Miami (OH)’s pass attempts with Caleb Heavner and without Caleb Heavner
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (OH) was 3.4 pass attempts under with Caleb Heavner and 1.6 pass attempts over without Caleb Heavner in 2026, 5 games against 3. The plain averages are 23.4 and 28.0, a difference of 4.6. All 5 conference games were with Caleb Heavner. All 4 nonconference games were without Caleb Heavner. All 4 first-half games were without Caleb Heavner.
Caleb Heavner, quarterback: 769 passing yards, 125 pass attempts and 68 completions in 8 games this season, 62% of Miami (OH)’s pass attempts in those games.
pass attempts a game over expected
A −5.0 difference in pass attempts over expected with Caleb Heavner vs without Caleb Heavner is about what you’d expect.
A −4.6 difference in pass attempts with Caleb Heavner vs without Caleb Heavner is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | pass attempts | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Pittsburgh | L | 37 | 27.2 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Holy Cross | W | 15 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Cincinnati | L | 28 | 33.4 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs UConn | W | 32 | 31.5 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Bowling Green | L | 24 | 22.0 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ UMass | W | 21 | 28.4 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Akron | W | 16 | 29.6 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Central Michigan | W | 33 | 26.4 | |
| Nov 3, 2026 | vs Buffalo | L | 23 | 27.7 |
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, minus 0.1 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.
- The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
- Holy Cross 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 for 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it 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.