The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 5.5% ~1.8 sacks |
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 3.3% ~1.1 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.
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs HOU defence | CIN offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | 0.09985th | +74 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.39470th | +43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.360112th | +77 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | -0.09528th | +24 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.34734th | +8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.83935th | +27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.303112th | +78 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.443106th | +80 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.651101st | -4 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.45173rd | +56 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.28068th | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.31815th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.21494th | +68 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.64338th | +16 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 4.812130th | +122 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.211126th | +106 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.09868th | -20 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.114137th | +135 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs CIN defence | HOU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.10288th | +85 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.41587th | +85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.20560th | -58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | 0.113102nd | +89 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.482129th | +127 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.82833rd | -79 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.22093rd | +88 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.37851st | +48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.56575th | +12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.46280th | +73 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.318105th | +104 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 3.217115th | +112 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.17944th | +39 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.66745th | +32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 3.947108th | +97 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.16374th | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.10784th | +68 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.05654th | +9 |
| 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.