The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| DUKE pass rush | 4.7% 10779th | 6.7% 179113th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 7.1% ~2.3 sacks |
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces DUKE | 0.0% 721st | 3.7% ~1.2 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.
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs DUKE defence | UNC offence | DUKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | -0.06427th | -59 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.35332nd | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.07120th | -114 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.20510th | -61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.32321st | +11 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.4393rd | -127 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | 0.02736th | -58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.37447th | -37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.45549th | -50 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.44464th | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.1833rd | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.62347th | +42 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.17240th | +20 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.70058th | +7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 2.58822nd | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.18399th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.10681st | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.077108th | +46 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
DUKE with the ball
| DUKE offence vs UNC defence | DUKE offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29524th | -0.01941st | +17 |
| success rate | 0.44663rd | 0.39369th | +6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32728th | 1.0248th | -20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23430th | 0.05880th | +50 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42391st | 0.42990th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.14414th | 0.82732nd | +18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.42727th | 0.02737th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47646th | 0.37649th | +3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65944th | 1.2426th | -38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49269th | 0.47187th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33755th | 0.22725th | -30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.32337th | 2.94088th | +51 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16160th | 0.1227th | -53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75064th | 0.875129th | +65 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67726th | 2.68829th | +3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0896th | 0.14140th | +34 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0434th | 0.09765th | +61 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04653rd | 0.04428th | -25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900110th | — | — |
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.