The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WVU pass rush | 5.1% 9970th | 7.6% 19692nd | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 4.1% ~1.4 sacks |
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces WVU | 10.2% 59129th | 8.0% ~2.6 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.
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs WVU defence | HOU offence | WVU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | 0.12496th | +93 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.443108th | +106 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.18151st | -67 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.02546th | +33 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.39161st | +59 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.84137th | -75 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | 0.336117th | +112 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.511134th | +131 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.44244th | -19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.520125th | +118 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.26252nd | +51 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.90278th | +75 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.20381st | +76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.70666th | +53 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 3.26963rd | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.15455th | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.11498th | +82 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.03916th | -29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.300129th | — | — |
WVU with the ball
| WVU offence vs HOU defence | WVU offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.18462nd | 0.09985th | +23 |
| success rate | 0.44960th | 0.39470th | +10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20583rd | 1.360112th | +29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15258th | -0.09528th | -30 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46852nd | 0.34734th | -18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93678th | 0.83935th | -43 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.30755th | 0.303112th | +57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40099th | 0.443106th | +7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 2.2261st | 1.651101st | +100 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49173rd | 0.45173rd | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32960th | 0.28068th | +8 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.24750th | 2.31815th | -35 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13533rd | 0.21494th | +61 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72088th | 0.64338th | -50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03464th | 4.812130th | +66 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11126th | 0.211126th | +100 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07849th | 0.09868th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03420th | 0.114137th | +117 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60068th | — | — |
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.