Putting Up Numbers· college football

Buffalo’s points allowed with Jason Wright and without Jason Wright

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Buffalo was 0.0 points over with Jason Wright and 0.2 points under without Jason Wright over its last 25 games, 6 games against 11. The plain averages are 26.6 and 23.0, a difference of 3.6. Both games after a bye were without Jason Wright.

Jason Wright, quarterback: 987 passing yards, 185 pass attempts and 92 completions in 10 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A +0.3 difference in points allowed over expected with Jason Wright vs without Jason Wright is about what you’d expect.

A +3.6 difference in points allowed with Jason Wright vs without Jason Wright is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Buffalo’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jason Wright or without Jason Wright
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 2, 2024@AkronW3026.4
Nov 12, 2024vsBall StateW4823.4
Nov 20, 2024@Eastern MichiganW2028.0
Nov 26, 2024vsKent StateW721.3
Jan 4, 2025vsLiberty (neutral)W728.3
Aug 28, 2025@MinnesotaL2332.3
Sep 6, 2025vsSSt. Francis (PA)W6—
Sep 13, 2025@Kent StateW2827.7
Sep 20, 2025vsTroyL2124.1
Sep 27, 2025vsUConnL2032.3
Oct 4, 2025vsEastern MichiganW3025.0
Oct 18, 2025@UMassW2117.2
Oct 25, 2025vsAkronL2420.0
Nov 1, 2025@Bowling GreenW326.7
Nov 12, 2025@Central MichiganL3822.8
Nov 19, 2025vsMiami (OH)L3724.1
Nov 28, 2025vsOhioL3126.4
Sep 3, 2026vsUUAlbanyW17—
Sep 12, 2026@Florida InternationalL3321.7
Sep 19, 2026@Penn StateL5529.0
Sep 26, 2026vsRRobert MorrisW28—
Oct 3, 2026vsWestern MichiganL2025.4
Oct 10, 2026@ToledoW841.4
Oct 17, 2026vsUMassW1820.4
Oct 24, 2026vsBowling GreenW2420.1

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 78% in 2025, 66% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • St. Francis (PA), UAlbany, Robert Morris have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Jason Wright nor without Jason Wright: Jason Wright had no game for the team that season, and sit out.