2. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Greg Hansen - Head Football
12th year; 5 years of Head Coaching experience
Jeff Wall – Assistant Varsity; Head JV Coach
11th year; 3 years of Head Coaching experience

3. Coaching Staff Jeff Wall – JV Head Coach
Dave Stoddard – Defensive Coordinator
Matt Shaapveld – JV Def. Coordinator
Paul Poeschl – Volunteer Assistant
Tim Reese – Volunteer Assistant
You must have a staff you can trust and that buys into the system
I am lucky to have that type of staff.

4. Coach Hansen
Coach Wall
Coach Shaapveld
Coach Stoddard
Coaching Staff

5. Evolution of the Mustangs Double Wing Offense
year totals
Final Ranking th nd th
C2 Rank st (407 ypg) st (391 ypg) st (434 ypg) st (411 ypg)
Record (10-1)
Points per game
Team Rushing (7.9) (6.8) (6.1) (6.9)
Rushing TDs (51.7)
Passing / (39%) / (39%) / (56%) 140/ (47.3%)
TD/INT Ratio / / / /16
First Downs (17.3) (17.0) (21.0) (18.2)
Turnover Diff = = = = +54
Homerun threat yd 6TD yd 3TD yd 5TD
Leading rusher TD (11.0) TD (7.8) TD (6.3)
TD (8.4)

6. Evolution of Stanton DW
Years: , 2004, 2005
Record: (10-1)
Offensive Rank: 1st (3 straight years) (411 ypg)
Points scored: 1302 total points (37.2 pts per game)
Team Rushing: – yards (345.9 per game)
(6.9 per rush)
Rushing TDs: 155 (51.7 per year)
Passing: 140/296 – 2241 yards (47.3%)
(2005) 79/141 – 1301 yards (56%)
First Downs: 638 (18.2 per game)
Stanton Leaders: Rushing: 168 – 1842/25 TDs (2003)
Receiving: 19 – 455/5 TDs (2005)

7. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets

8. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Triple C

9. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Crunch
Triple C

10. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Crunch
Triple C
Over

11. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Crunch
Triple C
Over
Double Over (Rambo)

12. Unbalanced DW Sets Concepts of unbalanced sets:
Catch defense off-guard.
Keep defense off-balance.
Out-flank or out-man the defense.
Force defenders to play something different than what most of their practice has been spent on. Make them question their reads.
Steal opponents’ practice time.

13. Unbalanced DW Sets Unbalanced “Musts”
Maintain DW set of basic core plays.
Maintain blocking schemes as much as possible.
As a coach, you MUST not try to do too much.

14. Basic Premise S C C
Vs. the Tight formation, defenses are forced to run a balanced defense.

15. Basic Premise S C C Tackle Over with no defensive adjustment (which we2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
Tackle Over with no defensive adjustment (which we
see quite often) creates a numbers advantage on the
playside even before we pull anybody from backside.

16. Basic Premise S C C Some where along the line, a bubble forms.
In this case: outflank them with Super-O or
G-O Reach.

17. Basic Premise S C C
Or here…
Run “G” or 3 4

18. Basic Premise S C C Or maybe here…
Wedge or 3 2 looks good here.

19. Basic Premise S C C If the defense is sound and slides down a man;4 l 2 3 2 3 4 7 8 1 5 6
If the defense is sound and slides down a man;
they doom themselves by being outmanned even
worse on the short side of the formation. (8 to 4)
Super Power, Counter, or Black-O look good.

20. Basic Premise S C C Rambo
Outflanked
Rambo
Using various formations we are trying to create weak spots along
the defensive front in first two levels.

21. Basic Premise S C C Over One less outside One less outside
force defender
One less outside
force defender
Over

22. Basic Premise S C C Triple C – Are you going to cover this with man
Where do I
line up???
Triple C – Are you going to cover this with man
or zone coverage??

23. Basic Premise S C C
? ? ? ?? ? ? ?
Crunch – how would you line up against this??

24. Basic Premise
We will typically try to run 5 plays from out unbalanced sets:
Sweep – we always try to outflank our opponents first. If they don’t slide, it’s trouble for them.
Wedge or Base (dive) – Somewhere along the line, there is a “bubble” we can penetrate.
Super Power – back to the short side when the defense does adjust correctly.
Counter – back to the short side if defense over adjusts, or is flying themselves out of position.
Play action pass – We usually run a rollout to the strongside (Red-red) with a good QB run/pass option while flooding a zone with 3 receivers.

25. Double Over/Under (Rambo)

26. Rambo S C C l 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 4
This formation poses an even greater out-flanking possibility on
the strongside if the defense doesn’t adjust.

27. Rambo 38 G-O Reach

28. Rambo 4-X

29. Rambo 47-C

30. Rambo Red-Red

31. Rambo 77 Super Power

32. Over/Under

33. “Over” Usage S C C X
Some cornerbacks are told to fly in and cause chaos versus
our Super Power, and our QB cannot get to his block in time!
So we move our X tight end to a split end on the opposite side.

34. Over S C C C X
This formation pulls an aggressive cornerback out of run support,
while not affecting our ability to run our base plays.

35. Over S C C X
This formation pulls an aggressive cornerback out of run support,
while not affecting our ability to run our base plays.

36. Over S C C X
This formation pulls an aggressive cornerback out of run support,
while not affecting our ability to run our base plays.

37. Over S C C X
This formation pulls an aggressive cornerback out of run support,
while not affecting our ability to run our base plays.

38. Over S
OPEN AREA C C X
We may lose a puller (Super-O, not Super Power now), but we offset that with:
1) A QB who can help us seal inside as the BST would have anyway, and
2) A void in the defense that we wouldn’t have had otherwise!
Many times we see a secondary rotation with NO defensive front slide.

39. Over 66 Super-O

40. Over 3 2

41. Over 77 Super Power

42. 38 G-O Reach-Crack
CRACK

43. Over 4 Red ?? S C
Cover 2 Killer

44. Spread Right S Spread gets us the same void to one side, and:
Open space
Spread gets us the same void to one side, and:
We have both pullers again (Super Power).
Maintains concepts of Over/Under without losing your
4th receiver.

45. Crunch (Right or Left)

46. Crunch S C C
Most times, the defense will not shift because the line is
not “unbalanced”. But obviously we have a number advantage
playside.

47. Crunch S C C
44 Base – Simple in design and application. Gap, on, Backer for playside and On, cutoff for the backside. It’s great for running the clock and demoralizing the defense. If your stud running back can take a handoff use him.

48. Crunch S C C 88 Reach – After Crunchin’ them for awhile the defense
has a tendency lean toward or fly to the middle and
that’s when it’s time to run Reach. We averaged 18.0
yards per carry with this play.

49. Crunch S C C 47 C – This is a “homerun” play to run when the defense
is flying playside to stop “44” and “88”. We lead with
our fullback who looks outside after he gets past the LOS.

50. Crunch S C C Red-Red – basic playaction pass to run when corner is
flying up to stop the run.

51. Crunch S C C
77 Power – When the defense shifts over against the unbalance, they are primed for the power back to the short side.

52. Crunch S C C
77 Power – When the defense shifts over against the unbalance, they are primed for the power back to the short side.

53. Crunch S C C
77 Power – When the defense shifts over against the unbalance, they are primed for the power back to the short side.

54. Crunch S C C
2 3 Lead?? All kinds of possibilities, that we haven’t used.

55. Triple - C

56. Triple C S C C
Again, with the use of backs to unbalance the line, it is harder
down linemen to recognize the unbalanced formation.

57. Triple C S C C
88 Reach – Again, we always try to outflank our defense. We
are testing to see if the defense will adjust. Surprisingly, many
times the defense will not shift.

58. Triple C S C C
47 C Lead - Counter them when they are flying out of position.

59. Triple C S C C
Red-Red - Rollout Run/Pass option; QB must make decision by
his third step. A 5 yard toss can lead to a 70 yard TD.

60. Things to Remember Don’t try to do too much.
Stick to core Double Wing plays and blocking schemes.
Implement maybe one unbalance set per year.
One unbalanced formation and set of plays will be enough to cause opposing coaches and players fits!!
Keep punchin’! If a play is working keep running it until they stop it!

61. Stanton Mustangs Double Wing
Breaching Defensive Fronts
with Unbalanced Sets
Greg Hansen - Head Football
12th year; 5 years of Head Coaching experience
Jeff Wall – Assistant Varsity; Head JV Coach
11th year; 3 years of Head Coaching experience