How to Use outgain in a Sentence

outgain

verb
  • In the first quarter, the Eagles outgained the Bears 122 yards to minus-1 yard and had nine first downs to the Bears’ zero.
    Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • The Spartans outgained the Irish but fell well behind thanks to three first-half turnovers.
    Noah Trister, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • At one point, the Buccaneers had outgained the Lions 314 yards to 2.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2019
  • For the second time in two weeks the Vipers outgained their opponent.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Colorado State outgained Colorado in Week 1 but lost by 21 thanks to a minus-4 turnover margin.
    Christopher Smith, al, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Weird stat from last week: Penn State covered the 30-point line against Buffalo despite being outgained by 72 yards.
    Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The Dolphins were outgained Sunday, which is also nothing new.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The Ravens outgained the Bengals 212-6 in the first quarter, and many of those yards came easily, with Cincinnati’s defense unable to set the edge against Jackson’s outside runs.
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • They were being pushed back, outgained, and outmuscled.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Louisville will likely outgain WKU, in which case turnovers might make things interesting.
    Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2018
  • Manual led at the break despite being outgained by a 4-to-1 margin, but Crumes said the Bears weren't too downtrodden.
    Nate Bryan, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Nebraska outgained Illinois in terms of yards per play 6.9 to 4.8, but the Illini recovered all four of the Cornhuskers’ fumbles.
    Max Meyer, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Ezekiel Elliott emerged from slump As has been the case often in Cowboys losses this season, Dallas still outgained its opponent.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The Oregon Ducks rushed for 276 yards total, actually outgaining Stanford on the ground.
    Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Given a chance to prove their first playoff berth in eight years wasn’t a fluke despite being outgained and outscored during the regular season, Miami never found a rhythm.
    Will Graves, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2017
  • While Clemson outgained Auburn in yardage, Auburn continuously had an advantage in time of possession.
    Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Malik Rosier threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns for Miami, which was actually outgained (but aided by four North Carolina turnovers) and had trouble putting away a one-win team playing with its third-string quarterback.
    Scooby Axson, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • After a dominant, record-setting first half, Arizona got outscored and outgained after intermission.
    Michael Lev, azcentral, 9 Sep. 2019
  • In that opening period, Miami outgained New England 123-2.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Cincinnati actually outgained Baltimore running the football.
    Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 10 Nov. 2019

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