The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ILL pass rush | 1.1% 88135th | 6.5% 200116th | faces DUKE | 0.0% 721st | 0.6% ~0.2 sacks |
| DUKE pass rush | 4.7% 10779th | 6.7% 179113th | faces ILL | 3.2% 9431st | 3.9% ~1.3 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.
DUKE with the ball
| DUKE offence vs ILL defence | DUKE offence | ILL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29524th | 0.193120th | +96 |
| success rate | 0.44663rd | 0.445112th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32728th | 1.26988th | +60 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23430th | 0.123105th | +75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42391st | 0.41480th | -11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.14414th | 1.039103rd | +89 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.42727th | 0.279107th | +80 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47646th | 0.489127th | +81 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65944th | 1.47852nd | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49269th | 0.490102nd | +33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33755th | 0.329111th | +56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.32337th | 2.76660th | +23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16160th | 0.20783rd | +23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75064th | 0.783103rd | +39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67726th | 3.864105th | +79 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0896th | 0.13128th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0434th | 0.06915th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04653rd | 0.06270th | +17 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900110th | — | — |
ILL with the ball
| ILL offence vs DUKE defence | ILL offence | DUKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28428th | -0.06427th | -1 |
| success rate | 0.51611th | 0.35332nd | +21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27351st | 1.07120th | -31 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26120th | -0.20510th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51816th | 0.32321st | +5 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02245th | 0.4393rd | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.32351st | 0.02736th | -15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52418th | 0.37447th | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47590th | 1.45549th | -41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56415th | 0.44464th | +49 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.38524th | 0.1833rd | -21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.45126th | 2.62347th | +21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11411th | 0.17240th | +29 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667103rd | 0.70058th | -45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.03763rd | 2.58822nd | -41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11431st | 0.18399th | +68 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0457th | 0.10681st | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069109th | 0.077108th | -1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60048th | — | — |
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.