The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TA&M pass rush | 3.1% 97104th | 8.8% 21671st | faces TENN | 10.2% 88131st | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| TENN pass rush | 11.7% 1036th | 10.7% 18729th | faces TA&M | 5.5% 14579th | 8.6% ~2.8 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.
TENN with the ball
| TENN offence vs TA&M defence | TENN offence | TA&M defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22452nd | 0.03368th | +16 |
| success rate | 0.45654th | 0.38562nd | +8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20878th | 1.30798th | +20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.31112th | -0.07932nd | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48537th | 0.36644th | +7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.11320th | 0.84136th | +16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.17290th | 0.21892nd | +2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43176th | 0.40877th | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.361119th | 1.851130th | +11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51745th | 0.42651st | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30084th | 0.28170th | -14 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.54016th | 2.76459th | +43 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13836th | 0.17945th | +9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83324th | 0.71469th | +45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.3085th | 3.05354th | +49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14373rd | 0.17787th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.101101st | 0.115100th | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04241st | 0.06271st | +30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60067th | — | — |
TA&M with the ball
| TA&M offence vs TENN defence | TA&M offence | TENN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.043111th | -0.08622nd | -89 |
| success rate | 0.44367th | 0.35839th | -28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.074131st | 1.06418th | -113 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09481st | 0.08190th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49728th | 0.36542nd | +14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.820110th | 1.02699th | -11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.022119th | -0.1446th | -113 |
| pass: success rate | 0.385107th | 0.37955th | -52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.405112th | 1.0951st | -111 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47886th | 0.40634th | -52 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36634th | 0.27258th | +24 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21657th | 3.03199th | +42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16665th | 0.19164th | -1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85015th | 0.75088th | +73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36043rd | 2.22711th | -32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16193rd | 0.218129th | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07746th | 0.148129th | +83 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084130th | 0.07097th | -33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400116th | — | — |
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.