2017 · Week 1 · Sep 2, 2017 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Q2 13:53 · Reid Budrovich punt for 51 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the WMich 26
Driver values - Δ win prob, pts
Pregame priorHome team on offenseScore differentialGarbage-time factorScore diff ÷ offense timeoutsScore diff ÷ seconds remaining
This game in five plays
- TD · Q3 9:11: Keishawn Watson pass complete to Jon Wassink for 27 yds for a TD, (Josh Grant KICK) — WMU win probability +15.6 pts (now 34%) (top driver: WMU has the ball).
- TD · Q3 0:34: Sam Darnold run for 11 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK) — USC win probability +20.7 pts (now 80%) (top driver: USC has the ball).
- TD · Q4 8:07: Stephen Carr run for 1 yd for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK) — USC win probability +18.1 pts (now 92%) (top driver: USC has the ball).
- TD · Q4 7:54: Michael Brown kickoff for 65 yds , Darius Phillips return for 100 yds for a TD, (Josh Grant KICK) — WMU win probability +24.0 pts (now 32%) (top driver: USC has the ball).
- TD · Q4 6:57: Ronald Jones II run for 37 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK) — USC win probability +26.8 pts (now 93%) (top driver: USC has the ball).
Was that the right call?
Each option's modeled win probability for the team making the call, from the score, clock and field position before the play. Gaps under one point are close calls. How this works
Fourth downs
USC made the numbers' call on 2 of 4WMU made the numbers' call on 5 of 7
- Q1 11:49WMU 4th & 5 at WMU 40, down 7Agrees with the numbersPunted · 4.9% before the snapGo for it4.9%−<0.141% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call4.9%average punt
- Q1 9:39USC 4th & 14 at USC 11, up 7Agrees with the numbersPunted · 94.7% before the snapGo for it94.6%−0.217% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call94.8%average punt
- Q1 5:01USC 4th & 4 at USC 38, tiedClose callPunted · 93.1% before the snapGo for it93.1%48% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call93.1%−<0.1average punt
- Q2 13:53USC 4th & 2 at USC 23, down 7Agrees with the numbersPunted · 88.4% before the snapGo for it88.4%−0.156% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call88.5%average punt
- Q2 11:36WMU 4th & 6 at WMU 41, up 7Agrees with the numbersPunted · 13.0% before the snapGo for it12.9%−0.240% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call13.2%average punt
- Q2 9:28USC 4th & 4 at USC 36, down 7Close callPunted · 85.3% before the snapGo for it85.3%48% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call85.2%−0.1average punt
- Q2 7:56WMU 4th & 9 at WMU 6, up 7Agrees with the numbersPunted · 15.6% before the snapGo for it14.7%−0.828% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call15.5%average punt
- Q2 1:37WMU 4th & 2 at USC 21, tiedClose callKicked a field goal · 17.3% before the snapGo for it17.2%57% to convertField goalTheir call17.0%−0.274% to makePunt14.1%−3.1average punt
- Q3 4:37WMU 4th & 2 at WMU 25, up 7Close callPunted · 42.0% before the snapGo for it43.5%57% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call42.6%−0.9average punt
- Q4 12:15WMU 4th & 11 at WMU 34, tiedAgrees with the numbersPunted · 30.6% before the snapGo for it28.9%−4.326% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call33.2%average punt
- Q4 4:37WMU 4th & 18 at USC 26, down 7Agrees with the numbersKicked a field goal · 10.5% before the snapGo for it8.4%−2.912% to convertField goalTheir call11.3%64% to makePunt5.6%−5.7average punt
After touchdowns: kick or go for two?
USC made the numbers' call on 6 of 7WMU made the numbers' call on 3 of 4
- Q1 13:00USC Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call95.3%97% to makeGo for two95.3%−<0.145% to convert
- Q1 6:07WMU Touchdown, down 1 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call6.4%97% to makeGo for two6.4%−<0.145% to convert
- Q2 14:53WMU Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call10.3%97% to makeGo for two10.3%−<0.145% to convert
- Q2 4:21USC Touchdown, down 1 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call85.3%97% to makeGo for two85.2%−0.145% to convert
- Q3 9:11WMU Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call31.7%97% to makeGo for two31.5%−0.245% to convert
- Q3 0:34USC Touchdown, down 1 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call70.6%97% to makeGo for two70.4%−0.345% to convert
- Q4 8:07USC Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call85.5%97% to makeGo for two85.0%−0.545% to convert
- Q4 7:54WMU Touchdown, down 1 before the tryClose callKicked · madeKickTheir call32.4%−0.197% to makeGo for two32.5%45% to convert
- Q4 6:57USC Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call86.6%97% to makeGo for two85.1%−1.545% to convert
- Q4 3:49USC Touchdown, up 10 before the tryClose callKicked · madeKickTheir call94.7%−0.297% to makeGo for two94.9%45% to convert
- Q4 3:13USC Touchdown, up 17 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call98.5%97% to makeGo for two98.4%−0.145% to convert
Play by play - hover to pin the curve, click to jump
Download drive chartUSCDrive 1TD7 plays · 75 yds · 1:4597% → 97%
Q1 14:45
1ST & 10
OWN 25
+7
97.1%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Steven Mitchell Jr. for 7 yds to the USC 32Similar
Q1 13:49
2ND & 2
OPP 31
+4
96.9%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Aca'Cedric Ware for 4 yds to the WMich 27 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q1 13:29
1ST & 10
OPP 27
+11
96.9%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Steven Mitchell Jr. for 11 yds to the WMich 16 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 2PUNT5 plays · 5 yds · 1:043% → 3%
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 3FUMBLE5 plays · -4 yds · 2:1097% → 97%
WMUDrive 4TD9 plays · 59 yds · 3:264% → 5%
Q1 7:50
2ND & 10
OPP 39
+9
96.2%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Anton Curtis for 9 yds to the USC 30Similar
Q1 6:40
1ST & 10
OPP 27
+15
95.9%
Wassink, Jon pass incomplete to Watson, Keishawn (Jones, Jack), PENALTY USC pass interference (Jones, Jack) 15 yards to the USC12, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN WESTMICH.Similar
Q1 6:34
1ST & 10
OPP 12
+8
95.9%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Donnie Ernsberger for 8 yds to the USC 4Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 5PUNT5 plays · 6 yds · 0:4595% → 95%
Q1 5:01
4TH & 4
OWN 38
0
95.1%
Reid Budrovich punt for 46 yds, fair catch by Darius Phillips at the WMich 16Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 6TD11 plays · 84 yds · 5:025% → 8%
USCDrive 7PUNT5 plays · 8 yds · 0:5492% → 91%
WMUDrive 8PUNT6 plays · 15 yds · 2:099% → 10%
USCDrive 9PUNT6 plays · 18 yds · 1:5790% → 89%
Q2 10:30
1ST & 10
OWN 30
-6
89.8%
Sam Darnold run for a loss of 6 yards to the USC 24 Sam Darnold fumbled, recovered by USC Ronald Jones IISimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 10PUNT5 plays · 1 yds · 1:2411% → 12%
USCDrive 11TD9 plays · 45 yds · 3:2788% → 91%
Q2 7:48
1ST & 10
OPP 45
-9
88.3%
Sam Darnold sacked by Eric Assoua for a loss of 9 yards to the USC 46Similar
Q2 7:15
2ND & 19
OWN 46
+12
87.0%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 12 yds to the WMich 42Similar
Q2 6:43
3RD & 7
OPP 42
+14
87.3%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 14 yds to the WMich 28 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 4:56
3RD & 10
OPP 28
+19
86.0%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Ronald Jones II for 19 yds to the WMich 9 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 4:40
1ST & GOAL
OPP 9
+8
86.5%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Tyler Vaughns for 8 yds to the WMich 1Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 12MISSED FG11 plays · 54 yds · 2:4412% → 15%
USCDrive 13INT8 plays · 27 yds · 1:2388% → 88%
Q2 1:30
1ST & 10
OWN 21
+11
88.0%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Jalen Greene for 11 yds to the USC 32 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 1:10
1ST & 10
OWN 32
+1
88.0%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Steven Mitchell Jr. for 1 yd to the USC 33Similar
Q2 0:41
3RD & 9
OWN 33
+20
86.9%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Steven Mitchell Jr. for 20 yds to the WMich 47 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 0:07
2ND & 15
OWN 48
+20
87.6%
Sam Darnold pass intercepted Darius Phillips return for 20 yds to the WMich 47Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 14END OF HALF4 plays · 12 yds · 0:0117% → 17%
WMUDrive 15TD13 plays · 75 yds · 5:4014% → 34%
Q3 12:43
3RD & 7
OWN 39
+11
83.6%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Anton Curtis for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 12:18
1ST & 10
50
-5
81.7%
WESTRN MICHIGAN Penalty, False Start (Chukwuma Okorafor) to the WMich 45Similar
Q3 11:58
1ST & 15
OWN 45
+17
83.0%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Donnie Ernsberger for 2 yds to the USC 47 for a 1ST down USC Penalty, Personal Foul (Uchenna Nwosu) to the USC 38 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 10:18
3RD & 3
OPP 31
-10
80.1%
Bogan, Jamauri rush for 11 yards to the USC20, PENALTY WESTMICH holding (Novoselsky, Zach) 10 yards to the USC41, NO PLAY.Similar
Q3 9:53
3RD & 13
OPP 41
+14
81.4%
USC Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Iman Marshall) to the USC 27 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 9:11
1ST & 10
OPP 27
+27
65.8%
Keishawn Watson pass complete to Jon Wassink for 27 yds for a TD, (Josh Grant KICK)Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 16INT6 plays · 33 yds · 1:4071% → 72%
WMUDrive 17PUNT6 plays · 18 yds · 2:2835% → 38%
Q3 5:40
2ND & 8
OWN 19
+5
62.6%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Keishawn Watson for 5 yds to the WMich 24Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 18TD11 plays · 83 yds · 3:5862% → 80%
Q3 4:32
1ST & 10
OWN 17
+12
62.4%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 12 yds to the USC 29 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 4:15
1ST & 10
OWN 29
-15
62.5%
Jones II, Ronald rush for 9 yards to the USC38, PENALTY USC personal foul (Brown, Chris) 15 yards to the USC14, NO PLAY.Similar
Q3 3:27
2ND & 24
OWN 15
+7
60.2%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Stephen Carr for 7 yds to the USC 22Similar
Q3 2:53
3RD & 17
OWN 22
+27
57.6%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 27 yds to the USC 49 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 2:32
1ST & 10
OWN 49
+7
62.9%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Trevon Sidney for 7 yds to the WMich 44Similar
Q3 1:12
2ND & 17
OPP 47
+8
59.1%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Tyler Petite for 8 yds to the WMich 39Similar
Q3 0:46
3RD & 9
OPP 39
+28
59.5%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 28 yds to the WMich 11 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 19PUNT8 plays · 9 yds · 2:4528% → 29%
Q4 14:20
3RD & 5
OWN 30
+5
71.6%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Donnie Ernsberger for 5 yds to the WMich 35 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 12:51
3RD & 8
OWN 37
-3
69.3%
Jon Wassink sacked by Porter Gustin for a loss of 3 yards to the WMich 34Similar
Q4 12:15
4TH & 11
OWN 34
0
71.1%
Derrick Mitchell punt for 22 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the USC 44Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 20TD13 plays · 56 yds · 4:0075% → 92%
Q4 11:50
2ND & 9
OWN 45
+5
74.9%
Darnold, Sam pass incomplete to Mitchell Jr., Steven, PENALTY WESTMICH offside (Assoua, Eric) 5 yards to the 50 yardline, NO PLAY.Similar
Q4 11:42
2ND & 4
50
+8
75.9%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Stephen Carr for 8 yds to the WMich 42 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 10:55
3RD & 5
OPP 37
+8
74.7%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Tyler Petite for 8 yds to the WMich 29 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 10:15
2ND & 8
OPP 27
+12
75.8%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Daniel Imatorbhebhe for 12 yds to the WMich 15 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 9:50
1ST & 10
OPP 15
+7
75.2%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 7 yds to the WMich 8Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 22TD4 plays · 83 yds · 0:4767% → 93%
Q4 7:13
2ND & 6
OWN 21
+42
65.8%
Sam Darnold pass complete to Deontay Burnett for 42 yds to the WMich 37 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 23FG8 plays · 40 yds · 2:0512% → 23%
Q4 6:30
1ST & 10
OPP 18
-5
83.6%
WESTRN MICHIGAN Penalty, False Start (Chukwuma Okorafor) to the USC 23Similar
Q4 5:27
2ND & 14
OPP 22
-5
84.6%
WESTRN MICHIGAN Penalty, False Start (Chukwuma Okorafor) to the USC 27Similar
Q4 5:02
3RD & 19
OPP 27
+1
86.9%
Jon Wassink pass complete to Keishawn Watson for 1 yd to the USC 26Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
USCDrive 24TD5 plays · 66 yds · 0:3487% → 96%
WMUDrive 25INT TD4 plays · 3 yds · 0:245% → 2%
Q4 3:13
3RD & 7
OWN 28
+37
98.5%
Jon Wassink pass intercepted for a TD Marvell Tell III return for 37 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
WMUDrive 26END OF GAME6 plays · 12 yds · 2:542% → 1%
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
Biggest swings
TD · Q4 6:57
Ronald Jones II run for 37 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
+26.8
TD · Q4 7:54
Michael Brown kickoff for 65 yds , Darius Phillips return for 100 yds for a TD, (Josh Grant KICK)
-24
TD · Q3 0:34
Sam Darnold run for 11 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
+20.7