Best Missouri Valley defense in 2014

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Thought it would be interesting to compare the top 5 teams in a few defensive categories for all games played.


Total Defense:

NDSU: 255.5 yards/game
UNI: 301.6 yards/game
Ill State: 319.6 yards/game
SDSU: 362.8 yards/game
Ind State: 370.3 yards/game


Scoring Defense:

NDSU: 11.6
Ill State: 18.9
UNI: 19.0
YSU: 23.5
Ind State: 24.0


Total TDs allowed:

NDSU: 16
Ill State: 27
UNI: 30
SDSU: 38
Ind State: 41


Rush Defense:

UNI: 103.0/game
NDSU: 108.7/game
Ill State: 118.8/game
WIU: 139.1/game
YSU: 157.3/game



Pass Defense:


NDSU: 146.8/game
SDSU: 180.0/game
UNI: 198.6/game
Ind State: 200.8/game
Ill State: 200.8/game


Total TDs allowed is pretty interesting: NDSU has only allowed a total of 16 TDs in 12 games.....