Putting Up Numbers· college football

Middle Tennessee’s penalty yards with Terrence Brown and without Terrence Brown

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Middle Tennessee was 11.1 yards under with Terrence Brown and 30.1 yards over without Terrence Brown in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 48.9 and 84.0, a difference of 35.1. All 4 away games were with Terrence Brown. All 4 conference games were with Terrence Brown. All 4 second-half games were with Terrence Brown.

Terrence Brown, running back: 348 rushing yards, 54 carries and 26 receptions in 7 games this season.

One game without Terrence Brown is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

penalty yards a game over expected

The games

with Terrence Brownwithout Terrence Brown
Middle Tennessee’s games, 2026, each marked with Terrence Brown or without Terrence Brown
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsMMurray StateW81—
Sep 12, 2026@MarshallL3450.3
Sep 19, 2026vsNevadaW8453.9
Sep 26, 2026@Jacksonville StateL5559.2
Oct 3, 2026@KansasL1560.0
Oct 13, 2026vsDelawareW4552.4
Oct 20, 2026@Florida InternationalW5752.4
Oct 28, 2026vsKennesaw StateL5553.3

Method

Read against .

  • 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 1.4 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Murray State 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.