College football scores › Week 8 › James Madison at App State
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FinalKidd Brewer Stadium, 48°, wind 7 mph
App State5-2home
34
BEAVER JMU −11.5, lostBEAVER Under 56.5, lostBEAVER had JMU 79% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (JMU–APP)34–2133–19–31–34
SpreadJMU −13.1JMU −14.4JMU −11.5APP by 3JMU −11.5 ✗
Total54.252.556.565Under 56.5 ✗
APP win chance21%–+370Won
JMU by 14+
48%
JMU by 1–13
32%
APP by 1–13
16%
APP by 14+
5%

Spread: 1.6 pts better than Vegas for James Madison (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 2.3 pts below Vegas (51% historically). Opened JMU −10.5.

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.050 #40Offense EPA / play−0.070 #94
+0.014 #63Defense EPA / play allowed+0.099 #100
+0.6% #65Offense success rate−3.1% #97
−0.1% #61Defense success rate allowed+5.9% #119
+0.081 #41Rushing EPA / play−0.097 #121
+0.078 #38Passing EPA / play+0.010 #56
−0.002 #61Rush defense EPA allowed+0.165 #126
+0.016 #57Pass defense EPA allowed+0.063 #80
+6.5 #26Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−5.1 #93
−1.1 #54Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+5.1 #100
Situational
+2.6% #31Passing-down success (3rd & long)−0.2% #53
+3.5% #103Passing-down success allowed−0.9% #52
+0.58 #34Points per drive−0.43 #87
+0.01 #59Points per drive allowed+0.47 #94
Trenches
+0.14 #58Line yards per rush−0.21 #119
+0.09 #81Line yards per rush allowed+0.24 #107
−3.0% #57Runs stuffed at the line+0.2% #97
−3.4% #116Opponent runs stuffed−1.8% #96
−4.4% #18Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.8% #81
−1.0% #84Havoc created−1.7% #95
Big plays
+0.003 #75Rushing explosiveness−0.030 #91
+0.222 #30Passing explosiveness+0.154 #53
+0.32 #16Open-field yards per rush−0.78 #135
+0.044 #86Pass explosiveness allowed−0.167 #11
Style and schedule
58% #39Run rate54% #94
−15.8 #128Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−17.5 #134

James Madison: last 5 games

W49-22Covered
W27-24Missed
W45-17Covered
W46-20Covered
W26-13Covered

App State: last 5 games

W35-32Covered
L3-10Missed
L31-41Covered
W26-21Missed
W27-24Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.20−0.13−0.05+0.02+0.09Entering week12345678James Madison · 1: −0.07James Madison · 2: −0.03James Madison · 3: −0.08James Madison · 4: +0.00James Madison · 5: +0.07James Madison · 6: +0.03James Madison · 7: +0.03James Madison · 8: +0.04App State · 1: −0.16App State · 2: −0.07App State · 3: −0.08App State · 4: −0.11App State · 5: −0.11App State · 6: −0.11App State · 7: −0.18App State · 8: −0.17
● James Madison● App State