UK Football in the Stats: Depressed Young Fan Edition

@MrsTylerKSR

After three games, Kentucky is 1-2 and 0-1 in SEC play. With a crucial showdown vs. South Carolina on Saturday, let's take a minute to review where Kentucky ranks nationally in various categories. (Warning: some may leave you as disheartened as this young UK fan on Saturday.) First, the somewhat good...

Scoring offense: Kentucky 54th (34.7 points per game)

RANK	Name	G	TD	FG	1XP	2XP	Safety	Points	Points/Game
1	Louisville	3	27	2	27	0	0	195	65.0
11	Alabama	3	18	4	18	0	0	138	46.0
17	Southern Mississippi	3	17	4	17	0	0	131	43.7
34	Troy	3	15	5	13	0	0	118	39.3
54	Kentucky	3	15	0	14	0	0	104	34.7
58	Florida	3	12	5	10	1	1	101	33.7
62	Missouri	3	13	3	10	1	0	99	33.0
64	New Mexico State	3	12	5	9	0	0	96	32.0
69	Tennessee	3	12	3	12	0	0	93	31.0
76	Georgia	3	11	3	10	0	1	87	29.0
104	Mississippi State	3	7	6	7	0	0	67	22.3
105	Vanderbilt	3	8	2	8	0	1	64	21.3
120	South Carolina	3	5	4	5	0	0	47	15.7

Total offense: Kentucky 68th, 416.7 yards per game

RANK	Name	G	Rush yards	Pass yards	Plays	Total Yards	Yards/Play	Yards/Game
1	Louisville	3	1000	1038	217	2038	9.39	679.3
16	Missouri	3	445	1135	253	1580	6.25	526.7
18	Southern Mississippi	3	789	767	256	1556	6.08	518.7
33	Alabama	3	700	732	223	1432	6.42	477.3
40	Florida	3	606	792	228	1398	6.13	466.0
66	Georgia	3	557	699	227	1256	5.53	418.7
68	Kentucky	3	571	679	173	1250	7.23	416.7
84	New Mexico State	3	464	688	220	1152	5.24	384.0
90	Mississippi State	3	585	552	204	1137	5.57	379.0
101	Tennessee	3	567	486	206	1053	5.11	351.0
123	South Carolina	3	272	591	185	863	4.66	287.7
124	Vanderbilt	3	485	376	199	861	4.33	287.0

Now for the bad...

Turnover Margin: Kentucky 115th, -1.33/game

RANK	Name	G	Fum. Gain	Int. Gain	Total Gain	Fum. Lost	Int. Lost	Total Lost	Margin	Margin/G
13	New Mexico State	3	4	2	6	0	2	2	4	1.33
21	Georgia	3	3	5	8	3	2	5	3	1.00
21	Vanderbilt	3	3	2	5	1	1	2	3	1.00
21	Florida	3	1	4	5	0	2	2	3	1.00
36	Tennessee	3	5	1	6	1	3	4	2	0.67
46	South Carolina	3	2	3	5	3	1	4	1	0.33
46	Alabama	3	1	4	5	3	1	4	1	0.33
46	Mississippi State	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	0.33
90	Louisville	3	3	2	5	4	3	7	-2	-0.67
90	Missouri	3	1	5	6	5	3	8	-2	-0.67
98	Southern Mississippi	3	2	2	4	1	6	7	-3	-1.00
115	Kentucky	3	0	6	6	5	5	10	-4	-1.33

Total Defense: Kentucky 112th, 528 yards allowed per game

RANK	Name	G	Rush Yards	Pass Yards	Plays	Total Yards	Yards/Play	Yards/G
1	Florida	3	127	262	150	389	2.59	129.7
10	Southern Mississippi	3	293	466	169	759	4.49	253.0
25	Louisville	3	340	566	223	906	4.06	302.0
32	Alabama	3	193	767	200	960	4.80	320.0
39	Tennessee	3	458	552	215	1010	4.70	336.7
40	Mississippi State	3	305	709	204	1014	4.97	338.0
42	Georgia	3	379	643	195	1022	5.24	340.7
88	South Carolina	3	578	668	231	1246	5.39	415.3
101	Vanderbilt	3	506	808	211	1314	6.23	438.0
103	Missouri	3	483	848	269	1331	4.95	443.7
120	New Mexico State	3	891	655	220	1546	7.03	515.3
122	Kentucky	3	729	855	258	1584	6.14	528.0

Scoring Defense: Kentucky 122nd, 43.7 points allowed/game

RANK	Name	G	TD	FG	1XP	2XP	Safety	Points	Points/G
1	Florida	3	2	0	2	0	0	14	4.7
28	South Carolina	3	5	6	4	0	0	52	17.3
35	Tennessee	3	6	5	5	0	0	56	18.7
39	Mississippi State	3	8	1	7	0	0	58	19.3
41	Alabama	3	6	6	5	0	0	59	19.7
47	Louisville	3	8	2	8	0	0	62	20.7
60	Southern Mississippi	3	9	3	9	0	0	72	24.0
64	Vanderbilt	3	9	4	9	0	0	75	25.0
64	Missouri	3	9	4	9	0	0	75	25.0
64	Georgia	3	9	4	9	0	0	75	25.0
122	Kentucky	3	17	4	17	0	0	131	43.7
122	New Mexico State	3	18	2	17	0	0	131	43.7

Time of Possession: Kentucky 116th, 25:26 minutes/game

RANK	Name	G	Total Time	Time/G
10	Florida	3	105:38	35:12.67
14	Georgia	3	103:59	34:39.67
19	Alabama	3	101:50	33:56.67
29	Southern Mississippi	3	99:10	33:03.33
46	Vanderbilt	3	94:45	31:35.00
64	Louisville	3	89:23	29:47.67
84	Tennessee	3	84:23	28:07.67
98	Mississippi State	3	80:30	26:50.00
110	South Carolina	3	78:25	26:08.33
116	Kentucky	3	76:14	25:24.67
118	New Mexico State	3	76:04	25:21.33
125	Missouri	3	69:45	23:15.00

Further rubbing salt in the wound, according to CBS' Dennis Dodd, Kentucky is tied for first in touchdowns allowed by Power 5 schools:

1. Kentucky: 17 1. Texas Tech: 17 3. Cal: 15 3. Syracuse: 15 3. Florida State: 15 6. Iowa State: 14 6. Texas: 14 8. Arizona State: 13 8. Notre Dame: 13 8. Oregon: 13

Yeesh.