The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AUB pass rush | 6.5% 15342nd | 10.3% 30237th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces AUB | 9.7% 144127th | 8.0% ~2.7 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs AUB defence | USM offence | AUB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | -0.00946th | -57 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.37558th | -25 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.21465th | -52 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.01850th | +10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.35838th | -12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 0.92472nd | -37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.12869th | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.41480th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.49457th | -46 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.41744th | -24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.27765th | -40 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.56939th | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.18553rd | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.68253rd | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 3.50078th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.15556th | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.10174th | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.05447th | -87 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
AUB with the ball
| AUB offence vs USM defence | AUB offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11984th | 0.12394th | +10 |
| success rate | 0.42884th | 0.40681st | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26852nd | 1.27390th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18742nd | 0.189125th | +83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46456th | 0.453109th | +53 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98960th | 1.039104th | +44 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14295th | 0.20988th | -7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40198th | 0.36337th | -61 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58362nd | 1.731117th | +55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.451106th | 0.42550th | -56 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37827th | 0.363125th | +98 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.27845th | 3.197114th | +69 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15249th | 0.18050th | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86711th | 0.70665th | +54 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.12058th | 2.96046th | -12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15181st | 0.13129th | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09893rd | 0.08749th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05366th | 0.04429th | -37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60038th | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.