The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 6.6% ~2.2 sacks |
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 7.3% ~2.4 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.
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs UNC defence | SYR offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | -0.01941st | -72 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.39369th | -40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.0248th | -19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | 0.05880th | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.42990th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.82732nd | -25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | 0.02737th | -78 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.37649th | -66 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.2426th | -26 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.47187th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.22725th | -47 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 2.94088th | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.1227th | -114 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.875129th | +89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 2.68829th | -63 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.14140th | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.09765th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.04428th | -12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs SYR defence | UNC offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | -0.12613th | -73 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.36142nd | +7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.08721st | -113 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | 0.02670th | -1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.43396th | +86 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.92675th | -55 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | -0.2511st | -93 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.2895th | -79 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.37724th | -75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.45274th | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.20613th | -17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.62949th | +44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.233111th | +91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.75087th | +36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 2.75031st | -34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.186107th | +56 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.137121st | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.04941st | -21 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
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.