Syracuse’s points allowed with Ju'Juan Johnson and without Ju'Juan Johnson
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Syracuse was 1.3 points under with Ju'Juan Johnson and 16.0 points over without Ju'Juan Johnson over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 27.8 and 22.0, a difference of 5.8. All 4 night games were with Ju'Juan Johnson. All 6 conference games were with Ju'Juan Johnson. Both nonconference games were without Ju'Juan Johnson.
Ju'Juan Johnson, defender: 149 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown and 32 receiving yards in 6 of those 25 games.
2 games without Ju'Juan Johnson is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
points allowed a game over expected
A +5.8 difference in points allowed with Ju'Juan Johnson vs without Ju'Juan Johnson is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | points allowed | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2024 | @ Boston College | L | 37 | 29.6 | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | @ California | W | 25 | 27.1 | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs UConn | W | 24 | 24.2 | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Miami (FL) | W | 38 | 41.0 | |
| Dec 27, 2024 | vs Washington State (neutral) | W | 35 | 29.4 | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Tennessee (neutral) | L | 45 | 39.2 | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vsUConn | W | 20 | 30.0 | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | vs Colgate | W | 24 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Clemson | W | 21 | 34.2 | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs Duke | L | 38 | 36.4 | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ SMU | L | 31 | 37.3 | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vs Pittsburgh | L | 30 | 35.4 | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Georgia Tech | L | 41 | 33.6 | |
| Oct 31, 2025 | vs North Carolina | L | 27 | 20.7 | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | @Miami (FL) | L | 38 | 38.6 | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Notre Dame | L | 70 | 41.2 | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsBoston College | L | 34 | 24.8 | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs New Hampshire | W | 3 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsCalifornia | L | 21 | 22.8 | |
| Sep 17, 2026 | @Pittsburgh | L | 27 | 30.2 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @UConn | W | 41 | 25.0 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Virginia | L | 28 | 24.2 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Louisville | L | 34 | 34.5 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @North Carolina | W | 30 | 34.2 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vsSMU | W | 27 | 28.8 |
Method
- 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 1.9 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 66% of the difference the model predicts.
- The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
- New Hampshire 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.
- 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Ju'Juan Johnson nor without Ju'Juan Johnson: Ju'Juan Johnson had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.