Sam Houston’s yards a carry with MJ Dowdy and without MJ Dowdy
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Sam Houston averaged 2.55 yards a carry with MJ Dowdy and 2.26 without MJ Dowdy over its last 25 games, 6 games against 2, a difference of 0.29. All 4 conference games were with MJ Dowdy.
MJ Dowdy, running back: 147 rushing yards, 40 carries and 2 receptions in 5 of those 25 games.
2 games without MJ Dowdy 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
with MJ Dowdy
2.55
without MJ Dowdy
2.26
24
A +0.29 difference in yards a carry with MJ Dowdy vs without MJ Dowdy is about what you’d expect.
The games
with MJ Dowdywithout MJ Dowdy
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2024 | vs Louisiana Tech | W | 3.76 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | @ Kennesaw State | W | 4.72 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Jacksonville State | L | 4.49 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | vs Liberty | W | 3.21 | — | |
| Dec 19, 2024 | vs Georgia Southern (neutral) | W | 1.77 | — | |
| Aug 23, 2025 | @ Western Kentucky | L | 5.58 | — | |
| Aug 29, 2025 | vs UNLV (neutral) | L | 4.14 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | @ Hawaii | L | 2.47 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Texas | L | 1.04 | — | |
| Oct 2, 2025 | @ New Mexico State | L | 2.65 | — | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | vsJacksonville State (neutral) | L | 4.55 | — | |
| Oct 15, 2025 | vs UTEP (neutral) | L | 3.98 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2025 | @Louisiana Tech | L | 8.97 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | @ Oregon State | W | 3.22 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vs Delaware (neutral) | W | 5.04 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @ Middle Tennessee | L | 3.29 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vs Florida International (neutral) | L | 5.16 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Troy | L | 1.58 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Tulsa | L | 1.77 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vsNNicholls | W | 5.95 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Texas Tech | L | 2.74 | — | |
| Oct 8, 2026 | @Liberty | L | 3.62 | — | |
| Oct 14, 2026 | vsWestern Kentucky | L | 2.41 | — | |
| Oct 21, 2026 | vsNew Mexico State | L | 0.68 | — | |
| Oct 27, 2026 | @ Missouri State | L | 1.04 | — |
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.
- 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with MJ Dowdy nor without MJ Dowdy: MJ Dowdy had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.