The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SYR pass rush | 5.0% 6072nd | 12.5% 12016th | faces ND | 0.9% 1135th | 2.9% ~1.0 sacks |
| ND pass rush | 10.2% 10810th | 12.7% 21214th | faces SYR | 5.7% 8881st | 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.
ND with the ball
| ND offence vs SYR defence | ND offence | SYR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.33313th | -0.12613th | 0 |
| success rate | 0.51613th | 0.36142nd | +29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.116122nd | 1.08721st | -101 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14265th | 0.02670th | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48238th | 0.43396th | +58 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795114th | 0.92675th | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56311th | -0.2511st | -10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55811th | 0.2895th | -6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45996th | 1.37724th | -72 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5996th | 0.45274th | +68 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.214132nd | 0.20613th | -119 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.94393rd | 2.62949th | -44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15353rd | 0.233111th | +58 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76262nd | 0.75087th | +25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2866th | 2.75031st | +25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10116th | 0.186107th | +91 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0353rd | 0.137121st | +118 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066101st | 0.04941st | -60 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30044th | — | — |
SYR with the ball
| SYR offence vs ND defence | SYR offence | ND defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.038113th | -0.11915th | -98 |
| success rate | 0.399109th | 0.34224th | -85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.33027th | 1.13837th | +10 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14364th | -0.2298th | -56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45069th | 0.30412th | -57 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99657th | 0.81230th | -27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.043115th | -0.02126th | -89 |
| pass: success rate | 0.372115th | 0.37448th | -67 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.71232nd | 1.37825th | -7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.443113th | 0.39022nd | -91 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.31272nd | 0.25344th | -28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.851102nd | 2.32116th | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.220121st | 0.223103rd | -18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80040th | 0.73377th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.53892nd | 1.6252nd | -90 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12643rd | 0.240135th | +92 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08460th | 0.169134th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04240th | 0.07199th | +59 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.200119th | — | — |
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.