Boise State without Sire Gaines

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Boise State is 3–0 without Sire Gaines this season and 4–1 with him. Since 2025, Boise State is 3–0 in the 3 games he missed and 13–6 with him.

Missed games (wrist), per si.com.

, a game

This season

Measure	With Sire Gaines5 games	Without3 games	Difference
Record	4–1	3–0
Points, over expected	+1.5	+5.6	−4.1
Rushing yards, over expected	+51.5	−15.9	+67.4
Against the line	+3.3	+2.2	+1.1
Points allowed, over expected	−2.8	+1.8	−4.6
Margin, over expected	+3.2	+1.6	+1.6
Carries, over expected	+1.1	+3.0	−2.0
Yards a carry	6.23	4.04	+2.19
Passing yards, over expected	−21.4	+34.3	−55.7
Pass attempts, over expected	+0.7	−2.1	+2.8
Total yards, over expected	+26.2	+14.1	+12.1
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	−1.3%	+18.8%	−20.1
Penalty yards, over expected	+12.8	−18.1	+30.9

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With Sire Gaines19 games	Without6 games	Difference
Record	13–6	5–1
Points, over expected	+0.7	−1.5	+2.2
Rushing yards, over expected	+14.4	−7.6	+22.0
Against the line	−1.7	+1.7	−3.3
Points allowed, over expected	−0.9	−3.3	+2.4
Margin, over expected	+1.1	+0.4	+0.6
Carries, over expected	+1.0	+3.7	−2.8
Yards a carry	5.18	4.47	+0.71
Passing yards, over expected	−0.6	+24.4	−24.9
Pass attempts, over expected	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4
Total yards, over expected	+11.2	+14.5	−3.3
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	+1.9%	+12.8%	−11.0
Penalty yards, over expected	+6.0	−10.2	+16.2

Measure	With Sire Gaines	Without	Difference
Maddux Madsen, QB
Passing yards	199.4	228.0	−28.6
Pass attempts	29.0	25.7	+3.3
Dylan Riley, RB
Rushing yards	146.4	105.7	+40.7
Carries	18.8	23.7	−4.9
Rasean Jones, WR
Receiving yards	75.3	81.3	−6.1
Receptions	5.0	5.7	−0.7
Matt Wagner, TE
Receiving yards	25.6	66.7	−41.1
Receptions	2.6	5.3	−2.7
Akeem Wright, WR
Receiving yards	36.5	58.3	−21.8
Receptions	2.5	3.7	−1.2

Measure	With Sire Gaines	Without	Difference
Maddux Madsen, QB
Passing yards	208.2	212.6	−4.4
Pass attempts	27.9	27.6	+0.4
Ashton Jeanty, RB
Rushing yards	195.3	183.2	+12.2
Carries	18.7	28.9	−10.2
Latrell Caples, WR
Receiving yards	47.4	36.8	+10.7
Receptions	3.9	3.0	+0.9
Dylan Riley, RB
Rushing yards	97.7	53.3	+44.4
Carries	15.2	12.0	+3.2
Matt Wagner, TE
Receiving yards	21.1	34.4	−13.4
Receptions	2.1	3.0	−0.9

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
Why he’s out: si.com.