College football scores › Week 6 › James Madison at Georgia Southern
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FinalAllen E. Paulson Stadium, 76°, wind 13 mph
BEAVER JMU −7.5, lostBEAVER Under 51.5, wonBEAVER had JMU 74% to win

BEAVER against the market

Locked at kickoff, graded on the closing line
BEAVERSamMarketResultCall
Score (JMU–GASO)29–1934–18–27–24
SpreadJMU −10.2JMU −15.8JMU −7.5JMU by 3JMU −7.5 ✗
Total48.151.851.551Under 51.5 ✓
GASO win chance26%–+235Lost
JMU by 14+
41%
JMU by 1–13
34%
GASO by 1–13
20%
GASO by 14+
6%

Spread: 2.7 pts better than Vegas for James Madison (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 3.4 pts below Vegas (51% historically).

Tale of the tape

BEAVER Stats, opponent-adjusted, entering the game. Rank among 138 FBS teams.
Efficiency
+0.041 #47Offense EPA / play+0.005 #64
+0.010 #59Defense EPA / play allowed+0.085 #93
+0.5% #64Offense success rate−0.0% #71
−1.1% #54Defense success rate allowed+1.1% #75
+0.121 #29Rushing EPA / play−0.027 #98
−0.011 #62Passing EPA / play+0.008 #59
+0.016 #61Rush defense EPA allowed+0.054 #88
+0.006 #56Pass defense EPA allowed+0.152 #104
+6.1 #21Scoring offense (pts vs avg)−3.4 #84
−1.2 #51Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+3.6 #89
Situational
+1.2% #47Passing-down success (3rd & long)−1.2% #61
+3.1% #95Passing-down success allowed+0.8% #85
+0.71 #25Points per drive−0.46 #89
+0.05 #66Points per drive allowed+0.48 #98
Trenches
+0.11 #69Line yards per rush+0.12 #65
+0.07 #77Line yards per rush allowed+0.07 #79
−2.5% #61Runs stuffed at the line−2.3% #64
−3.2% #116Opponent runs stuffed+0.0% #71
−3.6% #24Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.1% #101
−1.1% #77Havoc created−0.4% #66
Big plays
+0.061 #49Rushing explosiveness−0.027 #87
+0.043 #100Passing explosiveness−0.043 #122
+0.49 #12Open-field yards per rush−0.11 #66
+0.046 #89Pass explosiveness allowed−0.166 #10
Style and schedule
57% #49Run rate47% #132
−19.5 #135Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−8.6 #74

James Madison: last 5 games

W45-17Covered
W46-20Covered
W26-13Covered
W87-3Covered
W20-13Covered

Georgia Southern: last 5 games

W31-24Covered
L28-42Covered
L27-31Missed
L7-22Covered
W31-0Covered

Rating trend

BEAVER Stats: net EPA per play against an average team, entering each week
−0.14−0.08−0.02+0.03+0.09Entering week123456James Madison · 1: −0.07James Madison · 2: −0.03James Madison · 3: −0.08James Madison · 4: +0.00James Madison · 5: +0.07James Madison · 6: +0.03Georgia Southern · 1: −0.12Georgia Southern · 2: −0.12Georgia Southern · 3: −0.07Georgia Southern · 4: −0.09Georgia Southern · 5: −0.10Georgia Southern · 6: −0.08
● James Madison● Georgia Southern