The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| GASO pass rush | 2.4% 83118th | 10.9% 18325th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 2.8% ~0.9 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces GASO | 4.8% 12664th | 5.3% ~1.7 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.
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs GASO defence | HOU offence | GASO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.08681st | +78 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.37354th | +52 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.17548th | -70 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.00159th | +46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.37550th | +48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.79527th | -85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.283108th | +103 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.39168th | +65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.56877th | +14 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.41138th | +31 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.29988th | +87 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.54536th | +33 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.250121st | +116 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.66747th | +34 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 3.66792nd | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.188109th | +94 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.133117th | +101 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.05552nd | +7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
GASO with the ball
| GASO offence vs HOU defence | GASO offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10391st | 0.09985th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.41892nd | 0.39470th | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17197th | 1.360112th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.020109th | -0.09528th | -81 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44080th | 0.34734th | -46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.767122nd | 0.83935th | -87 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19782nd | 0.303112th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40595th | 0.443106th | +11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.450100th | 1.651101st | +1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.457102nd | 0.45173rd | -29 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32661st | 0.28068th | +7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.08073rd | 2.31815th | -58 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13835th | 0.21494th | +59 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75065th | 0.64338th | -27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76276th | 4.812130th | +54 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179121st | 0.211126th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.105107th | 0.09868th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074117th | 0.114137th | +20 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0008th | — | — |
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.