The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTAH pass rush | 7.1% 12736th | 10.3% 20436th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces UTAH | 3.2% 9529th | 4.5% ~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.
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs UTAH defence | HOU offence | UTAH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | -0.07424th | +21 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.31911th | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.337108th | -10 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.09230th | +17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.32423rd | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.94479th | -33 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | -0.08314th | +9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.31013th | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.60692nd | +29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.3405th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.29182nd | +81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.63250th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.20482nd | +77 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.50010th | -3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 2.27812th | +1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.204123rd | +108 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.08546th | +30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.119138th | +93 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
UTAH with the ball
| UTAH offence vs HOU defence | UTAH offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.32815th | 0.09985th | +70 |
| success rate | 0.50719th | 0.39470th | +51 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32130th | 1.360112th | +82 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28517th | -0.09528th | +11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49032nd | 0.34734th | +2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.16711th | 0.83935th | +24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39731st | 0.303112th | +81 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52915th | 0.443106th | +91 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51777th | 1.651101st | +24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53437th | 0.45173rd | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.42410th | 0.28068th | +58 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.47923rd | 2.31815th | -8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19597th | 0.21494th | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73976th | 0.64338th | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.96916th | 4.812130th | +114 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12846th | 0.211126th | +80 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08874th | 0.09868th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04035th | 0.114137th | +102 |
| 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.