Minnesota’s yards a carry with Darius Taylor and without Darius Taylor
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Minnesota averaged 3.30 yards a carry with Darius Taylor and 4.09 without Darius Taylor over its last 25 games, 21 games against 4, a difference of 0.79. All 3 neutral-site games were with Darius Taylor. All 6 ranked opponents were with Darius Taylor. All 4 top-10 opponents were with Darius Taylor.
Darius Taylor, running back: 1,229 rushing yards, 305 carries and 67 receptions in 21 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Darius Taylor
3.30
without Darius Taylor
4.09
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A −0.79 difference in yards a carry with Darius Taylor vs without Darius Taylor is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Darius Taylorwithout Darius Taylor
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2024 | @ Rutgers | L | 1.84 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs Penn State | L | 3.06 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | @ Wisconsin | W | 4.69 | — | |
| Jan 3, 2025 | vs Virginia Tech (neutral) | W | 5 | — | |
| Aug 28, 2025 | vs Buffalo | W | 3.48 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Northwestern State | W | 5.61 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ California | L | 3.51 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vsRutgers | W | 2.24 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ Ohio State | L | 2.72 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs Purdue | W | 1.67 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2025 | vs Nebraska | W | 5.31 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Iowa | L | 0.96 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | vs Michigan State | W | 4.52 | — | |
| Nov 14, 2025 | @ Oregon | L | 2.58 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vs Northwestern (neutral) | L | 3.47 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsWisconsin | W | 4.76 | — | |
| Dec 26, 2025 | vs New Mexico (neutral) | W | 3.55 | — | |
| Sep 3, 2026 | vsEEastern Illinois | W | 4.22 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Mississippi State | L | 0.87 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Akron | W | 6.09 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Washington | W | 3.79 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Michigan | W | 3.39 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @Purdue | L | 2.08 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vsIowa | W | 2.06 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Indiana | L | 4.13 | — |
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.