The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 6.2% ~2.1 sacks |
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 5.4% ~1.8 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.
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs SYR defence | LOU offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | -0.12613th | +1 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.36142nd | +18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.08721st | -2 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.02670th | +31 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.43396th | +61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.92675th | +32 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | -0.2511st | -17 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.2895th | -18 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.37724th | -19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.45274th | +58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.20613th | -51 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.62949th | -62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.233111th | +15 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.75087th | +3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 2.75031st | -9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.186107th | +37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.137121st | +7 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.04941st | +28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs LOU defence | SYR offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | 0.10689th | -24 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.40275th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.23876th | +49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | -0.01553rd | -11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.43092nd | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.71015th | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | 0.378124th | +9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.38158th | -57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.964136th | +104 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.45576th | -37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.27461st | -11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 3.02198th | -4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.1216th | -115 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.51711th | -29 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 3.61587th | -5 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.13633rd | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.07323rd | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.06374th | +34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
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.