The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TCU pass rush | 7.8% 7724th | 6.8% 161111th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 6.8% ~2.3 sacks |
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces TCU | 6.7% 10593rd | 4.3% ~1.4 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.
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs TCU defence | KU offence | TCU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.12114th | -45 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.36847th | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 0.9251st | -9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.2863rd | -77 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.31617th | -55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.4614th | -72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.07254th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.41785th | -5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.35921st | +18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.40835th | -21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.28272nd | +14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.54435th | -12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.21190th | +84 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.56215th | -115 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 3.00049th | -66 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.17994th | -21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.117105th | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.06377th | -37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
TCU with the ball
| TCU offence vs KU defence | TCU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17464th | -0.06826th | -38 |
| success rate | 0.46251st | 0.3088th | -43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24062nd | 1.23573rd | +11 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.030104th | -0.15715th | -89 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47051st | 0.2685th | -46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.771120th | 0.76525th | -95 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.31953rd | 0.275105th | +52 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46452nd | 0.37750th | -2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66441st | 1.718113th | +72 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5739th | 0.36410th | +1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.218130th | 0.22119th | -111 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.03084th | 2.1326th | -78 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16463rd | 0.250122nd | +59 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84219th | 0.75084th | +65 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43399th | 3.23860th | -39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13359th | 0.200117th | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104106th | 0.144127th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02912th | 0.05657th | +45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.500113th | — | — |
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.