The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNC pass rush | 7.5% 6729th | 9.0% 13362nd | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 7.5% ~2.5 sacks |
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces UNC | 9.5% 63123rd | 7.4% ~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.
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs UNC defence | LOU offence | UNC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | -0.01941st | +29 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.39369th | +45 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.0248th | -15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | 0.05880th | +41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.42990th | +55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.82732nd | -11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | 0.02737th | +19 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.37649th | +26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.2426th | -37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.47187th | +71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.22725th | -39 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 2.94088th | -23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.1227th | -89 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.875129th | +45 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 2.68829th | -11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.14140th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.09765th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.04428th | +15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
UNC with the ball
| UNC offence vs LOU defence | UNC offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.11886th | 0.10689th | +3 |
| success rate | 0.48435th | 0.40275th | +40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.038134th | 1.23876th | -58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12471st | -0.01553rd | -18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.53410th | 0.43092nd | +82 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.706130th | 0.71015th | -115 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.14894th | 0.378124th | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42284th | 0.38158th | -26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45299th | 1.964136th | +37 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.53238th | 0.45576th | +38 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37530th | 0.27461st | +31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8725th | 3.02198th | +93 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12520th | 0.1216th | -14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77851st | 0.51711th | -40 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.00065th | 3.61587th | +22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13251st | 0.13633rd | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08256th | 0.07323rd | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04962nd | 0.06374th | +12 |
| 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.