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Auburn High School (AL) Defensive Coordinator Scott Goolsby has looked at studies of other programs and his own defenses and has concluded:
- The better a defense is at producing sacks and interceptions, the better it is on downs where neither occurs.
- On a drive without a negative play, the average FBS team scores points and touchdowns twice as often as on a drive with a negative play.
- On a drive without a sack, the average FBS team scores points twice as often and touchdowns three times as often as when there is a sack.
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