Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulane’s points with Maurice Turner and without Maurice Turner

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 0.4 points under with Maurice Turner and 0.0 points under without Maurice Turner over its last 25 games, 14 games against 8. The plain averages are 24.9 and 27.5, a difference of 2.6.

Maurice Turner, running back: 468 rushing yards, 71 carries and 7 receptions in 13 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A −0.3 difference in points over expected with Maurice Turner vs without Maurice Turner is about what you’d expect.

A −2.6 difference in points with Maurice Turner vs without Maurice Turner is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Maurice Turnerwithout Maurice Turner
Tulane’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Maurice Turner or without Maurice Turner
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL2435.7
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL1426.2
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L826.9
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW2320.1
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW3330.8
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW3428.9
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL1021.4
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW3131.3
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW2623.3
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW2422.1
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL2627.3
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW3822.0
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW3538.6
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW3728.7
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW2735.9
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW3431.2
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL1021.4
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL315.0
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW2832.2
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL2018.1
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW2432.3
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL1723.8
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW3120.7
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL1923.6
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW3824.8

Method

Read against .

  • 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, plus 1.5 in 2025, plus 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 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 3 games in 2024 are neither with Maurice Turner nor without Maurice Turner: Maurice Turner had no game for the team that season, and sit out.