I went through each play of that game.
The scoring went as follows.
3 - 0
10 - 0
10 - 7
10 - 10
10 - 17
10 - 20
10 - 27
13 - 27
Middle of the 3rd quarter they took a 10 - 17 lead. After that score, they ran it 7 times and called 11 pass plays to close out the game. That's about 39% runs after they took a 7 point lead they still passed it more than ran.
Prior to that, they ran 14 run plays and 20 pass plays.
It should be noted that the pass plays are all short dump off's with the exception of only a few that were farther than 7 yards. (true form of WCO i think)
I still say, if you run it more, you increase your chances of winning. It's been commonly stated that the more you run, the more grove you get into and the better you do at it.
Run plays wear a defense down, even if you only get 2 yards. Remember when McCarthy first game here, he CLAIMED that was his philosophy and almost detailed it exactly how I just said it.
I'm taking a break, that was a lot of crap to read through for a team I hate. Zombie, next time, PLEASE use a team that I don't hate for an example. 🙂