Putting Up Numbers· college football

Virginia’s yards a carry with Solomon Beebe and without Solomon Beebe

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Virginia averaged 3.36 yards a carry with Solomon Beebe and 3.87 without Solomon Beebe over its last 25 games, 4 games against 5, a difference of 0.51. Both ranked opponents were with Solomon Beebe. Both games while ranked were without Solomon Beebe. All 3 nonconference games were without Solomon Beebe.

Solomon Beebe, running back: 9 rushing yards, 4 carries and 5 receptions in 3 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A −0.51 difference in yards a carry with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Solomon Beebewithout Solomon Beebe
Virginia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Solomon Beebe or without Solomon Beebe
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 23, 2024vsSMUL1.67—
Nov 30, 2024@Virginia TechL3—
Aug 30, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW4.21—
Sep 6, 2025@NC StateL8.03—
Sep 13, 2025vsWilliam & MaryW8.31—
Sep 20, 2025vsStanfordW5.25—
Sep 26, 2025vsFlorida StateW4.40—
Oct 4, 2025@LouisvilleW2.90—
Oct 18, 2025vsWashington StateW4.31—
Oct 25, 2025@North CarolinaW1.82—
Nov 1, 2025@CaliforniaW4.41—
Nov 8, 2025vsWake ForestL5.43—
Nov 15, 2025@DukeW5.54—
Nov 29, 2025vsVirginia TechW4.33—
Dec 6, 2025vsDuke (neutral)L4.41—
Dec 27, 2025vsMissouri (neutral)W2.78—
Aug 29, 2026vsNC StateW4.53—
Sep 11, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW6.69—
Sep 19, 2026vsWest Virginia (neutral)L4.24—
Sep 26, 2026vsDelawareW2.90—
Oct 3, 2026@Florida StateL0.97—
Oct 10, 2026vsSyracuseW5.03—
Oct 17, 2026@SMUL3.78—
Oct 23, 2026vsDukeL3.68—
Oct 31, 2026@Wake ForestL0.94—

Method

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  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 16 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Solomon Beebe nor without Solomon Beebe: Solomon Beebe had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.