outgain

verb out·gain \ ˌau̇t-ˈgān \

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Definition of outgain

: to gain more than; especially, American football : to gain more yards than

The Steelers outgained the Ravens 175 yards to 73, held the ball for more than 19 minutes and had no penalties or punts.
—Josh Elliott

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Alabama had the ball for 18:34 during the half and outgained Clemson 182 yards to 73.

— USA TODAY, "The Latest: Alabama stifles Clemson to reach title game," 1 Jan. 2018
The Commodores picked up just one SEC win and were outgained by an average of nearly 125 yards during league play to end up in the familiar spot: near the bottom of East Division standings.

— edgar thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Vanderbilt Commodores face uphill challenge in SEC, No. 106 in 2018 preseason college football rankings," 13 May 2018
Oklahoma barely outgained Georgia 512-498 in total yards and each team made one key turnover in the second highest-scoring edition — for now — of the Granddaddy of Them All.

— USA TODAY, "The Latest: Alabama stifles Clemson to reach title game," 1 Jan. 2018
More: Sure enough, the Eagles held Atlanta to 4-for-13 on third-down conversions, outgained them on the ground and were superior on special teams in a 15-10 win.

— mark spezia, Detroit Free Press, "Okemos native Cynthia Frelund blazes trail in NFL's analytics game," 3 Feb. 2018
When the statistics were totaled, the Packers outgained the Raiders rushing, 163 yards to 105, and Oakland had a 186 to 162 edge in passing.

— bud lea, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jan. 14, 1968: Packers rout Raiders to repeat as Super Bowl champions," 18 Jan. 2018
Four of the losers outgained their opponents in yardage, and the SEC ended up with a 319-316 advantage in scoring, provided by the three-point difference in the final game of the season. 5 Consecutive victories over the No.

— mark inabinett, AL.com, "SEC Football by the Numbers: Top 10 from bowl season," 9 Jan. 2018
Alabama trailed by 10 points entering the fourth quarter of the CFP championship game, outgained Georgia 180-32 in yardage in the remainder of the contest and beat the Bulldogs 26-23 in overtime.

— mark inabinett, AL.com, "SEC Football by the Numbers: Top 10 from bowl season," 9 Jan. 2018
The Bulldogs outgained the Tide 223 yards to 95 in the first half.

— stefan stevenson, star-telegram, "Georgia answers Alabama TD with quick 80-yard strike," 8 Jan. 2018

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