Tulane’s pass attempts with Trace Johnson and without Trace Johnson
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 3.1 pass attempts over with Trace Johnson and 2.5 pass attempts under without Trace Johnson in 2026, 3 games against 5. The plain averages are 34.0 and 26.6, a difference of 7.4. All 4 nonconference games were without Trace Johnson. All 4 first-half games were without Trace Johnson.
Trace Johnson, quarterback: 749 passing yards, 106 pass attempts and 65 completions in 4 games this season, 81% of Tulane’s pass attempts in those games.
3 games with Trace Johnson is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
pass attempts a game over expected
A +5.5 difference in pass attempts over expected with Trace Johnson vs without Trace Johnson is about what you’d expect.
A +7.4 difference in pass attempts with Trace Johnson vs without Trace Johnson is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | pass attempts | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Duke | L | 30 | 28.1 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs South Alabama | W | 22 | 31.7 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Kansas State | L | 26 | 24.4 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Southern Miss | W | 29 | 30.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Army | L | 26 | 31.0 | |
| Oct 16, 2026 | vs Memphis | W | 22 | 30.4 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs UTSA | L | 44 | 31.0 | |
| Oct 30, 2026 | @ Charlotte | W | 36 | 31.4 |
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 0.1 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 60% 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.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
- With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.