Iowa’s yards a carry with Nathan McNeil and without Nathan McNeil
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Iowa averaged 5.57 yards a carry with Nathan McNeil and 3.73 without Nathan McNeil in 2026, 5 games against 3, a difference of 1.84. All 3 nonconference games were with Nathan McNeil.
Nathan McNeil, running back: 128 rushing yards, 21 carries and 5 receptions in 4 games this season.
3 games without Nathan McNeil 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 Nathan McNeil
5.57
without Nathan McNeil
3.73
510
A +1.84 difference in yards a carry with Nathan McNeil vs without Nathan McNeil is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Nathan McNeilwithout Nathan McNeil
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Northern Illinois | W | 7.61 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Iowa State | W | 3.21 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vsNNorthern Iowa | W | 10.29 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Michigan | W | 2.42 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Ohio State | L | 1.86 | — | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | @ Washington | W | 6.92 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @ Minnesota | L | 3 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Wisconsin | W | 3.77 | — |
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 7 of these 8 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.