Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa State was 133.1 yards under with Connor Moberly and 10.3 yards over without Connor Moberly over its last 25 games, 1 game against 22. The plain averages are 52.0 and 175.0, a difference of 123.0. 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, 9% of Iowa State’s rushing yards in those games.

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

rushing 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
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsCincinnatiW152179.4
Nov 23, 2024@UtahW123161.3
Nov 30, 2024vsKansas StateW189140.4
Dec 7, 2024vsArizona State (neutral)L127132.1
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (FL) (neutral)W146160.7
Aug 23, 2025vsKansas State (neutral)W132179.3
Aug 30, 2025vsSSouth DakotaW223—
Sep 6, 2025vsIowaW104146.6
Sep 13, 2025@Arkansas StateW189196.3
Sep 27, 2025vsArizonaW112177.4
Oct 4, 2025@CincinnatiL156187.7
Oct 11, 2025@ColoradoL236209.3
Oct 25, 2025vsBYUL184140.9
Nov 1, 2025vsArizona StateL150139.9
Nov 8, 2025@TCUW162136.1
Nov 22, 2025vsKansasW221175.8
Nov 29, 2025@Oklahoma StateW233153.0
Sep 5, 2026vsSSoutheast Missouri StateW108—
Sep 12, 2026@IowaL138143.3
Sep 19, 2026vsBowling GreenW365217.7
Sep 26, 2026vsUtahL111145.1
Oct 3, 2026vsWest VirginiaW266190.2
Oct 9, 2026@BYUL102165.9
Oct 24, 2026@ArizonaL52185.1
Oct 31, 2026vsOklahoma StateW272164.0

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 3.8 in 2024, plus 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.0 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, 77% in 2025, 60% 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.