Houston without DJ Butler

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Houston is 2–0 without DJ Butler this season and 4–2 with him. Since 2024, Houston is 4–5 in the 9 games he missed and 16–8 with him.

, a game

This season

Measure	With DJ Butler6 games	Without2 games	Difference
Record	4–2	2–0
Points, over expected	−0.3	+5.4	−5.7
Rushing yards, over expected	+9.5	+12.1	−2.5
Against the line	+6.2	−2.0	+8.2
Points allowed, over expected	−3.4	+4.7	−8.1
Margin, over expected	+2.7	−1.5	+4.1
Carries, over expected	+0.4	+3.7	−3.3
Yards a carry	5.31	4.43	+0.88
Passing yards, over expected	+38.3	−20.0	+58.3
Pass attempts, over expected	+2.0	−3.2	+5.2
Total yards, over expected	+42.4	−14.1	+56.4
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	+6.6%	+24.3%	−17.7
Penalty yards, over expected	+4.0	−6.4	+10.3

2 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Measure	With DJ Butler21 games	Without4 games	Difference
Record	14–7	3–1
Points, over expected	−0.3	+1.5	−1.8
Rushing yards, over expected	+1.0	−2.2	+3.3
Against the line	+2.6	−0.8	+3.3
Points allowed, over expected	−1.3	+1.6	−2.9
Margin, over expected	+0.9	−1.0	+1.9
Carries, over expected	+0.6	+2.2	−1.6
Yards a carry	4.45	4.12	+0.34
Passing yards, over expected	+6.1	−20.3	+26.5
Pass attempts, over expected	+0.2	−4.6	+4.8
Total yards, over expected	+6.4	−25.2	+31.6
Third-down conversion rate, over expected	+2.4%	+4.5%	−2.2
Penalty yards, over expected	−7.4	−2.4	−5.0

Measure	With DJ Butler	Without	Difference
Conner Weigman, QB
Passing yards	262.3	239.0	+23.3
Pass attempts	29.7	27.5	+2.2
Makhi Hughes, RB
Rushing yards	70.0	48.5	+21.5
Carries	15.2	13.0	+2.2
Re'Shaun Sanford II, RB
Rushing yards	44.2	91.0	−46.8
Carries	8.7	17.5	−8.8
Amare Thomas, WR
Receiving yards	87.8	46.5	+41.3
Receptions	5.3	4.5	+0.8
Patrick Overmyer, TE
Receiving yards	47.8	72.0	−24.2
Receptions	5.0	4.5	+0.5

Measure	With DJ Butler	Without	Difference
Stacy Sneed, RB
Rushing yards	17.6	29.9	−12.2
Carries	3.8	6.9	−3.1
Mekhi Mews, WR
Receiving yards	11.0	12.9	−1.9
Receptions	1.5	1.4	0.0
Stephon Johnson, WR
Receiving yards	42.6	42.0	+0.6
Receptions	2.6	3.1	−0.6
Donovan Smith, QB
Passing yards	65.6	134.8	−69.2
Pass attempts	9.4	21.5	−12.1

Date	Game	Result
Oct 3, 2026	vsUCF	W 27–17
Sep 26, 2026	@Georgia Southern	W 42–28

With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers. A game with no expected number sits out.
Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.