Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 7:30 PM EDTWeek 3 · at Memphis · Conference game
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1-1 · Power #108
24
final
Final
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2-0 · Power #50
28
▲ winner
Closing spread
MEM -12.5
✓ NAVY W
Total
47
▲ Over · 52 pts
Model before kickoff
NAVY 19–32 MEM
✓ MEM (83%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseMEM -12.5
Total47
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Total
 
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
SourceCaesars Sportsbook closing line
Opennot available
CloseMEM -12.5
Total47
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Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like MEM as a 12.5-point home favorite against NAVY, the favorite won 6, covered 3, and 7 went over the total.

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This game: MEM won 28–24; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 7 of the 10 similar games. 52 points went over 47, as in 7 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 80%
Favorite covered
3 of 1030%
Normal range · usually 48%
Went over
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 51%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 7.4 against an average line of 12.8; 53.4 points a game (usually 55.8). When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
TCU vs CAL
2021 · Week 2 · very close · similar total & spread
-11.534–32 L O46.5
Close
PITT vs NCST
2020 · Week 5 · close · similar total & spread
-1429–30 L O46
Close
WASH vs ORST
2020 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & rest
-13.527–21 L U51
Close
CCU vs GAST
2021 · Week 11 · close · similar spread
-12.540–42 L O53.5
Close
CIN vs HOU
2020 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & rest
-12.538–10 W U51.5
Close
ASU vs COLO
2021 · Week 4 · close · similar situation & total
-1435–13 W O45.5
Loose
WASH vs STAN
2020 · Week 14 · loose · similar spread & total
-1226–31 L O49.5
Loose
CIN vs TLSA
2020 · Week 16 · loose · similar spread & total
-1427–24 L O44.5
Loose
TULN vs USM
2022 · Week 4 · loose · similar spread & total
-11.7524–27 L O48.5
Loose
PSU vs IU
2021 · Week 5 · loose · similar spread & situation
-12.2524–0 W U54
History, not a prediction. Every FBS game from 2020 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Navy have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 135 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
NAVY−15.5 →−0.9▲ 14.6#74
MEM+6.5 →+12.2▲ 5.7#10
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2

NAVY
Longer bar = better
MEM
#83
Offense
MEM better ▶
#39
#93
Defense
MEM better ▶
#6
+1.0 #21
Turnovers
Even
+1.0 #33
59 plays #122
Pace
MEM faster ▶
76 plays #16
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NAVY has the ball
Advantage: MEM defense
NAVY offMEM defEdge
Points / game 13.5 #126 8.5 #13 MEM
Yards / play 4.93 #108 2.70 #2 MEM
PPA / play +0.20 #52 −0.41 #1 MEM
Success rate 47% #45 26% #6 MEM
When MEM has the ball
Advantage: MEM offense
MEM offNAVY defEdge
Points / game 46.5 #17 21.0 #63 MEM
Yards / play 6.23 #57 5.41 #80 MEM
PPA / play +0.20 #55 +0.17 #101 MEM
Success rate 51% #27 51% #129 MEM

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 13 FBS teams
NAVY scoring against the MEM defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NAVY scored
3.5
5.0
8.5
0.0
5.0
5.0
MEM allowed
3.5
1.5
5.0
0.0
3.5
3.5
MEM scoring against the NAVY defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
MEM scored
6.5
19.5
26.0
14.0
6.5
20.5
NAVY allowed
7.0
7.0
14.0
3.5
3.5
7.0

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
MEM +2.5
home-field points in the model
Weather
73° · 5 mph
gusts 11 mph · at kickoff
Rest
NAVY5d short
MEM5d short
Even
Tempo
Average 134 plays
slowavg 134fast

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