McNeese

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Southland · Cowboy Stadium · 17,610 · 9,333 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat UT Rio Grande Valley · our model 27% McNeese · a number, not a pick

LastL 24–27 vs Tarleton State · Sat Sep 12 · Devin Lippold 286 pass yds, 2 TD, 65 rush yds

Nextat UT Rio Grande Valley · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium · series 0-1

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Player stats — 2026 season

No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.

Home-field advantage · McNeese · 2018–present · FBS opponents

McNeese is worth +32.3 points more at home than on the road.

Top tenth of FBS, 100th percentile of 133 programs

67% at home, 0% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (2–1 home, 0–8 away). Interval ±16.2.

95% intervalmodel 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, McNeese has beaten the number by +6.7 more at home than away over 39 games — inside the ±8.7 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.

Cowboy Stadium seats 17,610 and has averaged 58% full (10,131, 14 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 40 of 41 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.

Home2–1Away0–8Edge+32.3 ±16.2Visitor trip166 mi

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Havoc & trenchesDisruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.

Havoc & trenches

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

Havoc Rate (D) 0.199
95th
Havoc Allowed (O) 0.135
77th
Front-Seven Havoc (D) 0.103
77th
Secondary Havoc (D) 0.096
95th
Stuff Rate (D) 0.193
59th
Stuff Rate Allowed (O) 0.247
14th
Line Yards (O) 3.154
86th
Line Yards Allowed (D) 3.023
41st
Standard-Downs Success (O) 0.468
41st
Standard-Downs Success Allowed (D) 0.448
77th
Passing-Downs Success (O) 0.383
86th
Passing-Downs Success Allowed (D) 0.310
5th
Screened 12 claims, 12 survived · 2026 season, FBS only, min. 3 games with data this season
ConditionsThe weather and altitude visitors have to deal with.
Venue texture

74°F average kickoff temp; 30% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.

Based on 30 home games with weather data.

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