Stat of the Week: Cowboys Seeing Decrease in Successful Drive Percentage

Oklahoma State’s offensive statistics show a startling drop in efficiency since they started Big 12 play. This is all despite averaging 13 drives per game over this season and still being third in the conference in points per game. Here’s a table showing their successful drive percentage up to this point in the season.

The Cowboys’ season successful drive rate is 47.8 percent, but it’s only 38 percent through the past four games. To put that in perspective, OSU’s offense scored on 54 percent of their drives last year (not including kneeling possessions) on the same amount of drives per game.

Notice that in all of the Cowboys’ wins, their successful drive percentage is all above 50 percent. Conversely, all of their wins are in the 30-percent range or below.

In the Pokes’ most recent game, they only mustered three scoring drives against the No. 85 team in the FBS in total defense. They plan to take on a Texas team that’s in the top half of the conference in total, rushing and scoring defense. Hopefully they won’t continue on this downward trajectory, but the hope for improvement comes with Texas, TCU, West Virginia and Oklahoma all still on the schedule.