When comparing the UTEP Defense going up against the Top 5 ranked OU Offense here are some numbers that should give us some hope. The Miners’ defense allowed 4.7 yards per rushing attempt to OU, BUT, Rice allowed Stanford 8 yards a carry. Gets even better when we look at pass defense. UTEP gave up 13.8 yards per catch, BUT Rice gave up 17.6 yards a catch to Stanford. OU averaged 9.1 yards per play and Stanford averaged 9.
Offensively, UTEP …averaged 3.8 yards a play and Rice averaged 3.9.
Soooo, we might be able to hope that our defense is better than theirs!
Go Miners!