The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| HOU pass rush | 5.7% 12253rd | 7.1% 197103rd | faces BAY | 3.3% 12037th | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| BAY pass rush | 7.7% 13027th | 14.7% 2315th | faces HOU | 3.2% 9432nd | 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.
BAY with the ball
| BAY offence vs HOU defence | BAY offence | HOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09298th | 0.09985th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.401104th | 0.39470th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26355th | 1.360112th | +57 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.05590th | -0.09528th | -62 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44475th | 0.34734th | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86297th | 0.83935th | -62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17787th | 0.303112th | +25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.373113th | 0.443106th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.75623rd | 1.651101st | +78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.449109th | 0.45173rd | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29888th | 0.28068th | -20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.93895th | 2.31815th | -80 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16973rd | 0.21494th | +21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73777th | 0.64338th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.393100th | 4.812130th | +30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167102nd | 0.211126th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.103102nd | 0.09868th | -34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06492nd | 0.114137th | +45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 64.200133rd | — | — |
HOU with the ball
| HOU offence vs BAY defence | HOU offence | BAY defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4393rd | -0.11516th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.5792nd | 0.32112th | +10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.123118th | 1.13938th | -80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.30713th | -0.2575th | -8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5782nd | 0.2808th | +6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.796112th | 0.97088th | -24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6395th | -0.02525th | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5933rd | 0.34423rd | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58063rd | 1.2849th | -54 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5817th | 0.3619th | +2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5691st | 0.25243rd | +42 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9043rd | 2.50331st | +28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0995th | 0.264129th | +124 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85713th | 0.4004th | -9 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.12911th | 1.9585th | -6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10015th | 0.214127th | +112 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05716th | 0.138122nd | +106 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04345th | 0.076105th | +60 |
| 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.