The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| KU pass rush | 1.8% 54126th | 9.0% 13361st | faces BYU | 2.3% 4415th | 2.1% ~0.7 sacks |
| BYU pass rush | 4.0% 7591st | 9.4% 12754th | faces KU | 5.9% 6884th | 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.
BYU with the ball
| BYU offence vs KU defence | BYU offence | KU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4481st | -0.06826th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.5991st | 0.3088th | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.157103rd | 1.23573rd | -30 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4791st | -0.15715th | +14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.6171st | 0.2685th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05335th | 0.76525th | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38037th | 0.275105th | +68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5679th | 0.37750th | +41 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.317125th | 1.718113th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6641st | 0.36410th | +9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34249th | 0.22119th | -30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9522nd | 2.1326th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12218th | 0.250122nd | +104 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.9414th | 0.75084th | +80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.4353rd | 3.23860th | +57 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0592nd | 0.200117th | +115 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0161st | 0.144127th | +126 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04344th | 0.05657th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400102nd | — | — |
KU with the ball
| KU offence vs BYU defence | KU offence | BYU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20259th | -0.06128th | -31 |
| success rate | 0.44170th | 0.36948th | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42910th | 1.18252nd | +42 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09780th | -0.06934th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44672nd | 0.35536th | -36 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94476th | 0.89462nd | -14 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28460th | 0.02434th | -26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41390th | 0.39066th | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.0423rd | 1.38327th | +24 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50456th | 0.38720th | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32958th | 0.333113th | +55 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26947th | 2.41125th | -22 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0996th | 0.224106th | +100 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.545130th | 0.76995th | -35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.167115th | 3.75097th | -18 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.173115th | 0.17180th | -35 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10096th | 0.09157th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.073114th | 0.080115th | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10030th | — | — |
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.