outgain

verb

out·gain ˌau̇t-ˈgān

outgained; outgaining; outgains

transitive verb

: 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

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But South Carolina became the first team this season to outgain them, 459-340. —

Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 7 Nov. 2021 Saquon Barkley has 211 yards rushing and 94 yards receiving for the Nittany Lions, who outgain Iowa 579-273 but nearly blew the game. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022 Louisville did outgain Air Force 137-93 on the ground in the first half. —

Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Dec. 2021 Kansas City went on to outgain the Steelers 478-216 with the bulk of those Pittsburgh yards coming on a pair of late second-half scoring drives (both capped by Roethlisberger touchdown passes). —

Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2022 See all Example Sentences for outgain