The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 4.3% ~1.4 sacks |
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 5.9% ~1.9 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.
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs SYR defence | CAL offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | -0.12613th | -107 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.36142nd | -60 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.08721st | -67 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | 0.02670th | -53 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.43396th | -23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 0.92675th | -49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | -0.2511st | -97 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.2895th | -72 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.37724th | -68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.45274th | -27 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.20613th | -78 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 2.62949th | -59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.233111th | +2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.75087th | -15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 2.75031st | -96 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.186107th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.137121st | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.04941st | -79 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70022nd | — | — |
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs CAL defence | SYR offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.01456th | -57 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.36949th | -60 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.341109th | +82 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | 0.217129th | +65 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.42084th | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 1.122123rd | +66 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | -0.09213th | -102 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.32015th | -100 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.644100th | +68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.43156th | -57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.25545th | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 3.160110th | +8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.14518th | -103 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.889130th | +90 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 2.61525th | -67 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.13127th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.0635th | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.06789th | +49 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
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.