The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TCU pass rush | 7.8% 7724th | 6.8% 161111th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 8.7% ~2.9 sacks |
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces TCU | 6.7% 10593rd | 7.1% ~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.
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs TCU defence | UNC offence | TCU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | -0.12114th | -72 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.36847th | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 0.9251st | -133 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.2863rd | -68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.31617th | +7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.4614th | -126 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | 0.07254th | -40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.41785th | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.35921st | -78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.40835th | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.28272nd | +42 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.54435th | +30 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.21190th | +70 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.56215th | -36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 3.00049th | -16 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.17994th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.117105th | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.06377th | +15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
TCU with the ball
| TCU offence vs UNC defence | TCU offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17464th | -0.01941st | -23 |
| success rate | 0.46251st | 0.39369th | +18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24062nd | 1.0248th | -54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.030104th | 0.05880th | -24 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47051st | 0.42990th | +39 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.771120th | 0.82732nd | -88 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.31953rd | 0.02737th | -16 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46452nd | 0.37649th | -3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66441st | 1.2426th | -35 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5739th | 0.47187th | +78 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.218130th | 0.22725th | -105 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03084th | 2.94088th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16463rd | 0.1227th | -56 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84219th | 0.875129th | +110 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43399th | 2.68829th | -70 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13359th | 0.14140th | -19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104106th | 0.09765th | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02912th | 0.04428th | +16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.500113th | — | — |
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.