The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BC pass rush | 7.2% 8333rd | 10.8% 20428th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces BC | 7.5% 93104th | 6.6% ~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.
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs BC defence | PITT offence | BC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | 0.00251st | +26 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.39571st | +45 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.23775th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.00761st | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.39059th | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 1.030101st | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.15576th | +60 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.42292nd | +78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.49256th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.39827th | -13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.388133rd | +120 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 3.01696th | +57 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.19572nd | -16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.65041st | -74 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 3.39169th | +14 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.17483rd | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.120107th | +87 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.05448th | +21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
BC with the ball
| BC offence vs PITT defence | BC offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.032127th | -0.10718th | -109 |
| success rate | 0.389115th | 0.2872nd | -113 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.164101st | 1.379119th | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.006115th | -0.17812th | -103 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43981st | 0.2787th | -74 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93579th | 0.99592nd | +13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.063110th | -0.01228th | -82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.357126th | 0.30611th | -115 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.53374th | 1.62093rd | +19 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46099th | 0.3456th | -93 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244116th | 0.20010th | -106 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.847103rd | 1.7772nd | -101 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.252134th | 0.320137th | +3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68898th | 0.53812th | -86 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.091118th | 1.6883rd | -115 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.179120th | 0.17992nd | -28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111112th | 0.117104th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.069107th | 0.06375th | -32 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.20058th | — | — |
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.