NCAAF › Week 5 › Army at Louisiana Tech
AWAY · 2-2
29
Final
Sat, Oct 3, 7:30 PM ET
Joe Aillet Stadium · 78° · wind 9 mph
HOME · 2-2
31
Won

Beaver vs. Vegas

★ BEAVERVEGASRESULT
Score (Army–Louisiana Tech)25–28–29–31
SpreadLouisiana Tech −3.2Louisiana Tech −1.5Louisiana Tech −2
Total52.946.560
Louisiana Tech win chance58%––

Line moved from Army −3.5 at open. Lines: DraftKings.

The call

Beaver’s Pick
★ Louisiana Tech −1.5 Won★ Over 46.5 Won
Spread: 1.7 pts better than Vegas for Louisiana Tech (sides with a gap this size have won 51% in the backtest). Total: 6.4 pts above Vegas (54% historically).

How Beaver sees the margin

Range of likely outcomes around Louisiana Tech by 3.2
14%
Army by 14+
28%
Army by 1–13
33%
Louisiana Tech by 1–13
25%
Louisiana Tech by 14+

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Tale of the tape

ranks among 138 FBS teams entering this game · brighter = better of the two
Army
Opponent-adjusted, vs. average FBS team
Louisiana Tech
Efficiency
−0.004 #65Offense EPA / play−0.062 #92
+0.157 #122Defense EPA / play allowed−0.004 #56
+0.2% #67Offense success rate−4.4% #108
+5.3% #120Defense success rate allowed−2.9% #35
+0.153 #19Rushing EPA / play−0.029 #97
−0.079 #87Passing EPA / play−0.047 #78
+0.139 #120Rush defense EPA allowed+0.011 #68
+0.199 #120Pass defense EPA allowed+0.033 #65
−3.5 #86Scoring offense (pts vs avg)+0.6 #60
−0.2 #64Scoring defense (pts vs avg)+6.0 #106
Situational
−6.9% #111Passing-down success (3rd & long)−3.1% #80
+5.2% #120Passing-down success allowed−2.6% #39
−0.00 #63Points per drive+0.60 #32
+0.34 #87Points per drive allowed+0.44 #95
Trenches
+0.46 #15Line yards per rush−0.16 #110
+0.46 #130Line yards per rush allowed−0.21 #33
−6.6% #8Runs stuffed at the line+3.0% #124
−1.1% #90Opponent runs stuffed+2.3% #42
−7.5% #1Havoc allowed (TFL, sacks, PBU)−0.4% #91
−3.5% #128Havoc created+2.4% #19
Big plays
+0.053 #50Rushing explosiveness−0.265 #135
+0.267 #21Passing explosiveness+0.461 #4
+0.04 #44Open-field yards per rush−0.01 #54
+0.126 #111Pass explosiveness allowed+0.081 #99
Style and schedule
88% #1Run rate58% #44
−15.6 #120Strength of schedule (avg opponent)−13.8 #113

Tendencies

season to date · against the spread and over/under use closing lines
ArmySeason to dateLouisiana Tech
2-2Record2-2
1-1Conference0-0
1-1Home2-0
1-1Away0-2
1-2-1Against the spread4-0
3-1Over/under4-0
33.2 / 19.8Points for / against36.0 / 29.0
+13.5Avg margin+7.0
+2.8Avg vs. the spread+9.2
60.8Plays per game (excl. garbage time)49.8

Army: last 3 games

W21-17push
L24-28didn’t cover
W59-3covered

Louisiana Tech: last 3 games

L19-36covered
L14-45
atLSU
covered
W80-6covered

Rating trend

net EPA per play vs. an average team, entering each week
−0.22−0.16−0.10−0.04+0.02Entering week12345Army · 1: −0.20Army · 2: −0.09Army · 3: −0.15Army · 4: −0.15Army · 5: −0.16Louisiana Tech · 1: −0.14Louisiana Tech · 2: −0.07Louisiana Tech · 3: −0.07Louisiana Tech · 4: −0.07Louisiana Tech · 5: −0.06
● Army● Louisiana Tech