The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TTU pass rush | 4.5% 13280th | 9.2% 20758th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 3.9% ~1.3 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces TTU | 5.5% 9178th | 5.6% ~1.9 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.
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs TTU defence | HOU offence | TTU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.00352nd | +49 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.35334th | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.376117th | -1 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | 0.03872nd | +59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.35940th | +38 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.96987th | -25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.01933rd | +28 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.36338th | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.62494th | +31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.37415th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.31298th | +97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.96290th | +87 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.19471st | +66 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.66751st | +38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 2.57120th | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.183103rd | +88 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.10176th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.083121st | +76 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
TTU with the ball
| TTU offence vs HOU defence | TTU offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.27232nd | 0.09985th | +53 |
| success rate | 0.50521st | 0.39470th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.154104th | 1.360112th | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.24227th | -0.09528th | +1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52412th | 0.34734th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851102nd | 0.83935th | -67 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.46722nd | 0.303112th | +90 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51722nd | 0.443106th | +84 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51379th | 1.651101st | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54831st | 0.45173rd | +42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39720th | 0.28068th | +48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28643rd | 2.31815th | -28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17785th | 0.21494th | +9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77453rd | 0.64338th | -15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.59334th | 4.812130th | +96 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177119th | 0.211126th | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09791st | 0.09868th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079125th | 0.114137th | +12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80083rd | — | — |
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.