Tulane’s penalty yards with Kadin Semonza and since Kadin Semonza’s last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 7.5 yards under with Kadin Semonza and 10.5 yards over since Kadin Semonza’s last game over its last 25 games, 5 games against 3. The plain averages are 48.8 and 66.3, a difference of 17.5. All 4 nonconference games were with Kadin Semonza.
Kadin Semonza, quarterback: 804 passing yards, 119 pass attempts and 64 completions in 5 of those 25 games.
3 games since Kadin Semonza’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
penalty yards a game over expected
A −18.0 difference in penalty yards over expected with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.
A −17.5 difference in penalty yards with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2024 | vs Memphis | L | 25 | 47.7 | |
| Dec 6, 2024 | @ Army | L | 45 | 46.2 | |
| Dec 20, 2024 | vs Florida (neutral) | L | 33 | 45.2 | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Northwestern | W | 55 | 55.2 | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | @ South Alabama | W | 87 | 57.5 | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Duke | W | 100 | 59.9 | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Ole Miss | L | 30 | 57.3 | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | @ Tulsa | W | 104 | 58.9 | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | vs East Carolina | W | 96 | 54.3 | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vsArmy | W | 35 | 51.7 | |
| Oct 30, 2025 | @ UTSA | L | 36 | 65.1 | |
| Nov 7, 2025 | @Memphis | W | 74 | 57.9 | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vs Florida Atlantic | W | 84 | 64.6 | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Temple | W | 83 | 53.7 | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vs Charlotte | W | 25 | 55.2 | |
| Dec 5, 2025 | vs North Texas | W | 48 | 59.1 | |
| Dec 20, 2025 | @Ole Miss | L | 38 | 56.6 | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @Duke | L | 109 | 61.4 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsSouth Alabama | W | 30 | 54.9 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Kansas State | L | 20 | 55.9 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Southern Miss | W | 60 | 58.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @Army | L | 25 | 50.9 | |
| Oct 16, 2026 | vsMemphis | W | 80 | 52.2 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vsUTSA | L | 60 | 59.1 | |
| Oct 30, 2026 | @Charlotte | W | 59 | 56.1 |
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 1.3 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.
- 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.
- 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Kadin Semonza nor since Kadin Semonza’s last game: Kadin Semonza had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.