College football scores › Week 7 › Louisville at Syracuse
Louisville4-3away
34
FinalJMA Wireless Dome, indoors
Syracuse3-4home
26
BEAVER SYR +14.5, wonBEAVER Over 55.5, wonBEAVER had LOU 73% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (LOU–SYR)34–2437–24–34–26
SpreadLOU −10.1LOU −13.1LOU −14.5LOU by 8SYR +14.5 ✓
Total58.461.055.560Over 55.5 ✓
SYR win chance27%–+455Lost
LOU by 14+
41%
LOU by 1–13
33%
SYR by 1–13
20%
SYR by 14+
7%

Spread: 4.4 pts better than Vegas for Syracuse (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 2.9 pts above Vegas (51% historically). Opened LOU −10.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.141 #18Offense EPA / play−0.046 #90
−0.014 #43Defense EPA / play allowed+0.009 #61
+5.3% #17Offense success rate−0.0% #73
−2.6% #36Defense success rate allowed+2.1% #86
+0.175 #14Rushing EPA / play+0.046 #64
+0.108 #31Passing EPA / play−0.055 #78
−0.038 #41Rush defense EPA allowed+0.077 #96
+0.082 #81Pass defense EPA allowed−0.156 #15
+8.2 #16Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+1.2 #61
+0.0 #63Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+1.7 #76
Situational
−2.1% #72Passing-down success (3rd & long)+2.8% #30
−2.0% #48Passing-down success allowed−1.8% #51
+0.38 #46Points per drive+0.26 #52
−0.36 #40Points per drive allowed+0.12 #70
Trenches
+0.21 #49Line yards per rush−0.05 #96
+0.22 #100Line yards per rush allowed−0.15 #41
−2.2% #65Runs stuffed at the line−0.5% #91
−7.2% #137Opponent runs stuffed+4.5% #15
−0.8% #86Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−2.5% #44
−1.4% #90Havoc created+0.5% #48
Big plays
+0.210 #5Rushing explosiveness+0.005 #74
+0.137 #62Passing explosiveness+0.242 #26
+1.49 #1Open-field yards per rush−0.13 #64
+0.272 #137Pass explosiveness allowed−0.171 #15
Style and schedule
58% #38Run rate55% #74
−0.7 #24Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−8.5 #83

Louisville: last 5 games

W44-20Covered
L28-31Missed
L27-30Missed
W41-31
vsSMU
Covered
W59-13Covered

Syracuse: last 5 games

L25-28Covered
W42-41Missed
L13-27Missed
L18-21Missed
W66-3Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.12−0.03+0.06+0.16+0.25Entering week1234567Louisville · 1: +0.10Louisville · 2: +0.14Louisville · 3: +0.11Louisville · 4: +0.22Louisville · 5: +0.16Louisville · 6: +0.12Louisville · 7: +0.16Syracuse · 1: −0.08Syracuse · 2: +0.02Syracuse · 3: −0.10Syracuse · 4: −0.09Syracuse · 5: −0.09Syracuse · 6: −0.06Syracuse · 7: −0.05
● Louisville● Syracuse