The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BYU pass rush | 4.0% 7591st | 9.4% 12754th | faces CIN | 5.3% 7671st | 4.6% ~1.5 sacks |
| CIN pass rush | 3.5% 11698th | 8.0% 20185th | faces BYU | 2.3% 4415th | 2.9% ~0.9 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.
CIN with the ball
| CIN offence vs BYU defence | CIN offence | BYU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.36311th | -0.06128th | +17 |
| success rate | 0.49627th | 0.36948th | +21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30535th | 1.18252nd | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3614th | -0.06934th | +30 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49726th | 0.35536th | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2248th | 0.89462nd | +54 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38534th | 0.02434th | 0 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50926th | 0.39066th | +40 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.432105th | 1.38327th | -78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56017th | 0.38720th | +3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33853rd | 0.333113th | +60 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.67711th | 2.41125th | +14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13226th | 0.224106th | +80 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83322nd | 0.76995th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2008th | 3.75097th | +89 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10720th | 0.17180th | +60 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09688th | 0.09157th | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0112nd | 0.080115th | +113 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.20095th | — | — |
BYU with the ball
| BYU offence vs CIN defence | BYU offence | CIN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4481st | 0.10288th | +87 |
| success rate | 0.5991st | 0.41587th | +86 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.157103rd | 1.20560th | -43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4791st | 0.113102nd | +101 |
| rush: success rate | 0.6171st | 0.482129th | +128 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05335th | 0.82833rd | -2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38037th | 0.22093rd | +56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5679th | 0.37851st | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.317125th | 1.56575th | -50 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6641st | 0.46280th | +79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34249th | 0.318105th | +56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9522nd | 3.217115th | +113 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12218th | 0.17944th | +26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.9414th | 0.66745th | +41 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.4353rd | 3.947108th | +105 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0592nd | 0.16374th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0161st | 0.10784th | +83 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04344th | 0.05654th | +10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400102nd | — | — |
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.