Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia’s points allowed with Chauncey Bowens and without Chauncey Bowens

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia was 0.1 points under with Chauncey Bowens and 4.7 points under without Chauncey Bowens over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 16.9 and 20.7, a difference of 3.8. Expected was 6.9 points lower with Chauncey Bowens than without Chauncey Bowens. 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.

points allowed a game over expected

A +4.6 difference in points allowed over expected with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is about what you’d expect.

A −3.8 difference in points allowed with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Georgia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Chauncey Bowens or without Chauncey Bowens
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsGeorgia TechW4215.4
Dec 7, 2024vsTexas (neutral)W1927.8
Jan 2, 2025vsNotre Dame (neutral)L2330.0
Aug 30, 2025vsMarshallW715.1
Sep 6, 2025vsAAustin PeayW6—
Sep 13, 2025@TennesseeW4126.0
Sep 27, 2025vsAlabamaL2422.7
Oct 4, 2025vsKentuckyW1415.2
Oct 11, 2025@AuburnW1019.1
Oct 18, 2025vsOle MissW3526.5
Nov 1, 2025vsFlorida (neutral)W2014.5
Nov 8, 2025@Mississippi StateW2122.0
Nov 15, 2025vsTexasW1022.2
Nov 22, 2025vsCharlotteW33.0
Nov 28, 2025vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W921.8
Dec 6, 2025vsAlabama (neutral)W726.3
Jan 1, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)L3927.4
Sep 5, 2026vsTennessee StateW3—
Sep 12, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW205.6
Sep 19, 2026@ArkansasW1718.3
Sep 26, 2026vsOklahomaW1317.0
Oct 3, 2026vsVanderbiltW1415.4
Oct 10, 2026@AlabamaW1734.5
Oct 17, 2026vsAuburnL2716.3
Oct 31, 2026vsFlorida (neutral)W832.1

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 2024, 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% 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.