outgain

verb

out·gain | \ ˌau̇t-ˈgān

outgained; outgaining; outgains

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

Examples of outgain in a Sentence

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Kansas City outgained Los Angeles 546-455 with six touchdown passes by Patrick Mahomes. — Greg Beacham, The Seattle Times, "Rams roll into bye week buzzing from epic win over Chiefs," 21 Nov. 2018 The Vikings have outgained the Saints 106-33 in total yards. — USA TODAY, "The Latest: Vikings lead Saints 20-14 early in 4th quarter," 14 Jan. 2018 Louisville will likely outgain WKU, in which case turnovers might make things interesting. — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, "How Louisville football can (and can't) beat Western Kentucky," 4 July 2018 Alabama outgained Vanderbilt by 599 yards en route to a 59-0 win. — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Vanderbilt Commodores face uphill challenge in SEC, No. 106 in 2018 preseason college football rankings," 13 May 2018 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

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