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Western Michigan without Lolo Mataele

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Western Michigan is 1–0 without Lolo Mataele this season and 5–3 with him. Since 2025, Western Michigan is 1–0 in the 1 game he missed and 15–7 with him.

Missed games, per rotowire.com.

Lolo Mataele’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Lolo Mataele8 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record5–31–0
Points, over expected0.0−8.2+8.2
Rushing yards, over expected+10.9−28.9+39.8
Against the line+2.1−1.0+3.1
Points allowed, over expected−1.6−6.3+4.7
Margin, over expected+1.5−4.8+6.3
Carries, over expected+1.2−2.0+3.2
Yards a carry4.565.03−0.46
Passing yards, over expected−33.4−10.7−22.7
Pass attempts, over expected−3.5−2.7−0.7
Total yards, over expected−17.4−38.0+20.6
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+2.5%−13.6%+16.1
Penalty yards, over expected−8.5−32.7+24.2

One game without him is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Lolo Mataele22 gamesWithout1 gameDifference
Record15–71–0
Points, over expected−0.4−8.2+7.7
Rushing yards, over expected+10.8−28.9+39.7
Against the line+5.4−1.0+6.4
Points allowed, over expected−1.8−6.3+4.5
Margin, over expected+1.0−4.8+5.8
Carries, over expected+1.7−2.0+3.6
Yards a carry4.545.03−0.48
Passing yards, over expected−29.1−10.7−18.4
Pass attempts, over expected−2.8−2.7−0.1
Total yards, over expected−10.9−38.0+27.0
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+0.7%−13.6%+14.3
Penalty yards, over expected−7.3−32.7+25.4

One game without him is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Lolo MataeleWithoutDifference
Broc Lowry, QB
Passing yards156.4146.0+10.4
Pass attempts22.018.0+4.0
Jalen Buckley, RB
Rushing yards79.377.0+2.3
Carries15.024.0−9.0
Aveion Chenault, WR
Receiving yards61.6109.0−47.4
Receptions4.05.0−1.0
Cole Cabana, RB
Rushing yards4.0110.0−106.0
Carries2.47.0−4.6
Baylin Brooks, WR
Receiving yards29.413.0+16.4
Receptions2.71.0+1.7

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Lolo MataeleWithoutDifference
Jalen Buckley, RB
Rushing yards78.077.0+1.0
Carries14.224.0−9.8
Broc Lowry, QB
Passing yards138.8146.0−7.2
Pass attempts19.918.0+1.9

The games he missed this season

DateGameResult
Oct 31, 2026vsBowling GreenW 23–10

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
  • Why he’s out: rotowire.com.

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