Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia’s passing yards with Chauncey Bowens and without Chauncey Bowens

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia was 13.2 yards over with Chauncey Bowens and 44.9 yards under without Chauncey Bowens over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 241.2 and 202.0, a difference of 39.2. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Chauncey Bowens.

Chauncey Bowens, running back: 650 rushing yards, 138 carries and 24 receptions in 17 of those 25 games.

passing yards a game over expected

A +58.1 difference in passing yards over expected with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Chauncey Bowens and it comes up 11 times in 100.

A +39.2 difference in passing yards with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Chauncey Bowens and it comes up 19 times in 100.

The games

with Chauncey Bowenswithout Chauncey Bowens
Georgia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Chauncey Bowens or without Chauncey Bowens
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsGeorgia TechW297271.2
Dec 7, 2024vsTexas (neutral)W136253.6
Jan 2, 2025vsNotre Dame (neutral)L234256.1
Aug 30, 2025vsMarshallW249269.0
Sep 6, 2025vsAAustin PeayW231—
Sep 13, 2025@TennesseeW304216.0
Sep 27, 2025vsAlabamaL130195.5
Oct 4, 2025vsKentuckyW245222.5
Oct 11, 2025@AuburnW217217.0
Oct 18, 2025vsOle MissW289197.6
Nov 1, 2025vsFlorida (neutral)W223207.3
Nov 8, 2025@Mississippi StateW264214.7
Nov 15, 2025vsTexasW229218.9
Nov 22, 2025vsCharlotteW257262.2
Nov 28, 2025vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W70248.4
Dec 6, 2025vsAlabama (neutral)W156191.2
Jan 1, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)L219203.8
Sep 5, 2026vsTennessee StateW388—
Sep 12, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW259231.2
Sep 19, 2026@ArkansasW210240.9
Sep 26, 2026vsOklahomaW177216.3
Oct 3, 2026vsVanderbiltW295207.9
Oct 10, 2026@AlabamaW249227.8
Oct 17, 2026vsAuburnL327217.8
Oct 31, 2026vsFlorida (neutral)W101253.6

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 2.3 in 2024, plus 1.8 in 2025, plus 4.1 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 72% in 2024, 68% in 2025, 59% 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.
  • Austin Peay, Tennessee State 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 for 22 of these 25 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.