Nevada’s yards a carry with Carter Jones and without Carter Jones
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Nevada averaged 4.54 yards a carry with Carter Jones and 4.20 without Carter Jones over its last 25 games, 11 games against 9, a difference of 0.34. Both ranked opponents were without Carter Jones. Both top-10 opponents were without Carter Jones. All 3 opponents outside the major colleges were without Carter Jones.
Carter Jones, quarterback: 1,673 passing yards, 260 pass attempts and 163 completions in 13 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Carter Jones
4.54
without Carter Jones
4.20
2468
A +0.34 difference in yards a carry with Carter Jones vs without Carter Jones is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Carter Joneswithout Carter Jones
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2024 | @ Hawaii | L | 3.57 | — | |
| Nov 2, 2024 | vs Colorado State | L | 4.97 | — | |
| Nov 9, 2024 | @ Boise State | L | 2.90 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs Air Force | L | 3.76 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | @ UNLV | L | 2.39 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | @ Penn State | L | 2.52 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vsSSacramento State | W | 5.66 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Middle Tennessee | L | 5.80 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Western Kentucky | L | 5.31 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ Fresno State | L | 3.79 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs San Diego State | L | 1.82 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ New Mexico | L | 1.96 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2025 | vsBoise State | L | 4.39 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | @ Utah State | L | 3.78 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vs San Jose State | W | 5.19 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Wyoming | W | 5.51 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsUNLV | L | 5.85 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsWestern Kentucky | W | 8.13 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Montana State | L | 5.20 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @Middle Tennessee | L | 2.29 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vsAir Force | L | 5.34 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | @ UTEP | W | 5.69 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @NNorth Dakota State | L | 4.57 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vsSan Jose State | W | 3.13 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ UCLA | L | 1.86 | — |
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, which name every player who entered the game.
- 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.
- 5 games in 2024 are neither with Carter Jones nor without Carter Jones: Carter Jones had no game for the team that season, and sit out.