Putting Up Numbers· college football

Florida’s total yards with Duke Clark and without Duke Clark

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Florida was 68.3 yards over with Duke Clark and 55.7 yards under without Duke Clark over its last 25 games, 8 games against 10. The plain averages are 458.0 and 295.0, a difference of 163.0. Both neutral-site games were without Duke Clark. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Duke Clark.

Duke Clark, running back: 323 rushing yards, 51 carries and 7 receptions in 10 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +124.0 difference in total yards over expected with Duke Clark vs without Duke Clark is rare: shuffle which games were with Duke Clark and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +163.0 difference in total yards with Duke Clark vs without Duke Clark is rare: shuffle which games were with Duke Clark and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

with Duke Clarkwithout Duke Clark
Florida’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Duke Clark or without Duke Clark
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@TexasL329309.9
Nov 16, 2024vsLSUW342381.4
Nov 23, 2024vsOle MissW345366.6
Nov 30, 2024@Florida StateW368395.6
Dec 20, 2024vsTulane (neutral)W529360.0
Aug 30, 2025vsLLong Island UniversityW451—
Sep 6, 2025vsSouth FloridaL355401.5
Sep 13, 2025@LSUL366296.8
Sep 20, 2025@Miami (FL)L141286.8
Oct 4, 2025vsTexasW457312.3
Oct 11, 2025@Texas A&ML319299.6
Oct 18, 2025vsMississippi StateW453387.8
Nov 1, 2025vsGeorgia (neutral)L282289.4
Nov 8, 2025@KentuckyL248359.9
Nov 15, 2025@Ole MissL326354.2
Nov 22, 2025vsTennesseeL261424.4
Nov 29, 2025vsFlorida StateW440337.5
Sep 5, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticW644511.4
Sep 12, 2026vsCCampbellW514—
Sep 19, 2026@AuburnW497394.4
Sep 26, 2026vsOle MissW499411.6
Oct 3, 2026@MissouriL325381.1
Oct 10, 2026vsSouth CarolinaL387423.4
Oct 17, 2026@TexasW319307.2
Oct 31, 2026vsGeorgia (neutral)L246396.3

Method

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  • 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 shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Long Island University, Campbell 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Duke Clark nor without Duke Clark: Duke Clark had no game for the team that season, and sit out.