Putting Up Numbers· college football

Iowa State’s passing yards with Connor Moberly and without Connor Moberly

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 25.1 yards under with Connor Moberly and 6.2 yards under without Connor Moberly over its last 25 games, 1 game against 22. The plain averages are 169.0 and 215.5, a difference of 46.5. All 13 home games were without Connor Moberly. All 3 neutral-site games were without Connor Moberly. All 6 night games were without Connor Moberly.

Connor Moberly, quarterback: 83 passing yards, 23 pass attempts and 9 completions in 7 of those 25 games, 6% of Iowa State’s passing yards in those games.

One game with Connor Moberly is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

passing yards a game over expected

The games

with Connor Moberlywithout Connor Moberly
Iowa State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Connor Moberly or without Connor Moberly
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsCincinnatiW234234.6
Nov 23, 2024@UtahW282207.2
Nov 30, 2024vsKansas StateW137268.3
Dec 7, 2024vsArizona State (neutral)L214241.5
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (FL) (neutral)W270231.1
Aug 23, 2025vsKansas State (neutral)W183225.2
Aug 30, 2025vsSSouth DakotaW306—
Sep 6, 2025vsIowaW134184.5
Sep 13, 2025@Arkansas StateW265239.7
Sep 27, 2025vsArizonaW288160.9
Oct 4, 2025@CincinnatiL314222.1
Oct 11, 2025@ColoradoL205202.3
Oct 25, 2025vsBYUL311198.5
Nov 1, 2025vsArizona StateL186216.8
Nov 8, 2025@TCUW111240.9
Nov 22, 2025vsKansasW241231.6
Nov 29, 2025@Oklahoma StateW113257.5
Sep 5, 2026vsSSoutheast Missouri StateW195—
Sep 12, 2026@IowaL117192.1
Sep 19, 2026vsBowling GreenW142196.6
Sep 26, 2026vsUtahL205217.9
Oct 3, 2026vsWest VirginiaW312252.4
Oct 9, 2026@BYUL98184.2
Oct 24, 2026@ArizonaL169194.1
Oct 31, 2026vsOklahoma StateW309200.3

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.
  • South Dakota, Southeast Missouri 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 19 of these 25 games; in the other 6 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 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.