Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulane’s points allowed with Jamauri McClure and without Jamauri McClure

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 0.5 points under with Jamauri McClure and 3.4 points over without Jamauri McClure over its last 25 games, 17 games against 8. The plain averages are 25.3 and 26.3, a difference of 1.0. Expected was 3.0 points higher with Jamauri McClure than without Jamauri McClure. 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.

points allowed a game over expected

A −3.9 difference in points allowed over expected with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

A −1.0 difference in points allowed 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
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL3424.1
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL3522.3
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L3328.2
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW323.4
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW3117.1
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW2730.2
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL4535.1
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW1418.8
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW1923.8
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW1716.2
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL4826.0
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW3224.2
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW2419.6
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW1323.6
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW011.0
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW2137.4
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL4135.6
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL1729.0
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW2427.9
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL3126.4
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW2120.2
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL2030.4
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW1731.3
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL4223.0
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW3116.7

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 1.5 in 2024, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% 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.