Western Michigan’s yards a carry with Cole Cabana and without Cole Cabana
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Western Michigan averaged 4.45 yards a carry with Cole Cabana and 4.67 without Cole Cabana over its last 25 games, 11 games against 12, a difference of 0.22. Both neutral-site games were without Cole Cabana. Both ranked opponents were with Cole Cabana. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Cole Cabana.
Cole Cabana, running back: 148 rushing yards, 27 carries and 7 receptions in 8 of those 25 games.
yards a carry a game
with Cole Cabana
4.45
without Cole Cabana
4.67
246
A −0.22 difference in yards a carry with Cole Cabana vs without Cole Cabana is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Cole Cabanawithout Cole Cabana
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2024 | vs Eastern Michigan | W | 5.02 | — | |
| Dec 14, 2024 | vs South Alabama (neutral) | L | 3.56 | — | |
| Aug 29, 2025 | @ Michigan State | L | 1.21 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs North Texas | L | 3.79 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | @ Illinois | L | 3.32 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vs Toledo | W | 2.53 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vsRRhode Island | W | 4.08 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ UMass | W | 5.48 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 | vs Ball State | W | 5.12 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | @ Miami (OH) | L | 3.69 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | vs Central Michigan | W | 4.26 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2025 | vs Ohio | W | 5.44 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2025 | @ Northern Illinois | W | 6.37 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | @Eastern Michigan | W | 5.81 | — | |
| Dec 6, 2025 | vsMiami (OH) (neutral) | W | 5.33 | — | |
| Dec 19, 2025 | vs Kennesaw State (neutral) | W | 7.05 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | @ Michigan | L | 2.96 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vsMMonmouth | W | 4.81 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ Rice | W | 5.32 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Boise State | L | 5.14 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Buffalo | W | 3.11 | — | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Kent State | W | 5.83 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @Central Michigan | W | 4.98 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | @Toledo | L | 4.36 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | vs Bowling Green | W | 5.03 | — |
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.
- 2 games in 2024 are neither with Cole Cabana nor without Cole Cabana: Cole Cabana had no game for the team that season, and sit out.