The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces GT | 8.3% 109112th | 6.9% ~2.3 sacks |
| GT pass rush | 3.5% 8797th | 8.1% 21182nd | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 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.
GT with the ball
| GT offence vs PITT defence | GT offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.14176th | -0.10718th | -58 |
| success rate | 0.44268th | 0.2872nd | -66 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22171st | 1.379119th | +48 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.11273rd | -0.17812th | -61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45267th | 0.2787th | -60 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88587th | 0.99592nd | +5 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19184th | -0.01228th | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44368th | 0.30611th | -57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.51378th | 1.62093rd | +15 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50060th | 0.3456th | -54 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31271st | 0.20010th | -61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07476th | 1.7772nd | -74 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.202106th | 0.320137th | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70693rd | 0.53812th | -81 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.393101st | 1.6883rd | -98 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16295th | 0.17992nd | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.104105th | 0.117104th | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05877th | 0.06375th | -2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.60066th | — | — |
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs GT defence | PITT offence | GT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | 0.155105th | +80 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.41385th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.26787th | +27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.08291st | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.447107th | +45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.86545th | -66 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.343121st | +105 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.36641st | +27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 2.089138th | +80 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.44768th | +28 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.341115th | +102 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 2.90680th | +41 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.17138th | -50 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.68454th | -61 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 3.65491st | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.16068th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.121110th | +90 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.03915th | -12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
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.