The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces USU | 8.5% 94116th | 7.8% ~2.6 sacks |
| USU pass rush | 2.3% 131122nd | 7.0% 228108th | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 2.7% ~0.9 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.
USU with the ball
| USU offence vs UTAH defence | USU offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.071132nd | -0.07424th | -108 |
| success rate | 0.361128th | 0.31911th | -117 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31532nd | 1.337108th | +76 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.103132nd | -0.09230th | -102 |
| rush: success rate | 0.358126th | 0.32423rd | -103 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.85399th | 0.94479th | -20 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.032130th | -0.08314th | -116 |
| pass: success rate | 0.358125th | 0.31013th | -112 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73828th | 1.60692nd | +64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.363137th | 0.3405th | -132 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35841st | 0.29182nd | +41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07477th | 2.63250th | -27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.208110th | 0.20482nd | -28 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300138th | 0.50010th | -128 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.810135th | 2.27812th | -123 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.183125th | 0.204123rd | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09178th | 0.08546th | -32 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.091136th | 0.119138th | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10097th | — | — |
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs USU defence | UTAH offence | USU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | 0.02162nd | +47 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.40579th | +60 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.13335th | +5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | 0.00862nd | +45 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.40873rd | +41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 1.00693rd | +82 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.04443rd | +12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.40473rd | +58 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.2215th | -72 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.46079th | +42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.29283rd | +73 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.60243rd | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.21697th | 0 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.73780th | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 3.03753rd | +37 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.13532nd | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.07121st | -53 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.06482nd | +47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.500127th | — | — |
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.