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Breaking down the running game

Bryan_Moss

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The Memphis Tigers had a field day against UConn on Saturday. The Tigers as a team rushed for 378 yards. Darrell Henderson and Patrick Taylor both had over 100 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns each.

Where did they find their success?

Well first look at Henderson.

Henderson had his most of his success off of 1 play for 61 yards that came off the left end spot.

Here's the breakdown of his runs (See chart above for reference).

LE- 1 run for 61 yards and 1 TD
LT- 1 run for 7 yards
LG- 1 run for 5 yards
ML- 2 runs for 8 yards
MR- no attempts
RG- 3 runs for 54 yards
RT- 1 run for -4 yards
RE- 5 runs for 43 yards and 2 TD's


Now let's take a look at Patrick Taylor Jr's breakdown.

The majority of Taylor's success was from the left C gap. If you look at the chart above, that would be the LT spot. Henderson had 2 runs for 70 yards in that hole.

Here's the breakdown of his runs (See chart above for reference).

LE- 2 runs for 14 yards and 1 TD
LT- 2 runs for 70 yards and 2 TD's
LG- no attempts
ML- 3 runs for 17 yards
MR- no attempts
RG- 1 run for 23 yards
RT- 2 runs for 16 yards
RE- 1 run for 21 yards
 
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