The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 7.6% ~2.5 sacks |
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 5.7% ~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.
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs PITT defence | UNC offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | -0.10718th | -68 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.2872nd | -33 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.379119th | -15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.17812th | -59 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.2787th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.99592nd | -38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | -0.01228th | -66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.30611th | -73 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.62093rd | -6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.3456th | -32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.20010th | -20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 1.7772nd | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.320137th | +117 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.53812th | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 1.6883rd | -62 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.17992nd | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.117104th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.06375th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs UNC defence | PITT offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | -0.01941st | +16 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.39369th | +43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.0248th | -52 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.05880th | -6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.42990th | +28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.82732nd | -79 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.02737th | +21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.37649th | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.2426th | -52 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.47187th | +47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.22725th | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 2.94088th | +49 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.1227th | -81 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.875129th | +14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.68829th | -26 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.14140th | +27 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.09765th | +45 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.04428th | +1 |
| 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.