Putting Up Numbers· college football

UTEP’s passing yards with Raymond Moore III and without Raymond Moore III

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, UTEP was 29.3 yards over with Raymond Moore III and 68.0 yards under without Raymond Moore III over its last 25 games, 2 games against 4. The plain averages are 207.0 and 123.3, a difference of 83.7. All 4 away games were without Raymond Moore III. Both ranked opponents were without Raymond Moore III. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Raymond Moore III.

Raymond Moore III, quarterback: 437 passing yards, 78 pass attempts and 48 completions in 8 of those 25 games, 38% of UTEP’s passing yards in those games.

2 games with Raymond Moore III is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

passing yards a game over expected

A +97.3 difference in passing yards over expected with Raymond Moore III vs without Raymond Moore III is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Raymond Moore III and it comes up 8 times in 100.

A +83.7 difference in passing yards with Raymond Moore III vs without Raymond Moore III is about what you’d expect.

The games

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UTEP’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Raymond Moore III or without Raymond Moore III
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Oct 22, 2024@Louisiana TechL85201.1
Nov 2, 2024vsMiddle TennesseeL145246.7
Nov 9, 2024vsKennesaw StateW333204.3
Nov 23, 2024@TennesseeL149170.0
Nov 30, 2024@New Mexico StateW177235.5
Aug 30, 2025@Utah StateL181232.3
Sep 6, 2025vsUUT MartinW278—
Sep 13, 2025@TexasL209187.0
Sep 20, 2025vsLouisiana MonroeL409190.6
Sep 27, 2025vsLouisiana TechL147228.4
Oct 8, 2025vsLibertyL111209.5
Oct 15, 2025vsSam Houston (neutral)W236228.3
Oct 28, 2025@Kennesaw StateL160216.6
Nov 8, 2025vsJacksonville StateL244207.1
Nov 15, 2025@Missouri StateL125210.4
Nov 22, 2025vsNew Mexico StateL151224.1
Nov 29, 2025@DelawareL344220.1
Sep 4, 2026@OklahomaL86161.3
Sep 12, 2026vsTexas SouthernW239—
Sep 19, 2026@MichiganL93143.7
Sep 26, 2026vsOregon StateL130199.8
Oct 3, 2026@New MexicoL101177.3
Oct 10, 2026vsNevadaL132178.9
Oct 17, 2026vsSan Jose StateL282176.5
Oct 31, 2026@NNorth Dakota StateL91—

Method

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  • 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 4.1 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 59% 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.
  • Texas Southern, North Dakota State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Raymond Moore III nor without Raymond Moore III: Raymond Moore III had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.