The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CAL pass rush | 6.1% 9947th | 6.5% 201117th | faces PITT | 4.0% 10147th | 5.0% ~1.7 sacks |
| PITT pass rush | 5.6% 10758th | 11.2% 17924th | faces CAL | 3.5% 11438th | 4.6% ~1.5 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 CAL defence | PITT offence | CAL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29425th | 0.01456th | +31 |
| success rate | 0.49726th | 0.36949th | +23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.24960th | 1.341109th | +49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07886th | 0.217129th | +43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46062nd | 0.42084th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.809111th | 1.122123rd | +12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.50716th | -0.09213th | -3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53014th | 0.32015th | +1 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59558th | 1.644100th | +42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52840th | 0.43156th | +16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41213th | 0.25545th | +32 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30939th | 3.160110th | +71 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18288th | 0.14518th | -70 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632115th | 0.889130th | +15 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.23355th | 2.61525th | -30 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09613th | 0.13127th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05820th | 0.0635th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03827th | 0.06789th | +62 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40073rd | — | — |
CAL with the ball
| CAL offence vs PITT defence | CAL offence | PITT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.007120th | -0.10718th | -102 |
| success rate | 0.403102nd | 0.2872nd | -100 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19388th | 1.379119th | +31 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.056123rd | -0.17812th | -111 |
| rush: success rate | 0.376119th | 0.2787th | -112 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.763124th | 0.99592nd | -32 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13198th | -0.01228th | -70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42977th | 0.30611th | -66 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47492nd | 1.62093rd | +1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.459101st | 0.3456th | -95 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29091st | 0.20010th | -81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.819108th | 1.7772nd | -106 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.205109th | 0.320137th | +28 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667102nd | 0.53812th | -90 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.720127th | 1.6883rd | -124 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.169107th | 0.17992nd | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09483rd | 0.117104th | +21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076120th | 0.06375th | -45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70022nd | — | — |
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.