The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces TTU | 5.5% 9178th | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| TTU pass rush | 4.5% 13280th | 9.2% 20758th | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 4.9% ~1.6 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.
TTU with the ball
| TTU offence vs CIN defence | TTU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.27232nd | 0.10288th | +56 |
| success rate | 0.50521st | 0.41587th | +66 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.154104th | 1.20560th | -44 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.24227th | 0.113102nd | +75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52412th | 0.482129th | +117 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851102nd | 0.82833rd | -69 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.46722nd | 0.22093rd | +71 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51722nd | 0.37851st | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51379th | 1.56575th | -4 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54831st | 0.46280th | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39720th | 0.318105th | +85 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28643rd | 3.217115th | +72 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17785th | 0.17944th | -41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77453rd | 0.66745th | -8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.59334th | 3.947108th | +74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177119th | 0.16374th | -45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09791st | 0.10784th | -7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079125th | 0.05654th | -71 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80083rd | — | — |
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs TTU defence | CIN offence | TTU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | 0.00352nd | +41 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.35334th | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.376117th | +82 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | 0.03872nd | +68 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.35940th | +14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.96987th | +79 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.01933rd | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.36338th | +12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.62494th | -11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.37415th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.31298th | +45 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.96290th | +79 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.19471st | +45 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.66751st | +29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 2.57120th | +12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.183103rd | +83 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.10176th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.083121st | +119 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
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.