Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulsa’s yards a carry with Baylor Hayes and without Baylor Hayes

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Tulsa averaged 4.52 yards a carry with Baylor Hayes and 4.55 without Baylor Hayes over its last 25 games, 15 games against 5, a difference of 0.03. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Baylor Hayes. Both games after a bye were with Baylor Hayes.

Baylor Hayes, quarterback: 3,501 passing yards, 508 pass attempts and 307 completions in 16 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A −0.03 difference in yards a carry with Baylor Hayes vs without Baylor Hayes is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Baylor Hayeswithout Baylor Hayes
Tulsa’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Baylor Hayes or without Baylor Hayes
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Oct 26, 2024vsUTSAW1.91—
Nov 2, 2024@UABL3.82—
Nov 14, 2024vsEast CarolinaL2.94—
Nov 23, 2024@South FloridaL4.74—
Nov 30, 2024vsFlorida AtlanticL2.29—
Aug 30, 2025vsAAbilene ChristianW6.23—
Sep 6, 2025@New Mexico StateL3.81—
Sep 13, 2025vsNavyL4.24—
Sep 19, 2025@Oklahoma StateW4.77—
Sep 27, 2025vsTulaneL2.51—
Oct 4, 2025@MemphisL2.96—
Oct 16, 2025@East CarolinaL3.50—
Oct 25, 2025vsTempleL3.28—
Nov 8, 2025@Florida AtlanticL3.70—
Nov 15, 2025vsOregon StateW6.58—
Nov 22, 2025@ArmyW6.05—
Nov 29, 2025vsUABL4.71—
Sep 5, 2026vsOklahoma StateW4.25—
Sep 12, 2026@Sam HoustonW6.59—
Sep 19, 2026vsEEast Texas A&MW6.90—
Sep 26, 2026@ArkansasL2.83—
Oct 1, 2026vsNorth TexasL3.81—
Oct 10, 2026@NavyL3.50—
Oct 17, 2026@RiceW4.55—
Oct 23, 2026vsArmyL5.69—

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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Baylor Hayes nor without Baylor Hayes: Baylor Hayes had no game for the team that season, and sit out.