Numbers game: 12 stats you need to know from Week 10

On3 imageby:Matt Zenitz•11/07/21•

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Each Sunday, On3 takes a look at some interesting stats you should know coming out of that week’s games. Here are 12 stats from Week 10.

2: The last two winless FBS teams won — Arizona over California (10-3) and UNLV over New Mexico (31-17).

3: Of the five 200-yard receiving games from Big Ten wide receivers this season, three came Saturday — Penn State’s Jahan Dotson (a school-record 242 yards in a win over Maryland), Ohio State’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba (240 in a win over Nebraska) and Purdue’s David Bell (217 in a win over No. 3 Michigan State). In Purdue’s two games against top-five teams (the Boilermakers also beat Iowa), Bell has posted combined totals of 22 catches, 457 yards and two touchdowns.

4: Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. recorded four tackles for loss, 12 total tackles and 1.5 sacks during the Crimson Tide’s win over LSU. In Alabama’s past three games, Anderson has 26 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks.

6: Alabama was held to 6 rushing yards in the win over LSU. It’s tied with a 9-0 loss to Penn State in 1990 as the Tide’s worst rushing output in a game since the 1968 Gator Bowl, a 35-10 loss that Alabama finished with minus-45 rushing yards.

Talk about good stats: Purdue’s David Bell has had 200-yard games in each of the Boilermakers’ 2 wins over top-5 teams this season. (Courtesy of Purdue Athletics)

13:52: Despite possessing the ball for only 13 minutes and 52 seconds, Tennessee beat No. 18 Kentucky 45-42. In comparison, the Wildcats had the ball for 46 minutes, 8 eight seconds. Tennessee had 461 yards on 47 plays, an average of 9.8 yards per play.

40: During a 40-17 win over Florida, South Carolina posted its highest-ever point total against the Gators. The Gamecocks’ highest point total through the first 41 games of the series was 36.

58: Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams had a 58-yard touchdown catch against LSU. Williams has at least one catch of 55-plus yards in five of the Tide’s past eight games against FBS teams, including each of the past three.

79: San Diego State punter Matt Araiza boomed a 79-yard punt during the Aztecs’ 17-10 win over Hawaii. Araiza now has 15 punts of at least 60 yards this season, an NCAA single-season record, and six of at least 70 yards. Araiza is San Diego State’s kicker, too, and he made a 39-yard field goal against Hawaii.

104: North Carolina QB Sam Howell ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns during the Tar Heels’ 58-55 win over No. 9 Wake Forest. That came in addition to Howell’s 216 yards and a touchdown as a passer. Howell, who never ran for more than 53 yards in a game in his first two years as North Carolina’s starter, has rushed for at least 91 yards in six of the Tar Heels’ past eight games.

133: Jim Knowles’ Oklahoma State defense held West Virginia to 133 yards during a 24-3 win over the Mountaineers. It came one week after West Virginia racked up 492 yards in a 38-31 win over Iowa State. Oklahoma State is third nationally in total defense (277.0 yards per game), behind Wisconsin (213.8) and Georgia (230.2).

309: Northern Illinois wide receiver Trayvon Rudolph hauled in 14 catches for 309 yards and three touchdowns during a 52-47 loss to Kent State. In the past five seasons, only one receiver has finished with a higher yardage total, Arkansas State’s Corey Rucker (310 against ULM last season). After having 12 catches for 170 yards and two touchdowns in Northern Illinois’ first seven games, Rudolph has 20 catches for 469 yards and five touchdowns in the past two games.

1,257: Southeastern Louisiana QB Cole Kelley and Incarnate Word QB Cameron Ward threw for a combined 1,257 yards and combined for 13 touchdowns in a 55-52 Incarnate Word win in the FCS ranks. The 647 yards from Kelley, an Arkansas transfer, ranks as the fourth-most from an FCS quarterback in a game. Ward’s yardage (610) ranks as the ninth-most.