Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulane’s rushing yards with Kadin Semonza and since Kadin Semonza’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 5.0 yards over with Kadin Semonza and 14.5 yards under since Kadin Semonza’s last game in 2026, 5 games against 3. The plain averages are 155.8 and 133.7, a difference of 22.1. All 4 nonconference games were with Kadin Semonza. All 4 first-half games were with Kadin Semonza.

Kadin Semonza, quarterback: 804 passing yards, 119 pass attempts and 64 completions in 5 games this season.

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.

rushing yards a game over expected

A +19.5 difference in rushing yards over expected with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +22.1 difference in rushing yards with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kadin Semonzasince Kadin Semonza’s last game
Tulane’s games, 2026, each marked with Kadin Semonza or since Kadin Semonza’s last game
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL54123.0
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW223154.3
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL95143.0
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW285186.9
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL122147.1
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW151171.2
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL67149.6
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW183123.7

Method

Read against .

  • 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, plus 8.0 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.