	1	4
Lansford Watson	0	4
Isaiah Williams	2	4
Torrey Smith	2	3
Adrian Cannon	0	2
LaQuan Williams	DNP	2
Haroon Brown	0	1

LOOKS (Targets/Catches)	vs. EMU	Season
Darrius Heyward-Bey	7 (3)	23 (12)
Danny Oquendo	4 (3)	11 (7)
Dan Gronkowski	2 (2)	10 (8)
Da’Rel Scott	DNP	8 (3)
Isaiah Williams	4 (2)	8 (4)
Torrey Smith	2 (2)	6 (3)
Ronnie Tyler	1 (1)	6 (4)
Cory Jackson	3 (2)	4 (3)
Lansford Watson	0 (0)	4 (4)
LaQuan Williams	DNP	4 (2)
Adrian Cannon	0 (0)	3 (2)
Davin Meggett	1 (1)	3 (2)
Haroon Brown	0 (0)	1 (1)
Morgan Green	0 (0)	1 (1)

RED ZONE LOOKS/TOUCHES (vs. Cal)	Runs	Targets	Total	Notes
Morgan Green	8	0	8	* 2 TD
Davin Meggett	4	1	5
Josh Portis	3	0	3	* TD
Dan Gronkowski	0	2	2	* TD
Darrius Heyward-Bey	0	2	2
Cory Jackson	0	1	1
Chris Turner	1	0	0	1

SEASON

RED ZONE LOOKS/TOUCHES	Runs	Targets	Total	Notes
Davin Meggett	9	1	10	* 2 TD
Morgan Green	8	0	8	* 2 TD
Da’Rel Scott	4	0	4	* TD
Darrius Heyward-Bey	2	4	6	* TD rush
Dan Gronkowski	0	4	4	* 2 TD
Josh Portis	3	0	3	* TD
Chris Turner	2	1	3
TEAM kneel	2	0	2
Cory Jackson	0	1	1
Torrey Smith	0	1	1

PENALTIES	Offender	Yards
Pass interference	Anthony Wiseman	13
Excessive celebration	Team	15
Unsportsmanlike conduct	Jamari McCollough	15

TAKEAWAYS	Type, Q	Next drive (Plays, yards, time, result)
Jamari McCollough	INT, 1	10-80-4:57, TD
Adrian Moten	INT, 2	5-47-1:41, TD
Jamari McCollough	INT, 4	1-(-3)-0:03, GAME

GIVEAWAYS	Type, Q	Next drive (Plays, yards, time, result)
Chris Turner	INT, 2	1-(-2)-0:08, HALF
Chris Turner	INT, 4	4-1-0:55, DOWNS

QBs by down (vs. EMU)
Chris Turner	15-23-212, 2 TD, 2 INT
First	3-8-78, TD, INT
Second	4-6-25, INT
Third	8-9-109, TD
Fourth	0-0
Josh Portis	0-1
First	0-0, 0
Second	0-0, 0
Third	0-1, 0
Danny Oquendo	1-1-43, TD
First	1-1-43, TD
Second	0-0, 0
Third	0-0, 0

QBs by down (season)
Jordan Steffy	10-18-115, 2 INT
First	3-8, 46, INT
Second	3-3, 29
Third	4-6, 40
Fourth	0-1, INT
Chris Turner	44-73, 586, 5 TD, 5 INT
First	11-27, 214, 2 TD, 4 INT
Second	13-20, 118, 2 TD, INT
Third	20-26, 254, TD
Josh Portis	1-2, 4
First	1-1, 4
Second	0-0, 0
Third	0-1, 0
Da’Rel Scott	0-1, 0
First	0-1, 0
Second	0-0, 0
Third	0-0, 0
Danny Oquendo	1-1-43, TD
First	1-1-43, TD
Second	0-0, 0
Third	0-0, 0