The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces UCF | 4.2% 7153rd | 5.0% ~1.6 sacks |
| UCF pass rush | 5.7% 12354th | 10.1% 21940th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 4.4% ~1.5 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.
UCF with the ball
| UCF offence vs HOU defence | UCF offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11985th | 0.09985th | 0 |
| success rate | 0.43676th | 0.39470th | -6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20681st | 1.360112th | +31 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18046th | -0.09528th | -18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44574th | 0.34734th | -40 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16512th | 0.83935th | +23 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.053113th | 0.303112th | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42679th | 0.443106th | +27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.278130th | 1.651101st | -29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49467th | 0.45173rd | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29987th | 0.28068th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05280th | 2.31815th | -65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17278th | 0.21494th | +16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80041st | 0.64338th | -3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.76921st | 4.812130th | +109 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13765th | 0.211126th | +61 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09792nd | 0.09868th | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04034th | 0.114137th | +103 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.200136th | — | — |
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs UCF defence | HOU offence | UCF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | -0.04732nd | +29 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.34325th | +23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.27591st | -27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.11923rd | +10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.30714th | +12 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.87250th | -62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.07756th | +51 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.38560th | +57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.59587th | +24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.40031st | +24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.24839th | +38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.29113th | +10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.241114th | +109 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.62534th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 2.30414th | +3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.17382nd | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.11192nd | +76 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.06273rd | +28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
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.