Putting Up Numbers· college football

Penn State’s total yards with Chase Sowell and since Chase Sowell’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Penn State was 0.3 yards under with Chase Sowell and 50.0 yards over since Chase Sowell’s last game in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 384.3 and 457.0, a difference of 72.7. All 3 away games were with Chase Sowell. All 4 games while ranked were with Chase Sowell. All 3 nonconference games were with Chase Sowell.

Chase Sowell, receiver: 510 receiving yards, 34 receptions and 3 receiving touchdowns in 7 games this season.

One game since Chase Sowell’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Chase Sowellsince Chase Sowell’s last game
Penn State’s games, 2026, each marked with Chase Sowell or since Chase Sowell’s last game
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsMarshallW487437.8
Sep 12, 2026@TempleW416437.9
Sep 19, 2026vsBuffaloW573423.1
Sep 26, 2026vsWisconsinL233338.3
Oct 2, 2026@NorthwesternL291391.4
Oct 10, 2026vsUSCL357374.0
Oct 17, 2026@MichiganL333289.5
Oct 31, 2026vsPurdueW457407.0

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, plus 12.1 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 67% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 6 of these 8 games; in the other 2 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.