2014 · Boca Raton Bowl · Dec 23, 2014 · FAU Stadium
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Win probability · NIU
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Q2 2:58 · Tyler Wedel punt for 40 yds, downed at the NORTHERNIL 24 NORTHERNIL Penalty, Kick Catching Interference (Shawun Lurry) to the Marsh 39
Driver values - Δ win prob, pts
Home team on offensePregame priorScore differentialGarbage-time factorScore diff ÷ seconds remainingScore diff ÷ offense timeouts
This game in five plays
- TD · Q2 5:29: Devon Johnson 2 Yd Run (Justin Haig Kick) — MRSH win probability +5.0 pts (now 84%) (top driver: MRSH has the ball).
- FG · Q2 0:07: Christian Hagan 30 Yd Field Goal — NIU win probability +4.0 pts (now 19%) (top driver: NIU has the ball).
- TD · Q3 6:39: Tommy Shuler 6 Yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig Kick) — MRSH win probability +8.1 pts (now 93%) (top driver: MRSH has the ball).
- TD · Q3 4:50: Cameron Stingily 24 Yd Run (Christian Hagan Kick) — NIU win probability +10.8 pts (now 21%) (top driver: NIU has the ball).
- TD · Q3 2:06: Angelo Jean-Louis 11 Yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig Kick) — MRSH win probability +10.4 pts (now 95%) (top driver: MRSH has the ball).
Was that the right call?
Each option's modeled win probability for the team making the call, from the score, clock and field position before the play. Gaps under one point are close calls. How this works
Fourth downs
NIU made the numbers' call on 9 of 11MRSH made the numbers' call on 3 of 5
- Q1 11:21NIU 4th & 4 at MRSH 39, tiedClose callPunted · 26.7% before the snapGo for it26.7%48% to convertField goal26.6%−0.136% to makePuntTheir call26.6%−0.1average punt
- Q1 9:50MRSH 4th & 10 at MRSH 47, tiedAgrees with the numbersPunted · 72.6% before the snapGo for it72.5%−0.129% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call72.6%average punt
- Q1 5:54NIU 4th & 8 at NIU 8, tiedAgrees with the numbersPunted · 28.5% before the snapGo for it28.3%−0.231% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call28.5%average punt
- Q2 14:32NIU 4th & 7 at MRSH 15, down 7Agrees with the numbersKicked a field goal · 27.7% before the snapGo for it27.1%−0.434% to convertField goalTheir call27.5%83% to makePunt23.8%−3.7average punt
- Q2 11:51MRSH 4th & 7 at NIU 11, up 7Agrees with the numbersKicked a field goal · 73.2% before the snapGo for it72.8%−0.232% to convertField goalTheir call73.1%87% to makePunt69.8%−3.3average punt
- Q2 7:30NIU 4th & 1 at MRSH 1, down 10Numbers favored go for it by 1.3 ptsKicked a field goal · 25.0% before the snapGo for it24.7%59% to convertField goalTheir call23.3%−1.394% to makePunt20.0%−4.7average punt
- Q2 2:58NIU 4th & 11 at NIU 36, down 14Agrees with the numbersPunted · 19.1% before the snapGo for it18.6%−0.526% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call19.1%average punt
- Q2 1:39MRSH 4th & 13 at MRSH 36, up 14Agrees with the numbersPunted · 81.4% before the snapGo for it79.8%−1.720% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call81.5%average punt
- Q2 0:07NIU 4th & 9 at MRSH 13, down 14Agrees with the numbersKicked a field goal · 19.2% before the snapGo for it18.0%−1.028% to convertField goalTheir call19.1%85% to makePunt16.7%−2.4average punt
- Q3 13:34NIU 4th & 1 at NIU 49, down 11Agrees with the numbersWent for it · 22.9% before the snapGo for itTheir call23.0%70% to convertField goalOut of rangePunt21.4%−1.6average punt
- Q3 12:10MRSH 4th & 3 at NIU 42, up 11Numbers favored go for it by 1.1 ptsPunted · 78.4% before the snapGo for it78.9%52% to convertField goal77.3%−1.630% to makePuntTheir call77.9%−1.1average punt
- Q3 10:49NIU 4th & 8 at NIU 22, down 11Agrees with the numbersPunted · 19.2% before the snapGo for it18.7%−1.132% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call19.9%average punt
- Q3 0:39NIU 4th & 15 at NIU 33, down 18Agrees with the numbersPunted · 7.5% before the snapGo for it6.1%−2.616% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call8.6%average punt
- Q4 8:39NIU 4th & 14 at MRSH 14, down 25Agrees with the numbersKicked a field goal · 0.4% before the snapGo for it0.4%−0.416% to convertField goalTheir call0.8%84% to makePunt-0.3%−1.1average punt
- Q4 2:43NIU 4th & 6 at NIU 32, down 29Agrees with the numbersPunted · 0.1% before the snapGo for it0.1%−<0.139% to convertField goalOut of rangePuntTheir call0.2%average punt
- Q4 0:15MRSH 4th & 1 at MRSH 34, up 29Close callWent for it · 99.9% before the snapGo for itTheir call99.8%−<0.171% to convertField goalOut of rangePunt99.9%average punt
After touchdowns: kick or go for two?
NIU made the numbers' call on 2 of 2MRSH made the numbers' call on 7 of 7
- Q1 7:33NIU Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call30.5%97% to makeGo for two30.5%−<0.145% to convert
- Q1 7:19MRSH Touchdown, down 1 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call71.0%97% to makeGo for two71.0%−<0.145% to convert
- Q1 3:42MRSH Touchdown, up 6 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call72.4%97% to makeGo for two72.3%−<0.145% to convert
- Q2 5:29MRSH Touchdown, up 13 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call78.8%97% to makeGo for two78.7%−0.145% to convert
- Q3 6:39MRSH Touchdown, up 17 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call88.5%97% to makeGo for two88.4%−0.145% to convert
- Q3 4:50NIU Touchdown, down 12 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call17.9%97% to makeGo for two17.7%−0.145% to convert
- Q3 2:06MRSH Touchdown, up 17 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call90.1%97% to makeGo for two89.9%−0.145% to convert
- Q4 11:48MRSH Touchdown, up 24 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call98.4%97% to makeGo for two98.2%−0.245% to convert
- Q4 4:10MRSH Touchdown, up 28 before the tryAgrees with the numbersKicked · madeKickTheir call99.9%97% to makeGo for two99.9%−<0.145% to convert
Play by play - hover to pin the curve, click to jump
Download drive chartNIUDrive 1PUNT10 plays · 43 yds · 3:2720% → 22%
MRSHDrive 2PUNT6 plays · 44 yds · 1:2279% → 78%
NIUDrive 3TD8 plays · 67 yds · 2:1222% → 26%
Q1 9:45
1ST & 10
OWN 33
0
22.3%
Drew Hare pass incomplete to Da'Ron Brown, broken up by Taj LetmanSimilar
Q1 8:08
2ND & 9
OPP 36
+15
23.6%
Hare, Drew pass incomplete to Brown, Da'Ron, PENALTY MARSHALL pass interference (Letman, Taj) 15 yards to the MARSHALL21, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN NORTHERNIL. for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 5PUNT5 plays · 2 yds · 1:1123% → 24%
Q1 7:05
1ST & 10
OWN 6
0
23.4%
Drew Hare pass incomplete to Da'Ron Brown, broken up by Corey TindalSimilar
Q1 6:59
2ND & 10
OWN 6
+6
23.4%
Drew Hare pass complete to Aregeros Turner for 6 yds to the NoIll 12Similar
Q1 6:26
3RD & 4
OWN 12
-4
23.5%
Drew Hare sacked by Jermaine Holmes and Neville Hewitt for a loss of 4 yards to the NoIll 8Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 6TD5 plays · 42 yds · 2:0577% → 79%
Q1 5:47
1ST & 10
OPP 42
+14
23.4%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 14 yds to the NoIll 28 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q1 5:27
1ST & 10
OPP 28
+14
23.3%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 14 yds to the NoIll 14 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q1 4:23
2ND & 11
OPP 15
+10
23.8%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 10 yds to the NoIll 5Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 7MISSED FG15 plays · 59 yds · 3:5622% → 23%
Q1 2:56
3RD & 7
OWN 29
+15
22.1%
Drew Hare pass complete to Christian Blake for 15 yds to the NoIll 44 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q1 1:28
3RD & 8
OWN 46
+13
22.6%
Drew Hare pass complete to Luke Eakes for 13 yds to the Marsh 41 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q1 0:11
1ST & 10
OPP 28
+10
24.5%
Hare, Drew pass incomplete to Brown, Da'Ron, PENALTY MARSHALL holding (Tindal, Corey) 10 yards to the MARSHALL18, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN NORTHERNIL. for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 14:55
2ND & 6
OPP 14
-1
24.2%
Drew Hare run for a loss of 1 yard to the Marsh 15 NORTHERNIL Penalty, Illegal Shift ( Yards) declinedSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 8FG9 plays · 69 yds · 2:3678% → 78%
NIUDrive 9FG11 plays · 64 yds · 4:0621% → 24%
Q2 10:25
3RD & 5
OPP 49
+5
22.0%
Drew Hare pass complete to Aregeros Turner for 5 yds to the Marsh 44 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 10TD7 plays · 65 yds · 1:5378% → 84%
Q2 6:05
2ND & 7
OPP 44
+42
20.9%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 42 yds to the NoIll 2 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 11PUNT9 plays · 11 yds · 2:2517% → 16%
Q2 5:23
1ST & 10
OWN 25
-5
16.6%
Hare, Drew pass complete to Bouagnon, Joel for 9 yards to the NORTHERNIL34, PENALTY NORTHERNIL illegal shift 5 yards to the NORTHERNIL20, NO PLAY.Similar
Q2 4:25
3RD & 12
OWN 23
+14
16.1%
Drew Hare pass complete to Aregeros Turner for 14 yds to the NoIll 37 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q2 2:58
4TH & 11
OWN 36
+25
16.2%
Tyler Wedel punt for 40 yds, downed at the NORTHERNIL 24 NORTHERNIL Penalty, Kick Catching Interference (Shawun Lurry) to the Marsh 39Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 12PUNT5 plays · -3 yds · 1:1485% → 84%
Q2 1:45
3RD & 5
OWN 44
-8
14.5%
Rakeem Cato sacked by Sean Folliard for a loss of 8 yards to the Marsh 36Similar
Q2 1:39
4TH & 13
OWN 36
+26
15.8%
Tyler Williams punt for 41 yds, fair catch by Shawun Lurry at the NORTHERNIL 23 MARSHALL Penalty, Kick Catching Interference (Antavis Rowe) to the NoIll 38Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 13DOWNS10 plays · 49 yds · 1:2717% → 19%
NIUDrive 15DOWNS5 plays · 9 yds · 1:1520% → 20%
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 16PUNT4 plays · 7 yds · 1:1882% → 81%
Q3 12:49
3RD & 10
OPP 49
+7
18.8%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Eric Frohnapfel for 7 yds to the NoIll 42Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 17PUNT4 plays · 2 yds · 1:1419% → 17%
MRSHDrive 18TD12 plays · 56 yds · 4:0482% → 93%
Q3 10:13
2ND & 7
OWN 47
-6
17.6%
Rakeem Cato sacked by Sean Folliard for a loss of 6 yards to the Marsh 41Similar
Q3 9:30
3RD & 13
OWN 41
+20
17.6%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Deon-Tay McManus for 20 yds to the NoIll 39 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 8:00
3RD & 12
OPP 28
+15
16.5%
Cato, Rakeem pass incomplete to McManus, Deon-Tay, PENALTY NORTHERNIL pass interference (Smalls, Albert) 15 yards to the NORTHERNIL13, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN MARSHALL. for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 7:04
1ST & GOAL
OPP 1
-5
15.4%
Watson, Remi rush for 1 yard to the NORTHERNIL0, PENALTY MARSHALL illegal formation 5 yards to the NORTHERNIL6, NO PLAY.Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 19TD6 plays · 75 yds · 1:4410% → 21%
Q3 5:09
2ND & 9
OWN 46
+30
10.3%
Drew Hare pass complete to Aregeros Turner for 30 yds to the Marsh 24 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 20TD12 plays · 68 yds · 2:3183% → 95%
Q3 4:37
1ST & 10
OWN 32
+5
17.2%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 5 yds to the Marsh 37Similar
Q3 4:22
2ND & 5
OWN 37
+7
16.6%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Ryan Yurachek for 7 yds to the Marsh 44 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q3 3:13
3RD & 10
OPP 45
+15
15.9%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Angelo Jean-Louis for 15 yds to the NoIll 30 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 21PUNT5 plays · -5 yds · 1:148% → 7%
Q3 1:12
3RD & 10
OWN 38
-5
7.6%
Drew Hare sacked by Gary Thompson for a loss of 5 yards to the NoIll 33Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 22TD10 plays · 70 yds · 3:4495% → 100%
Q3 0:32
1ST & 10
OWN 30
+9
4.7%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Eric Frohnapfel for 9 yds to the Marsh 39Similar
Q4 14:55
2ND & 1
OWN 39
+7
4.4%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 7 yds to the Marsh 46 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 14:23
2ND & 3
OPP 47
+4
4.0%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 4 yds to the NoIll 43 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 14:11
1ST & 10
OPP 43
-10
4.0%
Cato, Rakeem pass incomplete, PENALTY MARSHALL holding 10 yards to the MARSHALL47, NO PLAY.Similar
Q4 13:23
2ND & 20
OWN 47
+13
3.9%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 13 yds to the NoIll 40Similar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 23FG11 plays · 65 yds · 2:581% → 2%
Q4 11:37
1ST & 10
OWN 21
+13
0.5%
Drew Hare pass complete to Da'Ron Brown for 13 yds to the NoIll 34 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 11:00
2ND & 7
OWN 37
+21
0.5%
Drew Hare pass complete to Juwan Brescacin for 21 yds to the Marsh 42 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 10:42
1ST & 10
OPP 42
+11
0.6%
Drew Hare pass complete to Da'Ron Brown for 11 yds to the Marsh 31 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 10:20
1ST & 10
OPP 31
+13
0.6%
Drew Hare pass complete to Da'Ron Brown for 13 yds to the Marsh 18 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 24TD9 plays · 41 yds · 4:1299% → 100%
Q4 8:22
1ST & 10
OPP 41
+3
1.2%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 3 yds to the NoIll 38Similar
Q4 6:56
3RD & 5
OPP 36
+7
1.0%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 7 yds to the NoIll 29 for a 1ST downSimilar
Q4 6:23
1ST & 10
OPP 29
+4
0.9%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 4 yds to the NoIll 25Similar
Q4 5:34
2ND & 6
OPP 25
+14
0.8%
Rakeem Cato pass complete to Tommy Shuler for 14 yds to the NoIll 11 for a 1ST downSimilar
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
NIUDrive 25PUNT5 plays · 4 yds · 1:130% → 0%
own 0own 2550opp 25opp 0
MRSHDrive 26END OF GAME12 plays · 41 yds · 2:19100% → 100%
Biggest swings
TD · Q3 4:50
Cameron Stingily 24 Yd Run (Christian Hagan Kick)
+10.8
TD · Q3 2:06
Angelo Jean-Louis 11 Yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig Kick)
-10.4
TD · Q3 6:39
Tommy Shuler 6 Yd pass from Rakeem Cato (Justin Haig Kick)
-8.1