Western Michigan’s rushing yards with Lolo Mataele and since Lolo Mataele’s last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Western Michigan was 10.8 yards over with Lolo Mataele and 27.6 yards under since Lolo Mataele’s last game over its last 25 games, 20 games against 1. The plain averages are 189.9 and 191.0, a difference of 1.1. Expected was 38.8 yards lower with Lolo Mataele than since Lolo Mataele’s last game. All 11 away games were with Lolo Mataele. Both neutral-site games were with Lolo Mataele. All 8 night games were with Lolo Mataele.
Lolo Mataele, running back: 483 rushing yards, 110 carries and 12 receptions in 19 of those 25 games, 13% of Western Michigan’s rushing yards in those games.
One game since Lolo Mataele’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
rushing yards a game over expected
with Lolo Mataele
+10.8
since Lolo Mataele’s last game
−27.6
-1000100
plain
189.9
191.0
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The games
with Lolo Mataelesince Lolo Mataele’s last game
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Eastern Michigan | W | 236 | 177.7 | |
| Dec 14, 2024 | vs South Alabama (neutral) | L | 121 | 164.5 | |
| Aug 29, 2025 | @ Michigan State | L | 29 | 183.5 | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs North Texas | L | 216 | 230.7 | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Illinois | L | 113 | 151.1 | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vs Toledo | W | 91 | 165.5 | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vsRRhode Island | W | 216 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ UMass | W | 219 | 242.5 | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs Ball State | W | 220 | 208.0 | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Miami (OH) | L | 144 | 168.7 | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | vs Central Michigan | W | 179 | 199.3 | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | vs Ohio | W | 212 | 181.1 | |
| Nov 18, 2025 | @ Northern Illinois | W | 363 | 194.9 | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | @Eastern Michigan | W | 279 | 231.3 | |
| Dec 6, 2025 | vsMiami (OH) (neutral) | W | 288 | 155.9 | |
| Dec 19, 2025 | vs Kennesaw State (neutral) | W | 303 | 203.2 | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Michigan | L | 133 | 123.5 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsMMonmouth | W | 149 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Rice | W | 218 | 158.6 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Boise State | L | 113 | 130.4 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Buffalo | W | 115 | 194.4 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Kent State | W | 210 | 154.7 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @Central Michigan | W | 224 | 168.1 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @Toledo | L | 144 | 150.6 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Bowling Green | W | 191 | 218.6 |
Method
- 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 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.1 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 77% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
- Rhode Island, Monmouth 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.
- 2 games in 2024 are neither with Lolo Mataele nor since Lolo Mataele’s last game: Lolo Mataele had no game for the team that season, and sit out.