Tulsa’s penalty yards with Dexter Williams II and without Dexter Williams II
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulsa was 8.4 yards over with Dexter Williams II and 8.2 yards under without Dexter Williams II in 2026, 1 game against 6. The plain averages are 44.0 and 45.8, a difference of 1.8. All 3 night games were without Dexter Williams II. All 4 conference games were without Dexter Williams II. All 4 second-half games were without Dexter Williams II.
Dexter Williams II, quarterback: 340 passing yards, 59 pass attempts and 34 completions in 5 games this season.
2 games with Dexter Williams II 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 −1.8 difference in penalty yards with Dexter Williams II vs without Dexter Williams II is about what you’d expect.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | penalty yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Oklahoma State | W | 102 | 52.5 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Sam Houston | W | 25 | 59.5 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vsEEast Texas A&M | W | 25 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Arkansas | L | 63 | 54.6 | |
| Oct 1, 2026 | vs North Texas | L | 35 | 55.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Navy | L | 20 | 54.9 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Rice | W | 63 | 50.4 | |
| Oct 23, 2026 | vs Army | L | 30 | 51.9 |
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 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.
- East Texas A&M has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
- 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.