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 1.2 yards over with Caden High and 0.4 yards under without Caden High over its last 25 games, 19 games against 1. The plain averages are 55.4 and 59.0, a difference of 3.6. Expected was 4.9 yards lower with Caden High than without Caden High. All 10 away games were with Caden High. All 9 night games were with Caden High. All 4 ranked opponents were with Caden High.

Caden High, receiver: 833 receiving yards, 70 receptions and 5 receiving touchdowns in 20 of those 25 games.

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, last 25 games, each marked with Caden High or without Caden High
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@NC StateL5749.4
Nov 16, 2024vsLouisvilleW3047.1
Nov 23, 2024@CaliforniaL5554.5
Nov 29, 2024@San Jose StateL11558.0
Aug 23, 2025@HawaiiL7059.3
Sep 6, 2025@BYUL4549.9
Sep 13, 2025vsBoston CollegeW3059.2
Sep 20, 2025@VirginiaL4046.7
Sep 27, 2025vsSan Jose StateW9553.7
Oct 11, 2025@SMUL9551.3
Oct 18, 2025vsFlorida StateW4751.1
Oct 25, 2025@Miami (FL)L1047.2
Nov 1, 2025vsPittsburghL8458.9
Nov 8, 2025@North CarolinaL8050.7
Nov 22, 2025vsCaliforniaW3057.3
Nov 29, 2025vsNotre DameL2353.7
Aug 29, 2026vsHawaiiW5959.4
Sep 4, 2026vsMiami (FL)L7055.6
Sep 19, 2026@DukeL5067.2
Sep 26, 2026vsGeorgia TechW7458.8
Oct 3, 2026@Wake ForestL5051.8
Oct 10, 2026@Notre DameL5553.3
Oct 17, 2026vsEElonW50—
Oct 23, 2026vsNC StateW5553.1
Oct 31, 2026@LouisvilleL5555.8

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, minus 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 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 45% in 2025, 27% in 2026 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 12 of these 21 games; in the other 9 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Caden High nor without Caden High: Caden High had no game for the team that season, and sit out.