The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UK pass rush | 5.0% 11971st | 6.4% 218118th | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 6.2% ~2.1 sacks |
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces UK | 8.6% 81119th | 6.9% ~2.3 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.
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs UK defence | LOU offence | UK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | 0.01657th | +45 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.41788th | +64 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.19055th | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.141113th | +74 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.43293rd | +58 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 1.077114th | +71 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | -0.03720th | +2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.41887th | +64 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.28711th | -32 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.44869th | +53 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.348121st | +57 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.80665th | -46 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.16835th | -61 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.77899th | +15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 3.57782nd | +42 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.183100th | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.08343rd | -71 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.100134th | +121 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
UK with the ball
| UK offence vs LOU defence | UK offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23647th | 0.10689th | +42 |
| success rate | 0.51612th | 0.40275th | +63 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20384th | 1.23876th | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20937th | -0.01553rd | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5487th | 0.43092nd | +85 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94875th | 0.71015th | -60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.26766th | 0.378124th | +58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46353rd | 0.38158th | +5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58460th | 1.964136th | +76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57112th | 0.45576th | +64 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32166th | 0.27461st | -5 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.46025th | 3.02198th | +73 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15656th | 0.1216th | -50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76557th | 0.51711th | -46 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87520th | 3.61587th | +67 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13561st | 0.13633rd | -28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09177th | 0.07323rd | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04447th | 0.06374th | +27 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10096th | — | — |
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.