The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces UCF | 4.2% 7153rd | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| UCF pass rush | 5.7% 12354th | 10.1% 21940th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 4.8% ~1.6 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.
UCF with the ball
| UCF offence vs PITT defence | UCF offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11985th | -0.10718th | -67 |
| success rate | 0.43676th | 0.2872nd | -74 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20681st | 1.379119th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18046th | -0.17812th | -34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44574th | 0.2787th | -67 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16512th | 0.99592nd | +80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.053113th | -0.01228th | -85 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42679th | 0.30611th | -68 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.278130th | 1.62093rd | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49467th | 0.3456th | -61 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29987th | 0.20010th | -77 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05280th | 1.7772nd | -78 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17278th | 0.320137th | +59 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80041st | 0.53812th | -29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.76921st | 1.6883rd | -18 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13765th | 0.17992nd | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09792nd | 0.117104th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04034th | 0.06375th | +41 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.200136th | — | — |
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs UCF defence | PITT offence | UCF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | -0.04732nd | +7 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.34325th | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.27591st | +31 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | -0.11923rd | -63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.30714th | -48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.87250th | -61 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.07756th | +40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.38560th | +46 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.59587th | +29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.40031st | -9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.24839th | +26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 2.29113th | -26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.241114th | +26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.62534th | -81 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.30414th | -41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.17382nd | +69 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.11192nd | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.06273rd | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
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.