The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MIA pass rush | 5.8% 12152nd | 8.0% 17687th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces MIA | 2.9% 10525th | 4.2% ~1.4 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 MIA defence | PITT offence | MIA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | -0.04931st | +6 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.32514th | -12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.14942nd | -18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | -0.15814th | -72 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.2571st | -61 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.71916th | -95 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.02435th | +19 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.36235th | +21 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.30314th | -44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.37917th | -23 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.22928th | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 2.1537th | -32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.270130th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.57116th | -99 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.30815th | -40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.16271st | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.09664th | +44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.06687th | +60 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
MIA with the ball
| MIA offence vs PITT defence | MIA offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4422nd | -0.10718th | +16 |
| success rate | 0.5713rd | 0.2872nd | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27850th | 1.379119th | +69 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12372nd | -0.17812th | -60 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51121st | 0.2787th | -14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98263rd | 0.99592nd | +29 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.8391st | -0.01228th | +27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6541st | 0.30611th | +10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.48988th | 1.62093rd | +5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.6302nd | 0.3456th | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37529th | 0.20010th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8874th | 1.7772nd | -2 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12115th | 0.320137th | +122 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81231st | 0.53812th | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.05714th | 1.6883rd | -11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0684th | 0.17992nd | +88 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0469th | 0.117104th | +95 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0213rd | 0.06375th | +72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00079th | — | — |
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.