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Louisiana Tech without Blake Baker

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Louisiana Tech is 1–1 without Blake Baker this season and 5–1 with him. Since 2025, Louisiana Tech is 5–5 in the 10 games without him and 9–2 with him.

Missed games (hand), per fieldlevelmedia.com.

Blake Baker’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Blake Baker6 gamesWithout2 gamesDifference
Record5–11–1
Points, over expected−0.9+1.9−2.8
Passing yards, over expected+11.2−13.5+24.7
Against the line+10.3+2.5+7.8
Points allowed, over expected−4.4+7.1−11.6
Margin, over expected+2.8−4.9+7.6
Rushing yards, over expected−39.0+76.1−115.1
Carries, over expected+1.5−2.8+4.3
Yards a carry3.596.13−2.54
Pass attempts, over expected−1.1+2.1−3.2
Total yards, over expected−27.4+62.2−89.6
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−0.6%+0.9%−1.5
Penalty yards, over expected−5.5+26.8−32.3

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.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Blake Baker11 gamesWithout14 gamesDifference
Record9–27–7
Points, over expected+3.9−3.1+6.9
Passing yards, over expected+27.2−50.1+77.3
Against the line+11.6+2.1+9.5
Points allowed, over expected−3.8−0.8−3.0
Margin, over expected+6.8−1.9+8.7
Rushing yards, over expected−16.8+28.1−44.9
Carries, over expected+1.7+0.6+1.1
Yards a carry4.194.41−0.23
Pass attempts, over expected−0.3−1.9+1.6
Total yards, over expected+12.7−17.7+30.4
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+1.4%−3.6%+5.0
Penalty yards, over expected−0.1+14.6−14.7

Who played instead

  • Trey Kukuk · 2 games · 408 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Blake BakerWithoutDifference
Trey Kukuk, QB
Passing yards17.2204.0−186.8
Pass attempts2.033.0−31.0
Andrew Burnette, RB
Rushing yards48.836.0+12.8
Carries13.08.0+5.0
Jalen Mickens, WR
Receiving yards85.054.0+31.0
Receptions5.26.0−0.8
Eli Finley, TE
Receiving yards55.572.0−16.5
Receptions4.86.0−1.2
Dylone Brooks, RB
Rushing yards27.060.5−33.5
Carries4.55.0−0.5

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Blake BakerWithoutDifference
Eli Finley, TE
Receiving yards63.131.1+32.0
Receptions4.83.1+1.7
Omiri Wiggins, RB
Rushing yards49.336.8+12.5
Carries9.38.0+1.3

The games without him this season

DateGameResultPlayed instead
Oct 3, 2026vsArmy · played, 1 of 24 pass attemptsW 31–29Trey Kukuk
Sep 19, 2026@BaylorL 19–36Trey Kukuk

Method

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Why he’s out: fieldlevelmedia.com.

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