The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LSU pass rush | 12.7% 1343rd | 15.2% 2304th | faces TEX | 7.5% 133103rd | 10.1% ~3.3 sacks |
| TEX pass rush | 9.4% 12815th | 12.8% 25012th | faces LSU | 5.1% 13767th | 7.2% ~2.4 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.
TEX with the ball
| TEX offence vs LSU defence | TEX offence | LSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11090th | -0.1664th | -86 |
| success rate | 0.45556th | 0.3035th | -51 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143112th | 1.18453rd | -59 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04795th | -0.15516th | -79 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45865th | 0.33028th | -37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.790117th | 0.72720th | -97 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28063rd | -0.1802nd | -61 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46254th | 0.2814th | -50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56266th | 1.56374th | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50062nd | 0.3547th | -55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36239th | 0.22724th | -15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.818109th | 2.2009th | -100 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18390th | 0.240113th | +23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75071st | 0.778100th | +29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25054th | 3.857104th | +50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.171111th | 0.224131st | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.130131st | 0.154130th | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04137th | 0.07198th | +61 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900111th | — | — |
LSU with the ball
| LSU offence vs TEX defence | LSU offence | TEX defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23648th | -0.05629th | -19 |
| success rate | 0.47840th | 0.35029th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28247th | 1.09427th | -20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17449th | -0.07433rd | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46061st | 0.36543rd | -18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95873rd | 0.79126th | -47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.34547th | -0.03322nd | -25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48935th | 0.33118th | -17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71830th | 1.43236th | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50951st | 0.39726th | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.39818th | 0.24738th | +20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05279th | 2.55437th | -42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14844th | 0.19876th | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72086th | 0.73378th | -8 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.06161st | 2.19010th | -51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.167103rd | 0.206124th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08871st | 0.141126th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.079124th | 0.06584th | -40 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.400128th | — | — |
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.