Putting Up Numbers· college football

Air Force’s yards a carry with Kemper Hodges and without Kemper Hodges

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Air Force averaged 5.83 yards a carry with Kemper Hodges and 4.80 without Kemper Hodges over its last 25 games, 2 games against 23, a difference of 1.03. All 13 home games were without Kemper Hodges. All 3 opponents outside the major colleges were without Kemper Hodges. All 4 games after a bye were without Kemper Hodges.

Kemper Hodges, quarterback: 74 passing yards, 16 pass attempts and 6 completions in 15 of those 25 games.

2 games with Kemper Hodges is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

yards a carry a game

A +1.03 difference in yards a carry with Kemper Hodges vs without Kemper Hodges is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kemper Hodgeswithout Kemper Hodges
Air Force’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Kemper Hodges or without Kemper Hodges
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 2, 2024@ArmyL2.93—
Nov 9, 2024vsFresno StateW4.37—
Nov 16, 2024vsOregon StateW4.17—
Nov 23, 2024@NevadaW4.83—
Nov 30, 2024@San Diego StateW5.60—
Aug 30, 2025vsBucknellW5.51—
Sep 13, 2025@Utah StateL4.36—
Sep 20, 2025vsBoise StateL4.98—
Sep 27, 2025vsHawaiiL6.35—
Oct 4, 2025@NavyL4.69—
Oct 11, 2025@UNLVL6.48—
Oct 18, 2025vsWyomingW6.02—
Nov 1, 2025vsArmyL3.48—
Nov 8, 2025@San Jose StateW4.14—
Nov 15, 2025@UConnL5—
Nov 22, 2025vsNew MexicoL2.29—
Nov 28, 2025@Colorado StateW4.72—
Sep 5, 2026vsDuquesneW6.12—
Sep 12, 2026vsNNorth Dakota StateL4.06—
Sep 26, 2026@NevadaW5.19—
Oct 3, 2026vsNavyW3.28—
Oct 10, 2026@Northern IllinoisW6.67—
Oct 17, 2026vsUNLVW7.07—
Oct 23, 2026@WyomingL4.83—
Oct 31, 2026vsUConnW4.95—

Method

Read against .

  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.