McNeese

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Player stats · 2026 season

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Biggest plays from McNeese’s games

Official highlights with our numbers: the plays that moved the chance to win most in McNeese’s games this season, whoever made them.

  1. Q1, 3:18 · LSU up 7Sam Leavitt finds Roman Mothershed for a 1-yard touchdownMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q1, 3:18 · LSU 14, McNeese 014-0score after the play14-0score after the playS.Leavitt pass complete short left to R.Mothershed caught at MCN02, for 1 yard to the MCN00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  2. Q2, 13:54 · LSU up 14Lorenzell Dubose intercepts Sam Leavitt and returns it 7 yardsMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q2, 13:54 · LSU 14, McNeese 014-0score after the play14-0score after the playS.Leavitt pass intercepted by L.Dubose at MCN02 L.Dubose return 7 yards to the MCN09 (T.Brown), out of boundsWatch from this playESPN College Football
  3. Q2, 7:37 · LSU up 14Landen Clark runs 3 yards for a touchdownMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q2, 7:37 · LSU 21, McNeese 021-0score after the play21-0score after the playL.Clark rush right for 3 yards gain to the MCN00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  4. Q2, 7:17 · McNeese down 21Deuce Geralds sacks Jake Strong for a 7-yard lossMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q2, 7:17 · McNeese 0, LSU 210-21score after the play0-21score after the playJ.Strong sacked for loss of 7 yards to the MCN18 (D.Geralds)Watch from this playESPN College Football
  5. Q2, 4:01 · LSU up 21Sam Leavitt finds Corey Barber Jr. for a 6-yard touchdownMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q2, 4:01 · LSU 28, McNeese 0Corey Barber Jr.'s first career receiving touchdownCorey Barber Jr.'s first career receiving touchdownS.Leavitt pass complete short right to C.Barber Jr. caught at MCN07, for 6 yards to the MCN00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  6. Q2, 0:57 · LSU up 28Sam Leavitt finds Corey Barber Jr. for a 12-yard touchdownMcNeese at LSU, week 5Q2, 0:57 · LSU 35, McNeese 0Sam Leavitt's third touchdown pass of the gameSam Leavitt's third touchdown pass of the gameS.Leavitt pass complete short left to C.Barber Jr. caught at MCN01, for 12 yards to the MCN00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 10 plays from McNeese’s games

How scary each game got

McNeese lost to Tarleton State after being 81% to win; the closest win was at Northwestern State, down to 23%

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Tap a game for its score and win chances.

Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest chance our model gave McNeese during that game; the thick mark is where it started. Numbers are the game week.

Home-field advantage · 2018–present · FBS opponents

McNeese is worth +13.2 points more at home than on the road.

Top tenth of FBS, 100th percentile of 133 programs

0% at home, 0% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (0-1 home, 0-9 away).

model 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest
model 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest
The stadium and how the home edge is measured

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge. The books use about 3. Per-team versions were tested and did not hold up (why). Against the closing line, McNeese has beaten the number by +7.0 more at home than away over 46 games. That is inside the ±7.8 that many games can resolve, so the results cannot tell this stadium from the flat number. That is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.

Cowboy Stadium seats 17,610 and has averaged 54% full (9,592, 16 games reported). Visitors cover a median 166 miles to get here (2018-present).

Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across 42 of 43 home games since 2018. No national trip rank shown: the ranked field is FBS venues only and leaves out the service academies and venues with too few measured games.

Home0-1Away0-9Edge+13.2Visitor trip166 mi

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Scheme claimsFive specific, testable claims about how this team plays.

How much of McNeese’s number is the schedule?

Raw EPA/play through week 10 is 0.03; adjusted for opponent strength, it's −0.03. The widest gap came in week 2: 0.33 raw vs. 0.04 adjusted.

0.380.15-0.08Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10Raw EPA/playOpponent-adjusted
0.380.15-0.08Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10RawAdjusted
Source CFB Zeitgeist · season-to-date, opponent-adjusted model
Havoc & trenchesDefense havoc rate 0.163, 54th percentile

Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.

Havoc rate (D) 0.163
54th
Havoc allowed (O) 0.185
8th
Front-seven havoc (D) 0.104
64th
Secondary havoc (D) 0.059
47th
Stuff rate (D) 0.187
38th
Stuff rate allowed (O) 0.232
9th
Line yards (O) 2.731
17th
Line yards allowed (D) 3.213
10th
Standard-downs success (O) 0.391
3rd
Standard-downs success allowed (D) 0.469
36th
Passing-downs success (O) 0.273
23rd
Passing-downs success allowed (D) 0.275
68th
Screened 12 claims, 12 survived · 2026 season, FBS only, min. 3 games with data this season
CFB Zeitgeist “Go Cowboys.”
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