James Madison’s rushing yards with JC Evans and since JC Evans’ last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, James Madison was 7.7 yards under with JC Evans and 18.6 yards over since JC Evans’ last game in 2026, 1 game against 7. The plain averages are 173.0 and 207.3, a difference of 34.3. All 4 away games were since JC Evans’ last game. All 5 night games were since JC Evans’ last game. All 6 conference games were since JC Evans’ last game.
JC Evans, quarterback: 370 passing yards, 36 pass attempts and 26 completions in 5 games this season, 13% of James Madison’s rushing yards in those games.
One game with JC Evans is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
rushing yards a game over expected
with JC Evans
−7.7
since JC Evans’ last game
+18.6
-1000100
plain
173.0
207.3
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The games
with JC Evanssince JC Evans’ last game
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Liberty | W | 173 | 180.7 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsWWagner | W | 290 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ San Diego State | W | 175 | 170.8 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Old Dominion | W | 166 | 176.0 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Marshall | W | 310 | 185.9 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Georgia Southern | W | 213 | 138.4 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Georgia State | W | 251 | 183.8 | |
| Oct 22, 2026 | @ Appalachian State | L | 92 | 196.1 | |
| Oct 29, 2026 | vs Troy | L | 161 | 186.9 |
Method
- Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 8.1 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
- Wagner has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
- 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.