The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| COLO pass rush | 5.6% 8957th | 15.7% 1983rd | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 4.4% ~1.5 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces COLO | 6.6% 10690th | 6.2% ~2.0 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 COLO defence | HOU offence | COLO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.00754th | +51 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.38261st | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.20762nd | -56 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.13520th | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.41075th | +73 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.67512th | -100 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.22594th | +89 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.36539th | +36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.830127th | +64 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.41542nd | +35 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.320107th | +106 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.37023rd | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.317136th | +131 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.64739th | +26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 2.93544th | +33 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.201118th | +103 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.138123rd | +107 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.06478th | +33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
COLO with the ball
| COLO offence vs HOU defence | COLO offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.059104th | 0.09985th | -19 |
| success rate | 0.398110th | 0.39470th | -40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20285th | 1.360112th | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.019119th | -0.09528th | -91 |
| rush: success rate | 0.404101st | 0.34734th | -67 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.852100th | 0.83935th | -65 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.113106th | 0.303112th | +6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386104th | 0.443106th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60654th | 1.651101st | +47 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439119th | 0.45173rd | -46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31270th | 0.28068th | -2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13368th | 2.31815th | -53 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14441st | 0.21494th | +53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.619117th | 0.64338th | -79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.217134th | 4.812130th | -4 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.184126th | 0.211126th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122127th | 0.09868th | -59 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06185th | 0.114137th | +52 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10014th | — | — |
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.