Putting Up Numbers· college football

Iowa’s pass attempts with Kamari Moulton and without Kamari Moulton

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Iowa was 2.7 pass attempts under with Kamari Moulton and 1.3 pass attempts under without Kamari Moulton over its last 25 games, 20 games against 3. The plain averages are 23.1 and 25.5, a difference of 2.4. Both neutral-site games were with Kamari Moulton. Both top-10 opponents were with Kamari Moulton. All 4 games after a bye were with Kamari Moulton.

Kamari Moulton, running back: 1,632 rushing yards, 288 carries and 25 receptions in 21 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −1.4 difference in pass attempts over expected with Kamari Moulton vs without Kamari Moulton is about what you’d expect.

A −2.4 difference in pass attempts with Kamari Moulton vs without Kamari Moulton is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kamari Moultonwithout Kamari Moulton
Iowa’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Kamari Moulton or without Kamari Moulton
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 8, 2024@UCLAL1525.7
Nov 23, 2024@MarylandW1425.5
Nov 29, 2024vsNebraskaW1522.1
Dec 30, 2024vsMissouri (neutral)L1821.3
Aug 30, 2025vsUUAlbanyW16—
Sep 6, 2025@Iowa StateL2427.1
Sep 13, 2025vsUMassW3121.4
Sep 19, 2025@RutgersW1822.9
Sep 27, 2025vsIndianaL3824.2
Oct 11, 2025@WisconsinW2523.1
Oct 18, 2025vsPenn StateW1624.8
Oct 25, 2025vsMinnesotaW2025.0
Nov 8, 2025vsOregonL1824.6
Nov 15, 2025@USCL2026.2
Nov 22, 2025vsMichigan StateW2225.6
Nov 28, 2025@NebraskaW1620.9
Dec 31, 2025vsVanderbilt (neutral)W2231.1
Sep 5, 2026vsNorthern IllinoisW4027.3
Sep 12, 2026vsIowa StateW3032.5
Sep 19, 2026vsNNorthern IowaW23—
Sep 26, 2026@MichiganW3527.7
Oct 3, 2026vsOhio StateL3231.5
Oct 9, 2026@WashingtonW1932.8
Oct 24, 2026@MinnesotaL3729.2
Oct 31, 2026vsWisconsinW2434.4

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, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% 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.
  • UAlbany, Northern Iowa 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 16 of these 25 games; in the other 9 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.