The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces MSST | 5.1% 13670th | 7.2% ~2.4 sacks |
| MSST pass rush | 5.5% 16560th | 8.8% 28572nd | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 4.1% ~1.3 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.
MSST with the ball
| MSST offence vs MINN defence | MSST offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3839th | 0.04172nd | +63 |
| success rate | 0.51216th | 0.37052nd | +36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32031st | 1.20561st | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.32710th | 0.07486th | +76 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5448th | 0.38757th | +49 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01751st | 0.87047th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.53115th | 0.18082nd | +67 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50030th | 0.36945th | +15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.68636th | 1.54368th | +32 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54332nd | 0.42046th | +14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4328th | 0.27562nd | +54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.34434th | 2.68054th | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.201104th | 0.270131st | +27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82426th | 0.57117th | -9 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.64528th | 4.471127th | +99 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11935th | 0.237133rd | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06726th | 0.172135th | +109 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05265th | 0.06583rd | +18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.80047th | — | — |
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs MSST defence | MINN offence | MSST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | 0.01859th | -22 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.37355th | +8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.14339th | -87 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | -0.00855th | -52 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.35839th | -5 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 0.72017th | -109 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | 0.06750th | -14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.38864th | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.44143rd | -77 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.43759th | +41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.22120th | -104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 2.91182nd | -52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.15830th | -102 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.60024th | -87 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 3.16758th | -36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.18297th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.08241st | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.099130th | +69 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.600135th | — | — |
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.