His final 1,000 yard season came in 1996 and required a 155-yard performance against the Dallas Cowboys second-ranked defense to push him to 1,014 yards for the season.

Still, the Lions finished with only 208 yards against the league's second-ranked defense.

He ran the ball: 38 times for 158 yards against the nation's second-ranked running defense.

That is bad news against the league's second-ranked defense against the run (84.7 yards a game).

Miami (9-3) managed only 182 total yards and was held to 35 yards on the ground by the nation's second-ranked defense.

Alabama also entered to the second-ranked overall defense in the country.

North Carolina, which was No. 11 in the Associated Press poll before falling to 3-1, lived up to its ranking as the nation's second-ranked defense.

A team that often plays to the level of its competition, Jacksonville, with the league's second-ranked defense, will be motivated against a team with a reputation for toughness.

Yes, the Texans own the second-ranked defense in the NFL and played that way.

Facing the nation's second-ranked defense, Washington struggled behind quarterback Ronnie Fouch, a redshirt freshman making his first college start.