Putting Up Numbers· college football

Stanford’s penalty yards with Caden High and without Caden High

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Stanford was 1.9 yards over with Caden High and 0.3 yards under without Caden High in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 57.4 and 59.0, a difference of 1.6. Expected was 2.7 yards lower with Caden High than without Caden High. All 4 away games were with Caden High. All 3 night games were with Caden High. Both ranked opponents were with Caden High.

Caden High, receiver: 419 receiving yards, 33 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns in 8 games this season.

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

penalty yards a game over expected

The games

with Caden Highwithout Caden High
Stanford’s games, 2026, each marked with Caden High or without Caden High
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Aug 29, 2026vsHawaiiW5959.3
Sep 4, 2026vsMiami (FL)L7055.7
Sep 19, 2026@DukeL5067.2
Sep 26, 2026vsGeorgia TechW7458.7
Oct 3, 2026@Wake ForestL5052.1
Oct 10, 2026@Notre DameL5553.3
Oct 17, 2026vsEElonW50—
Oct 23, 2026vsNC StateW5553.1
Oct 31, 2026@LouisvilleL5555.9

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.
  • Elon 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 5 of these 9 games; in the other 4 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.