Boise State’s yards a carry with Max Cutforth and without Max Cutforth
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Boise State averaged 3.68 yards a carry with Max Cutforth and 5.34 without Max Cutforth over its last 25 games, 5 games against 20, a difference of 1.66. All 4 ranked opponents were without Max Cutforth. Both top-10 opponents were without Max Cutforth. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Max Cutforth.
Max Cutforth, quarterback: 1,190 passing yards, 180 pass attempts and 103 completions in 10 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Max Cutforth
3.68
without Max Cutforth
5.34
468
A −1.66 difference in yards a carry with Max Cutforth vs without Max Cutforth is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Max Cutforthwithout Max Cutforth
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2024 | vs Oregon State | W | 5.79 | — | |
| Dec 6, 2024 | vs UNLV | W | 6.23 | — | |
| Dec 31, 2024 | vs Penn State (neutral) | L | 2.70 | — | |
| Aug 28, 2025 | @ South Florida | L | 3.21 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2025 | vsEEastern Washington | W | 8.92 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Air Force | W | 9.83 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs Appalachian State | W | 3.56 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ Notre Dame | L | 2.94 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs New Mexico | W | 3.13 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vsUNLV | W | 9.55 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2025 | @ Nevada | W | 3.09 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | vs Fresno State | L | 3.14 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | @ San Diego State | L | 4 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vs Colorado State | W | 5.49 | — | |
| Nov 28, 2025 | @ Utah State | W | 3.72 | — | |
| Dec 5, 2025 | vsUNLV | W | 4.65 | — | |
| Dec 13, 2025 | vs Washington (neutral) | L | 2.07 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Oregon | L | 2.69 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Memphis | W | 7.80 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vsSSouth Dakota | W | 6.96 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Western Michigan | W | 4.43 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vsUtah State | W | 4.51 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @Fresno State | W | 6.25 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Washington State | W | 7.46 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Texas State | W | 3.18 | — |
Method
- 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 21 of these 25 games; in the other 4 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.