The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 5.6% ~1.9 sacks |
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs PITT defence | SYR offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | -0.10718th | -95 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.2872nd | -107 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.379119th | +92 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | -0.17812th | -52 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.2787th | -62 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.99592nd | +35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | -0.01228th | -87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.30611th | -104 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.62093rd | +61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.3456th | -107 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.20010th | -62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 1.7772nd | -100 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.320137th | +16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.53812th | -28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 1.6883rd | -89 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.17992nd | +49 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.117104th | +44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.06375th | +35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs SYR defence | PITT offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | -0.12613th | -12 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.36142nd | +16 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.08721st | -39 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.02670th | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.43396th | +34 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.92675th | -36 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | -0.2511st | -15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.2895th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.37724th | -34 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.45274th | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.20613th | 0 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 2.62949th | +10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.233111th | +23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.75087th | -28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.75031st | -24 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.186107th | +94 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.137121st | +101 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.04941st | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
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.