Northwestern’s yards a carry with Robby Preckel and without Robby Preckel
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Northwestern averaged 4.30 yards a carry with Robby Preckel and 5.79 without Robby Preckel over its last 25 games, 14 games against 7, a difference of 1.49. All 3 neutral-site games were with Robby Preckel. All 4 ranked opponents were with Robby Preckel. Both top-10 opponents were with Robby Preckel.
Robby Preckel, tight end: 8 receiving yards and 2 receptions in 9 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Robby Preckel
4.30
without Robby Preckel
5.79
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A −1.49 difference in yards a carry with Robby Preckel vs without Robby Preckel is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Robby Preckel and it comes up 8 times in 100.
The games
with Robby Preckelwithout Robby Preckel
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2024 | @ Purdue | W | 4.28 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | vs Ohio State (neutral) | L | 2.07 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Michigan | L | 0.46 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Illinois (neutral) | L | 3.90 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | @ Tulane | L | 2.81 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2025 | vsWWestern Illinois | W | 7.08 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Oregon | L | 5 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs UCLA | W | 4.74 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | vs Louisiana Monroe | W | 6.47 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Penn State | W | 3.31 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vsPurdue | W | 5.04 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Nebraska | L | 5.73 | — | |
| Nov 7, 2025 | @ USC | L | 5.20 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vsMichigan (neutral) | L | 2.35 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | vs Minnesota (neutral) | W | 5.64 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | @Illinois | L | 3.14 | — | |
| Dec 26, 2025 | vs Central Michigan (neutral) | W | 2.96 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vsSSouth Dakota State | W | 7.23 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs Colorado | W | 4.04 | — | |
| Sep 25, 2026 | @ Indiana | L | 1.27 | — | |
| Oct 2, 2026 | vsPenn State | W | 8.10 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Ball State | W | 5.50 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ Michigan State | W | 3.19 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Rutgers | W | 7.13 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @Oregon | L | 4.86 | — |
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 for 14 of these 21 games; in the other 7 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
- 4 games in 2024 are neither with Robby Preckel nor without Robby Preckel: Robby Preckel had no game for the team that season, and sit out.