UMass’ yards a carry with William Watson III and without William Watson III
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UMass averaged 4.94 yards a carry with William Watson III and 2.90 without William Watson III over its last 25 games, 6 games against 2, a difference of 2.03. All 3 night games were with William Watson III. All 3 opponents outside the major colleges were with William Watson III. All 4 nonconference games were with William Watson III.
William Watson III, quarterback: 1,025 passing yards, 138 pass attempts and 96 completions in 6 of those 25 games.
2 games without William Watson III 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 William Watson III
4.94
without William Watson III
2.90
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A +2.03 difference in yards a carry with William Watson III vs without William Watson III is about what you’d expect.
The games
with William Watson IIIwithout William Watson III
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2024 | vsWWagner | W | 7.30 | — | |
| Nov 2, 2024 | @ Mississippi State | L | 4.06 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2024 | vs Liberty | L | 5.60 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | @ Georgia | L | 5.65 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs UConn | L | 4.63 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | vs Temple | L | 4.68 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vsBBryant | L | 2.89 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Iowa | L | 0.96 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | @ Missouri | L | 1.19 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | vs Western Michigan | L | 1.97 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | @ Kent State | L | 1.33 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | vs Buffalo | L | 4.25 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Central Michigan | L | 4.46 | — | |
| Nov 4, 2025 | @ Akron | L | 2.85 | — | |
| Nov 12, 2025 | vs Northern Illinois | L | 2.60 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2025 | @ Ohio | L | 3.42 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | vs Bowling Green | L | 2.38 | — | |
| Sep 3, 2026 | @ Rutgers | W | 5.28 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsSSacred Heart | W | 5.85 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vsSStonehill | W | 5.57 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | @SSacramento State | W | 6.27 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Eastern Michigan | L | 4.24 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Miami (OH) | L | 2.17 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @Buffalo | L | 3.64 | — | |
| Oct 23, 2026 | @UConn | L | 2.41 | — |
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.
- 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 William Watson III nor without William Watson III: William Watson III had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.