Miami · away
at
MIA -16.5
Saturday 2026-10-03 19:30 · Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC)
Clemson · home
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The trenches

Pass rushsack ratestopped behind the linefacessacks allowedpairing
CLEM pass rush5.3% 15265th6.3% 284119thfaces MIA2.9% 10525th4.1% ~1.3 sacks
MIA pass rush5.8% 12152nd8.0% 17687thfaces CLEM8.6% 117117th7.2% ~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.

MIA with the ball

MIA offence vs CLEM defenceMIA offenceCLEM defencerank gap
points added per play0.4422nd0.01758th+56
success rate0.5713rd0.41083rd+80
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.27850th1.18854th+4
rush: points added per play0.12372nd0.203127th+55
rush: success rate0.51121st0.492132nd+111
rush: explosiveness0.98263rd0.88759th-4
pass: points added per play0.8391st-0.05519th+18
pass: success rate0.6541st0.34424th+23
pass: explosiveness1.48988th1.56373rd-15
standard downs: success rate0.6302nd0.43055th+53
passing downs: success rate0.37529th0.368128th+99
line yards per rush (the O-line)3.8874th3.459135th+131
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.12115th0.12912th-3
short-yardage conversion rate0.81231st0.72774th+43
points per trip inside the 405.05714th2.34616th+2
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.0684th0.16067th+63
havoc allowed by the front seven0.0469th0.07322nd+13
havoc allowed by the secondary0.0213rd0.087125th+122
average starting field position (yards from own goal)70.00079th——

CLEM with the ball

CLEM offence vs MIA defenceCLEM offenceMIA defencerank gap
points added per play-0.027125th-0.04931st-94
success rate0.342132nd0.32514th-118
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.17594th1.14942nd-52
rush: points added per play0.09382nd-0.15814th-68
rush: success rate0.368120th0.2571st-119
rush: explosiveness1.02049th0.71916th-33
pass: points added per play0.001124th0.02435th-89
pass: success rate0.328131st0.36235th-96
pass: explosiveness1.400114th1.30314th-100
standard downs: success rate0.405129th0.37917th-112
passing downs: success rate0.228125th0.22928th-97
line yards per rush (the O-line)2.764114th2.1537th-107
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.211114th0.270130th+16
short-yardage conversion rate0.80035th0.57116th-19
points per trip inside the 403.095117th2.30815th-102
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.188127th0.16271st-56
havoc allowed by the front seven0.146136th0.09664th-72
havoc allowed by the secondary0.04239th0.06687th+48
average starting field position (yards from own goal)70.40071st——

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.