The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces COLO | 6.6% 10690th | 5.8% ~1.9 sacks |
| COLO pass rush | 5.6% 8957th | 15.7% 1983rd | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 7.3% ~2.4 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.
COLO with the ball
| COLO offence vs NU defence | COLO offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.059104th | 0.08380th | -24 |
| success rate | 0.398110th | 0.441106th | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20285th | 1.12032nd | -53 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.019119th | 0.112100th | -19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.404101st | 0.472124th | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.852100th | 0.86846th | -54 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.113106th | 0.03538th | -68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386104th | 0.40574th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60654th | 1.40633rd | -21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439119th | 0.515123rd | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31270th | 0.22827th | -43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13368th | 3.429131st | +63 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14441st | 0.14217th | -24 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.619117th | 0.59122nd | -95 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.217134th | 2.42117th | -117 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.184126th | 0.16272nd | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122127th | 0.0637th | -120 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06185th | 0.099131st | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10014th | — | — |
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs COLO defence | NU offence | COLO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | 0.00754th | +33 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.38261st | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.20762nd | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | -0.13520th | -34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.41075th | -23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 0.67512th | -53 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | 0.22594th | +81 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.36539th | +26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.830127th | +81 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.41542nd | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.320107th | +93 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 2.37023rd | -81 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.317136th | +43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.64739th | +10 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 2.93544th | +32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.201118th | +62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.138123rd | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.06478th | +74 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
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.