The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 7.9% ~2.6 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.
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs CONN defence | UNC offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | 0.01961st | -25 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.38664th | +29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.25585th | -49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.01454th | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.38154th | +44 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.87453rd | -77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | 0.06648th | -46 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.39371st | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.50260th | -39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.44061st | +23 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.28374th | +44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 2.64852nd | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.21291st | +71 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.61129th | -22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 2.72030th | -35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.16979th | +28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.08345th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.086124th | +62 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.00080th | — | — |
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs UNC defence | CONN offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | -0.01941st | -9 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.39369th | -10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.0248th | -5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | 0.05880th | +42 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.42990th | +27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 0.82732nd | -16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | 0.02737th | -4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.37649th | -31 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.2426th | 0 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.47187th | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.22725th | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.94088th | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.1227th | -64 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.875129th | +22 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 2.68829th | -1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.14140th | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.09765th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.04428th | 0 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
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.