The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 4.0% ~1.3 sacks |
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 6.7% ~2.2 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 CONN defence | SYR offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.01961st | -52 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.38664th | -45 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.25585th | +58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | -0.01454th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.38154th | -15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.87453rd | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | 0.06648th | -67 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.39371st | -44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.50260th | +28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.44061st | -52 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.28374th | +2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 2.64852nd | -50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.21291st | -30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.61129th | -11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 2.72030th | -62 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.16979th | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.08345th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.086124th | +84 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs SYR defence | CONN offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | -0.12613th | -37 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.36142nd | -37 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.08721st | +8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | 0.02670th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.43396th | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 0.92675th | +27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | -0.2511st | -40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.2895th | -75 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.37724th | +18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.45274th | -9 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.20613th | -39 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.62949th | -2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.233111th | +40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.75087th | -20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 2.75031st | +1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.186107th | +62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.137121st | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.04941st | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
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.