The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces TEX | 7.5% 133103rd | 5.3% ~1.8 sacks |
| TEX pass rush | 9.4% 12815th | 12.8% 25012th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 7.4% ~2.5 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.
TEX with the ball
| TEX offence vs TA&M defence | TEX offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11090th | 0.03368th | -22 |
| success rate | 0.45556th | 0.38562nd | +6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143112th | 1.30798th | -14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04795th | -0.07932nd | -63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45865th | 0.36644th | -21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.790117th | 0.84136th | -81 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28063rd | 0.21892nd | +29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46254th | 0.40877th | +23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56266th | 1.851130th | +64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50062nd | 0.42651st | -11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36239th | 0.28170th | +31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.818109th | 2.76459th | -50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18390th | 0.17945th | -45 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75071st | 0.71469th | -2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25054th | 3.05354th | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.171111th | 0.17787th | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.130131st | 0.115100th | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04137th | 0.06271st | +34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900111th | — | — |
TA&M with the ball
| TA&M offence vs TEX defence | TA&M offence | TEX defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | -0.05629th | -82 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.35029th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.09427th | -104 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | -0.07433rd | -48 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.36543rd | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 0.79126th | -84 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | -0.03322nd | -97 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.33118th | -89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.43236th | -76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.39726th | -60 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.24738th | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 2.55437th | -20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.19876th | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.73378th | +63 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 2.19010th | -33 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.206124th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.141126th | +80 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.06584th | -46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
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.