The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ARIZ pass rush | 4.4% 11482nd | 8.8% 19268th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 7.5% ~2.5 sacks |
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces ARIZ | 8.8% 113120th | 6.4% ~2.1 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.
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs ARIZ defence | NIU offence | ARIZ defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.00250th | -87 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.35231st | -96 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.415127th | +37 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.01865th | -69 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.34733rd | -84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 1.072110th | +17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.05346th | -76 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.35630th | -88 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.60191st | -17 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.40332nd | -82 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.27764th | -67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 2.58942nd | -88 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.253125th | +12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 1.000137th | +79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 2.82435th | -102 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.16878th | -40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.10888th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.06064th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
ARIZ with the ball
| ARIZ offence vs NIU defence | ARIZ offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.21356th | 0.159109th | +53 |
| success rate | 0.50022nd | 0.444111th | +89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.151106th | 1.323106th | 0 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14762nd | 0.11098th | +36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52114th | 0.41176th | +62 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.696132nd | 1.076113th | -19 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28161st | 0.26099th | +38 |
| pass: success rate | 0.49333rd | 0.492128th | +95 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51080th | 1.48955th | -25 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53635th | 0.47892nd | +57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41911th | 0.372130th | +119 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.53417th | 2.90277th | +60 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11812th | 0.20279th | +67 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85014th | 0.57919th | +5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.32146th | 3.73196th | +50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11430th | 0.12719th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07544th | 0.08647th | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03930th | 0.04119th | -11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20056th | — | — |
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.