College football scores › Week 8 › Massachusetts at UConn
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FinalPratt & Whitney Stadium, 46°, wind 5 mph
UConn4-3home
35
BEAVER CONN −14.5, wonBEAVER Over 50.5, wonBEAVER had CONN 88% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (MASS–CONN)17–3523–31–16–35
SpreadCONN −18.3CONN −7.7CONN −14.5CONN by 19CONN −14.5 ✓
Total52.453.750.551Over 50.5 ✓
CONN win chance88%–−520Won
MASS by 14+
2%
MASS by 1–13
10%
CONN by 1–13
27%
CONN by 14+
61%

Spread: 3.8 pts better than Vegas for UConn (sides with a gap this size have won 54% in the backtest). Total: 1.9 pts above Vegas (52% historically). Opened CONN −15.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
−0.123 #110Offense EPA / play−0.007 #70
+0.076 #84Defense EPA / play allowed+0.090 #95
−4.7% #111Offense success rate−2.0% #83
+5.0% #114Defense success rate allowed+5.6% #118
−0.079 #116Rushing EPA / play+0.056 #55
−0.126 #98Passing EPA / play+0.012 #54
+0.070 #92Rush defense EPA allowed−0.018 #52
+0.076 #83Pass defense EPA allowed+0.211 #119
−10.6 #122Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−0.5 #68
+7.8 #117Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+5.1 #99
Situational
−5.5% #106Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.3% #55
+3.3% #100Passing-down success allowed+4.7% #113
−1.07 #112Points per drive−0.08 #74
+1.23 #128Points per drive allowed+0.49 #96
Trenches
−0.15 #114Line yards per rush+0.15 #57
+0.45 #126Line yards per rush allowed+0.13 #86
+0.8% #102Runs stuffed at the line−0.8% #83
−4.9% #128Opponent runs stuffed−0.7% #79
+0.2% #108Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−1.4% #68
−2.7% #112Havoc created−0.6% #68
Big plays
−0.035 #93Rushing explosiveness+0.053 #50
+0.075 #87Passing explosiveness+0.341 #8
−0.70 #131Open-field yards per rush+0.31 #20
+0.108 #114Pass explosiveness allowed−0.011 #56
Style and schedule
59% #33Run rate55% #70
−24.2 #138Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−15.2 #125

Massachusetts: last 5 games

L18-25Missed
L19-20Covered
L14-38Missed
W35-6Covered
W36-14Missed

UConn: last 5 games

W34-20Covered
L41-42Covered
L21-24Missed
W48-20Covered
L14-38Missed

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.42−0.31−0.19−0.08+0.03Entering week12345678Massachusetts · 1: −0.39Massachusetts · 2: −0.16Massachusetts · 3: −0.09Massachusetts · 4: −0.11Massachusetts · 5: −0.08Massachusetts · 6: −0.18Massachusetts · 7: −0.18Massachusetts · 8: −0.20UConn · 1: −0.12UConn · 2: −0.08UConn · 3: −0.17UConn · 4: −0.04UConn · 5: −0.04UConn · 6: −0.10UConn · 7: −0.08UConn · 8: −0.10
● Massachusetts● UConn