The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces COLO | 6.6% 10690th | 5.0% ~1.7 sacks |
| COLO pass rush | 5.6% 8957th | 15.7% 1983rd | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 5.4% ~1.8 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.
COLO with the ball
| COLO offence vs CIN defence | COLO offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.059104th | 0.10288th | -16 |
| success rate | 0.398110th | 0.41587th | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20285th | 1.20560th | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.019119th | 0.113102nd | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.404101st | 0.482129th | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.852100th | 0.82833rd | -67 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.113106th | 0.22093rd | -13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386104th | 0.37851st | -53 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.60654th | 1.56575th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439119th | 0.46280th | -39 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31270th | 0.318105th | +35 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13368th | 3.217115th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14441st | 0.17944th | +3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.619117th | 0.66745th | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.217134th | 3.947108th | -26 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.184126th | 0.16374th | -52 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122127th | 0.10784th | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06185th | 0.05654th | -31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.10014th | — | — |
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs COLO defence | CIN offence | COLO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | 0.00754th | +43 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.38261st | +34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.20762nd | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | -0.13520th | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.41075th | +49 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.67512th | +4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.22594th | +60 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.36539th | +13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.830127th | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.41542nd | +25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.320107th | +54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.37023rd | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.317136th | +110 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.64739th | +17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 2.93544th | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.201118th | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.138123rd | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.06478th | +76 |
| 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.