Sat, Oct 7, 2023, 3:30 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Iowa · Conference game
Closing spread
IOWA -3.5
✓ IOWA W
Total
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Model before kickoff
PUR 19–23 IOWA
✓ IOWA (61%) won
Closing line · Caesars Sportsbook
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CloseIOWA -3.5
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CloseIOWA -3.5
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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
IOWA as a 3.5-point home favorite against PUR, the favorite won 4, covered 4, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: IOWA won 20–14; the favorite covered, as in 4 of the 10 similar games.
Favorite won
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 60%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 50%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 48%
All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: underdog by 2.5 against an average line of 3.3; 49.5 points a game (usually 54.6). Of the 1 over, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3.
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very close | 2022 · Week 12 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 10–14 | L | U47.5 |
| Very close |
2023 · Week 4 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 34–27 | W | O36 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 31–12 | W | U58.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 8 · very close · similar spread & situation |
-3.5 | 36–41 | L | O45.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 14 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-4.5 | 24–14 | W | U57.5 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 13 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-2 | 16–40 | L | O53 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 12 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-3 | 23–26 | L | U55.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 10 · very close · similar rest & season form |
-1.5 | 24–41 | L | O53.5 |
| Very close | 2022 · Week 9 · very close · similar spread & rest |
-3.5 | 10–23 | L | U45.25 |
| Very close | 2021 · Week 11 · very close · similar rest & spread |
-4 | 27–22 | W | O37 |
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 no trends and market moves 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.
No notable trends or market moves for this game.
Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 40% | 2-3 40% | 2-2 50% | |
| 4-1 80% | 2-2-1 50% | 2-3 40% |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 136 FBS teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
PUR−4.2 →+1.2▲ 5.4#54
IOWA+3.8 →+2.8▼ 1.0#47
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5
Longer bar = better
#75
Offense
◀ PUR better#125
#81
Defense
IOWA better ▶#19
−0.4 #100
Turnovers
Even−0.4 #98
72 plays #25
Pace
◀ PUR faster55 plays #132
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| PUR off | IOWA def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 28.0 #75 | 16.8 #21 | IOWA |
| Yards / play | 5.57 #85 | 4.29 #8 | IOWA |
| PPA / play | +0.09 #81 | −0.06 #20 | IOWA |
| Success rate | 44% #57 | 36% #28 | IOWA |
| IOWA off | PUR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.2 #103 | 29.6 #101 | Even |
| Yards / play | 4.35 #134 | 5.64 #77 | PUR |
| PPA / play | −0.07 #130 | +0.11 #83 | PUR |
| Success rate | 34% #133 | 40% #63 | PUR |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 133 FBS teams
PUR scoring against the IOWA defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.6 #91 | 8.2 #77 | 12.8 #89 | 9.8 #21 | 5.4 #95 | 15.2 #47 | |
2.6 #19 | 4.4 #25 | 7.0 #19 | 4.8 #56 | 5.0 #48 | 9.8 #43 |
IOWA scoring against the PUR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4.0 #104 | 7.6 #87 | 11.6 #104 | 4.6 #102 | 6.0 #83 | 10.6 #105 | |
6.2 #95 | 11.6 #121 | 17.8 #113 | 2.8 #19 | 9.0 #115 | 11.8 #66 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
59° · 12 mph
gusts 24 mph · wind lowers scoring
Rest
PUR7d
IOWA7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 127 plays
slowavg 134fast
Quarterback
IOWA backup QB started
Not the usual starter
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