Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 20.4 yards under with Jamauri McClure and 17.0 yards over without Jamauri McClure over its last 25 games, 17 games against 8. The plain averages are 382.5 and 371.1, a difference of 11.4. Expected was 48.9 yards 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.

total yards a game over expected

A −37.5 difference in total yards over expected with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

A +11.4 difference in total 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL374420.2
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL324341.8
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L194374.3
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW421348.4
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW406406.2
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW430440.4
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL282373.1
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW438431.2
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW458395.5
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW402339.3
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL434376.6
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW460363.0
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW405465.8
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW406432.3
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW463483.9
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW347461.8
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL421355.3
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL258276.7
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW435397.4
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL260295.8
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW449413.6
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL280394.0
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW326389.9
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL332358.7
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW467347.9

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 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% 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.