The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 9.1% ~3.0 sacks |
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 4.1% ~1.4 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.
TA&M with the ball
| TA&M offence vs LSU defence | TA&M offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | -0.1664th | -107 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.3035th | -62 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.18453rd | -78 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | -0.15516th | -65 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.33028th | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 0.72720th | -90 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | -0.1802nd | -117 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.2814th | -103 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.56374th | -38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.3547th | -79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.22724th | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 2.2009th | -48 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.240113th | +48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.778100th | +85 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 3.857104th | +61 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.224131st | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.154130th | +84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.07198th | -32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs TA&M defence | LSU offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | 0.03368th | +20 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.38562nd | +22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.30798th | +51 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | -0.07932nd | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.36644th | -17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.84136th | -37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | 0.21892nd | +45 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.40877th | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.851130th | +100 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.42651st | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.28170th | +52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.76459th | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.17945th | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.71469th | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 3.05354th | -7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.17787th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.115100th | +29 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.06271st | -53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
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.