Southern Miss’ yards a carry with Robert Briggs and without Robert Briggs
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Southern Miss averaged 3.94 yards a carry with Robert Briggs and 4.44 without Robert Briggs over its last 25 games, 13 games against 8, a difference of 0.50. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Robert Briggs.
Robert Briggs, running back: 370 rushing yards, 66 carries and 13 receptions in 13 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Robert Briggs
3.94
without Robert Briggs
4.44
246
A −0.50 difference in yards a carry with Robert Briggs vs without Robert Briggs is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Robert Briggswithout Robert Briggs
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2024 | vs Marshall | L | 2.83 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | @ Texas State | L | 2.53 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs South Alabama | L | 3.93 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | @ Troy | L | 1.03 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Mississippi State | L | 3.06 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Jackson State | W | 3.86 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Appalachian State | W | 4.96 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | @ Louisiana Tech | L | 3.59 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vs Jacksonville State | W | 4.63 | — | |
| Oct 9, 2025 | @ Georgia Southern | W | 4.25 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ Louisiana | W | 3.58 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | vs Louisiana Monroe | W | 5.18 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | @ Arkansas State | W | 4.10 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | vsTexas State | L | 4.13 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2025 | @South Alabama | L | 1.78 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 | vsTroy | L | 3.23 | — | |
| Dec 23, 2025 | vs Western Kentucky (neutral) | L | 3.69 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Alcorn State | W | 5.56 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Auburn | L | 2 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs UConn | L | 3.78 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @ Tulane | L | 3.85 | — | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | @Troy | L | 4.48 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vsArkansas State | L | 3.96 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vsLouisiana | W | 6.90 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @Louisiana Monroe | W | 6.15 | — |
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.
- 4 games in 2024 are neither with Robert Briggs nor without Robert Briggs: Robert Briggs had no game for the team that season, and sit out.