Putting Up Numbers· college football

Buffalo’s total yards with Jason Wright and without Jason Wright

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Buffalo was 22.0 yards under with Jason Wright and 6.1 yards under without Jason Wright over its last 25 games, 6 games against 11. The plain averages are 330.3 and 359.9, a difference of 29.6. 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.

total yards a game over expected

A −15.9 difference in total yards over expected with Jason Wright vs without Jason Wright is about what you’d expect.

A −29.6 difference in total yards 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@AkronW393379.4
Nov 12, 2024vsBall StateW472422.7
Nov 20, 2024@Eastern MichiganW398380.8
Nov 26, 2024vsKent StateW446468.8
Jan 4, 2025vsLiberty (neutral)W347358.3
Aug 28, 2025@MinnesotaL151303.7
Sep 6, 2025vsSSt. Francis (PA)W503—
Sep 13, 2025@Kent StateW457377.8
Sep 20, 2025vsTroyL278338.9
Sep 27, 2025vsUConnL329400.2
Oct 4, 2025vsEastern MichiganW387394.5
Oct 18, 2025@UMassW475388.5
Oct 25, 2025vsAkronL357401.3
Nov 1, 2025@Bowling GreenW282327.6
Nov 12, 2025@Central MichiganL398321.8
Nov 19, 2025vsMiami (OH)L349326.1
Nov 28, 2025vsOhioL370319.8
Sep 3, 2026vsUUAlbanyW343—
Sep 12, 2026@Florida InternationalL308291.4
Sep 19, 2026@Penn StateL173278.6
Sep 26, 2026vsRRobert MorrisW445—
Oct 3, 2026vsWestern MichiganL305361.3
Oct 10, 2026@ToledoW352348.3
Oct 17, 2026vsUMassW351346.4
Oct 24, 2026vsBowling GreenW378373.1

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, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2025, 67% 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.