Putting Up Numbers· college football

Rice’s total yards with Quinton Jackson and since Quinton Jackson’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Rice was 6.4 yards under with Quinton Jackson and 13.7 yards under since Quinton Jackson’s last game over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 336.8 and 335.6, a difference of 1.2. Expected was 24.1 yards lower with Quinton Jackson than since Quinton Jackson’s last game. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Quinton Jackson. All 3 games after a bye were with Quinton Jackson. All 4 of Pete Alamar’s games were with Quinton Jackson.

Quinton Jackson, running back: 1,082 rushing yards, 206 carries and 13 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +7.3 difference in total yards over expected with Quinton Jackson vs since Quinton Jackson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +1.2 difference in total yards with Quinton Jackson vs since Quinton Jackson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Quinton Jacksonsince Quinton Jackson’s last game
Rice’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Quinton Jackson or since Quinton Jackson’s last game
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024vsNavyW349359.2
Nov 8, 2024@MemphisL369353.9
Nov 23, 2024@UABL337385.4
Nov 30, 2024vsSouth FloridaW550395.8
Aug 30, 2025@LouisianaW254341.2
Sep 6, 2025vsHoustonL228276.5
Sep 13, 2025vsPrairie View A&MW461—
Sep 18, 2025@CharlotteW353350.9
Sep 27, 2025@NavyL234255.3
Oct 4, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticL350339.2
Oct 11, 2025@UTSAL276265.8
Oct 25, 2025vsUConnW492338.9
Oct 31, 2025vsMemphisL212280.2
Nov 8, 2025vsUABW232318.7
Nov 22, 2025vsNorth TexasL397320.6
Nov 29, 2025@South FloridaL257280.4
Jan 2, 2026vsTexas State (neutral)L209339.6
Sep 5, 2026vsHHouston ChristianW502—
Sep 12, 2026@Notre DameL132251.1
Sep 19, 2026vsWestern MichiganL330372.9
Sep 26, 2026@Fresno StateL463332.7
Oct 3, 2026vsUTSAL232396.6
Oct 10, 2026@East CarolinaL233354.6
Oct 17, 2026vsTulsaL351372.7
Oct 24, 2026@Florida AtlanticL608364.0

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 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% in 2026 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.
  • Prairie View A&M, Houston Christian 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 for 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.