Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulane’s penalty yards with Jamauri McClure and without Jamauri McClure

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 5.6 yards over with Jamauri McClure and 6.1 yards under without Jamauri McClure over its last 25 games, 17 games against 8. The plain averages are 62.2 and 47.9, a difference of 14.4. Both bowl and playoff games were with Jamauri McClure.

Jamauri McClure, running back: 590 rushing yards, 99 carries and 3 receptions in 14 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A +11.8 difference in penalty yards over expected with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

A +14.4 difference in penalty yards with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Tulane’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jamauri McClure or without Jamauri McClure
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL2547.7
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL4546.2
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L3345.2
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW5555.2
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW8757.5
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW10059.9
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL3057.3
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW10458.9
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW9654.3
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW3551.7
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL3665.1
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW7457.9
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW8464.6
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW8353.7
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW2555.2
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW4859.1
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL3856.6
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL10961.4
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW3054.9
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL2055.9
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW6058.1
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL2550.9
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW8052.2
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL6059.1
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW5956.1

Method

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  • 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 0.8 in 2024, 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 44% in 2024, 45% in 2025, 27% in 2026 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.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 22 of these 25 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.