The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LOU pass rush | 5.2% 9666th | 6.5% 214115th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 4.6% ~1.5 sacks |
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces LOU | 7.4% 94102nd | 6.5% ~2.2 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.
PITT with the ball
| PITT offence vs LOU defence | PITT offence | LOU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | 0.10689th | +64 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.40275th | +49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.23876th | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | -0.01553rd | -33 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.43092nd | +30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 0.71015th | -96 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | 0.378124th | +108 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.38158th | +44 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.964136th | +78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.45576th | +36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.27461st | +48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 3.02198th | +59 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.1216th | -82 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.51711th | -104 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 3.61587th | +32 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.13633rd | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.07323rd | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.06374th | +47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
LOU with the ball
| LOU offence vs PITT defence | LOU offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.34412th | -0.10718th | +6 |
| success rate | 0.50024th | 0.2872nd | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.35323rd | 1.379119th | +96 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20339th | -0.17812th | -27 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48635th | 0.2787th | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.03443rd | 0.99592nd | +49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.48718th | -0.01228th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51623rd | 0.30611th | -12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66343rd | 1.62093rd | +50 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56316th | 0.3456th | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32464th | 0.20010th | -54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.809111th | 1.7772nd | -109 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19496th | 0.320137th | +41 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72284th | 0.53812th | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.39340th | 1.6883rd | -37 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14170th | 0.17992nd | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111114th | 0.117104th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03013th | 0.06375th | +62 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.80082nd | — | — |
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.