The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces ORST | 4.3% 14055th | 5.0% ~1.7 sacks |
| ORST pass rush | 12.6% 954th | 10.6% 20832nd | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 7.9% ~2.6 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.
ORST with the ball
| ORST offence vs HOU defence | ORST offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25537th | 0.09985th | +48 |
| success rate | 0.42587th | 0.39470th | -17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4556th | 1.360112th | +106 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.037101st | -0.09528th | -73 |
| rush: success rate | 0.387115th | 0.34734th | -81 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795115th | 0.83935th | -80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36939th | 0.303112th | +73 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44963rd | 0.443106th | +43 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75425th | 1.651101st | +76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48676th | 0.45173rd | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30478th | 0.28068th | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.19859th | 2.31815th | -44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.1089th | 0.21494th | +85 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77852nd | 0.64338th | -14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.59333rd | 4.812130th | +97 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13252nd | 0.211126th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05112th | 0.09868th | +56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.081126th | 0.114137th | +11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.80011th | — | — |
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs ORST defence | HOU offence | ORST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.09282nd | +79 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.41386th | +84 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.09326th | -92 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | 0.02669th | +56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.39763rd | +61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.76424th | -88 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.17280th | +75 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.439104th | +101 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.39629th | -34 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.46986th | +79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.30290th | +89 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 3.042101st | +98 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.13515th | +10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.76292nd | +79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 3.30864th | +53 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.16777th | +62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.09766th | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.06994th | +49 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
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.