Putting Up Numbers· college football

Ohio’s yards a carry with Matt Vezza and without Matt Vezza

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Ohio averaged 5.01 yards a carry with Matt Vezza and 4.95 without Matt Vezza over its last 25 games, 4 games against 4, a difference of 0.06.

Matt Vezza, quarterback: 444 passing yards, 62 pass attempts and 41 completions in 6 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A +0.06 difference in yards a carry with Matt Vezza vs without Matt Vezza is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Matt Vezzawithout Matt Vezza
Ohio’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Matt Vezza or without Matt Vezza
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 20, 2024@ToledoW4.41—
Nov 29, 2024vsBall StateW6.75—
Dec 7, 2024vsMiami (OH) (neutral)W5.30—
Dec 20, 2024vsJacksonville State (neutral)W5.72—
Aug 28, 2025@RutgersL6.48—
Sep 6, 2025vsWest VirginiaW3.87—
Sep 13, 2025@Ohio StateL2—
Sep 20, 2025vsGGardner-WebbW6.79—
Sep 27, 2025vsBowling GreenW6.61—
Oct 4, 2025@Ball StateL4.72—
Oct 18, 2025vsNorthern IllinoisW6.70—
Oct 25, 2025@Eastern MichiganW4.21—
Nov 4, 2025vsMiami (OH)W5.21—
Nov 11, 2025@Western MichiganL5.56—
Nov 18, 2025vsUMassW6.48—
Nov 28, 2025@BuffaloW6.65—
Dec 23, 2025vsUNLV (neutral)W5.54—
Sep 5, 2026@NebraskaL4.21—
Sep 12, 2026vsJacksonville StateW3.59—
Sep 19, 2026@South AlabamaL5.46—
Sep 26, 2026vsSStonehillW6.31—
Oct 3, 2026@Kent StateW4.69—
Oct 10, 2026vsCentral MichiganW4.90—
Oct 17, 2026@SSacramento StateW6.49—
Oct 24, 2026vsEastern MichiganW4.21—

Method

Read against .

  • 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Matt Vezza nor without Matt Vezza: Matt Vezza had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.