We controlled the ball, had more yards passing and rushing, so what went wrong?
Just looking at the box score, one thing that stands out to me are their numbers for their offensive line. They got more pancakes and we allowed 3 more sacks and 5 more hurried passes.
But what I think made a big difference this time is the difference in our punting numbers.
Us: 1 punt for 18 yards.
Them: 10 punts for 246 yards.
Maybe our tendency to go for it on 4th down backfired a bit?