Central Michigan’s yards a carry with Brock Townsend and without Brock Townsend
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Central Michigan averaged 3.98 yards a carry with Brock Townsend and 3.27 without Brock Townsend over its last 25 games, 21 games against 3, a difference of 0.72. Both ranked opponents were with Brock Townsend. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Brock Townsend. All 9 nonconference games were with Brock Townsend.
Brock Townsend, running back: 499 rushing yards, 97 carries and 21 receptions in 20 of those 25 games.
3 games without Brock Townsend 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
with Brock Townsend
3.98
without Brock Townsend
3.27
246
A +0.72 difference in yards a carry with Brock Townsend vs without Brock Townsend is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Brock Townsendwithout Brock Townsend
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2024 | @ Toledo | L | 2.32 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2024 | vs Western Michigan | W | 3.87 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | @ Northern Illinois | L | 3.61 | — | |
| Aug 29, 2025 | @ San Jose State | W | 4.94 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | @ Pittsburgh | L | 1.28 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Michigan | L | 2.65 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vsWWagner | W | 4.98 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs Eastern Michigan | W | 6.48 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ Akron | L | 5.95 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ Bowling Green | W | 4.41 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | vs UMass | W | 5.26 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | @Western Michigan | L | 1.73 | — | |
| Nov 12, 2025 | vs Buffalo | W | 3.71 | — | |
| Nov 19, 2025 | @ Kent State | W | 4.19 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsToledo | L | 2.25 | — | |
| Dec 26, 2025 | vs Northwestern (neutral) | L | 2.68 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ New Mexico | L | 3.72 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Colgate | W | 4.90 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Wyoming | W | 5.86 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Miami (FL) | L | 1.04 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vsAkron | W | 7.57 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ Ohio | L | 3.94 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vsWestern Michigan | L | 3.95 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Miami (OH) | L | 2.21 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2026 | vsEastern Michigan (neutral) | W | — | — |
Method
- The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
- 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.