Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Monroe’s rushing yards with Landon Graves and without Landon Graves

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Louisiana Monroe was 63.8 yards over with Landon Graves and 11.3 yards under without Landon Graves over its last 25 games, 1 game against 17. The plain averages are 209.0 and 142.6, a difference of 66.4. All 9 home games were without Landon Graves. All 6 night games were without Landon Graves. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Landon Graves.

Landon Graves, quarterback: 185 passing yards, 43 pass attempts and 19 completions in 9 of those 25 games, 5% of Louisiana Monroe’s rushing yards in those games.

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

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Landon Graveswithout Landon Graves
Louisiana Monroe’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Landon Graves or without Landon Graves
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@MarshallL239175.2
Nov 9, 2024vsTexas StateL163169.1
Nov 16, 2024@AuburnL88125.6
Nov 23, 2024@Arkansas StateL256198.2
Nov 30, 2024vsLouisianaL167180.2
Aug 28, 2025vsSSt. Francis (PA)W311—
Sep 6, 2025@AlabamaL9395.5
Sep 20, 2025@UTEPW252153.3
Sep 27, 2025vsArkansas StateW200161.6
Oct 4, 2025@NorthwesternL87117.4
Oct 11, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL140180.7
Oct 18, 2025vsTroyL98174.2
Oct 25, 2025@Southern MissL209145.2
Nov 1, 2025vsOld DominionL132121.1
Nov 15, 2025vsSouth AlabamaL72180.7
Nov 22, 2025@Texas StateL134149.7
Nov 29, 2025@LouisianaL205162.2
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL14257.2
Sep 12, 2026@UABL201115.6
Sep 19, 2026vsSS E LouisianaL180—
Sep 26, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticL54194.2
Oct 3, 2026@South AlabamaL87144.2
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisiana TechL71103.0
Oct 24, 2026@TroyW94113.6
Oct 31, 2026vsSouthern MissL157187.5

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 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 77% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • St. Francis (PA), S E Louisiana 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, 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Landon Graves nor without Landon Graves: Landon Graves had no game for the team that season, and sit out.