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Biggest plays from Villanova’s games

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

  1. Q2, 14:50 · Villanova down 14Pat McQuaide finds Ja'briel Mace for a 65-yard touchdownVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q2, 14:50 · Villanova 10, Louisville 176565-yard touchdown pass6565-yard touchdown pass65-yard touchdown passP.McQuaide pass complete deep left to J.Mace caught at LOU41, for 65 yards to the LOU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  2. Q2, 13:24 · Louisville up 7Lincoln Kienholz finds Lawayne McCoy for a 61-yard touchdownVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q2, 13:24 · Louisville 24, Villanova 106161-yard touchdown pass6161-yard touchdown pass61-yard touchdown passL.Kienholz pass complete deep right to L.McCoy caught at VIL27, for 61 yards to the VIL00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  3. Q1, 4:33 · Louisville breaks the tieLincoln Kienholz runs 19 yards for a touchdownVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q1, 4:33 · Louisville 10, Villanova 3Louisville took the lead in the first quarterLouisville took the lead in the first quarterL.Kienholz rush middle for 19 yards gain to the VIL00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  4. Q1, 0:14 · Louisville up 7Lincoln Kienholz finds Jaleel Skinner for a 69-yard touchdownVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q1, 0:14 · Louisville 17, Villanova 36969-yard touchdown pass6969-yard touchdown pass69-yard touchdown passL.Kienholz pass complete short right to J.Skinner caught at LOU32, for 69 yards to the VIL00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  5. Q3, 7:59 · Louisville up 21M. Davis fumbles but keeps the ballVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q3, 7:59 · Louisville 31, Villanova 1031-10score after the play31-10score after the playM.Davis rush middle for 6 yards gain to the VIL15 fumbled by M.Davis at VIL15 forced by N.Essiem recovered by LOU C.Gorin at VIL15, End Of PlayWatch from this playESPN College Football
  6. Q3, 7:50 · Louisville up 21Braxton Jennings runs 15 yards for a touchdownVillanova at Louisville, week 2Q3, 7:50 · Louisville 38, Villanova 1038-10score after the play38-10score after the playB.Jennings rush right for 15 yards gain to the VIL00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 9 plays from Villanova’s games

How scary each game got

Villanova lost to William & Mary after being 96% to win; the closest win was at Long Island University, down to 18%

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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 Villanova during that game; the thick mark is where it started. Numbers are the game week.

Home-field advantage · 2018–present · FBS opponents

Villanova is worth +6.3 points more at home than on the road.

Top third of FBS, 86th percentile of 133 programs

75% at home, 42% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (3-1 home, 5-7 away). Interval ±12.8.

95% intervalmodel 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest
95% intervalmodel 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, Villanova has beaten the number by +0.1 more at home than away over 61 games. That is inside the ±8.1 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.

Villanova Stadium seats 12,500 and has averaged 36% full (4,464, 19 games reported). Visitors cover a median 199 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 all 48 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.

Home3-1Away5-7Edge+6.3 ±12.8Visitor trip199 mi

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How much of Villanova’s number is the schedule?

Raw EPA/play through week 10 is 0.16; adjusted for opponent strength, it's 0.07. The widest gap came in week 9: 0.15 raw vs. 0.06 adjusted.

0.190.08-0.02Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10Raw EPA/playOpponent-adjusted
0.190.08-0.02Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10RawAdjusted
Source CFB Zeitgeist · season-to-date, opponent-adjusted model
Havoc & trenchesDefense havoc rate 0.159, 49th percentile

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

Havoc rate (D) 0.159
49th
Havoc allowed (O) 0.159
39th
Front-seven havoc (D) 0.100
55th
Secondary havoc (D) 0.060
49th
Stuff rate (D) 0.188
40th
Stuff rate allowed (O) 0.234
7th
Line yards (O) 2.586
7th
Line yards allowed (D) 3.049
26th
Standard-downs success (O) 0.478
56th
Standard-downs success allowed (D) 0.485
23rd
Passing-downs success (O) 0.347
75th
Passing-downs success allowed (D) 0.352
10th
Screened 12 claims, 12 survived · 2026 season, FBS only, min. 3 games with data this season
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