Missouri’s yards a carry with Donovan Olugbode and without Donovan Olugbode
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Missouri averaged 4.97 yards a carry with Donovan Olugbode and 6.21 without Donovan Olugbode over its last 25 games, 18 games against 3, a difference of 1.24. All 8 ranked opponents were with Donovan Olugbode. All 6 top-10 opponents were with Donovan Olugbode. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Donovan Olugbode.
Donovan Olugbode, receiver: 994 receiving yards, 71 receptions and 9 receiving touchdowns in 17 of those 25 games.
3 games without Donovan Olugbode 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
A −1.24 difference in yards a carry with Donovan Olugbode vs without Donovan Olugbode is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Donovan Olugbode and it comes up 17 times in 100.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2024 | @ South Carolina | L | 3.89 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Mississippi State | W | 3.91 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Arkansas | W | 4.11 | — | |
| Dec 30, 2024 | vs Iowa (neutral) | W | 2.94 | — | |
| Aug 28, 2025 | vsCCentral Arkansas | W | 5.97 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Kansas | W | 5.55 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Louisiana | W | 6.89 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vsSouth Carolina | W | 6.24 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs UMass | W | 5.15 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs Alabama | L | 5.82 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ Auburn | W | 2.14 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Vanderbilt | L | 4.15 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | vs Texas A&M | L | 6.09 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vsMississippi State | W | 8.86 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Oklahoma | L | 2 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | @Arkansas | W | 6.34 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2025 | vs Virginia (neutral) | L | 4.97 | — | |
| Sep 3, 2026 | vsAArkansas-Pine Bluff | W | 4.56 | — | |
| Sep 11, 2026 | @Kansas | W | 4.45 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Troy | W | 5.19 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @Mississippi State | L | 3.40 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Florida | W | 6.53 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vsTexas A&M | W | 6.05 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Ole Miss | L | 1.50 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @Arkansas | W | 6.26 | — |
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 11 of these 21 games; in the other 10 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
- 4 games in 2024 are neither with Donovan Olugbode nor without Donovan Olugbode: Donovan Olugbode had no game for the team that season, and sit out.