The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NCSU pass rush | 2.3% 86120th | 4.9% 185135th | faces DUKE | 0.0% 721st | 1.2% ~0.4 sacks |
| DUKE pass rush | 4.7% 10779th | 6.7% 179113th | faces NCSU | 4.0% 10146th | 4.3% ~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.
DUKE with the ball
| DUKE offence vs NCSU defence | DUKE offence | NCSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29524th | 0.12093rd | +69 |
| success rate | 0.44663rd | 0.39974th | +11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32728th | 1.25082nd | +54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23430th | 0.06784th | +54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42391st | 0.446106th | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.14414th | 0.96786th | +72 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.42727th | 0.270101st | +74 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47646th | 0.36642nd | -4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65944th | 1.64399th | +55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49269th | 0.45677th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33755th | 0.26454th | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.32337th | 2.82166th | +29 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16160th | 0.19061st | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75064th | 0.76290th | +26 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67726th | 3.59184th | +58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0896th | 0.15254th | +48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0434th | 0.07017th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04653rd | 0.082118th | +65 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.900110th | — | — |
NCSU with the ball
| NCSU offence vs DUKE defence | NCSU offence | DUKE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22154th | -0.06427th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.48833rd | 0.35332nd | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20977th | 1.07120th | -57 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21536th | -0.20510th | -26 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49330th | 0.32321st | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03741st | 0.4393rd | -38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25767th | 0.02736th | -31 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48439th | 0.37447th | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406110th | 1.45549th | -61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.54830th | 0.44464th | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34151st | 0.1833rd | -48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.29541st | 2.62347th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14947th | 0.17240th | -7 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84021st | 0.70058th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.67925th | 2.58822nd | -3 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15788th | 0.18399th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09382nd | 0.10681st | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06495th | 0.077108th | +13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90064th | — | — |
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.