The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces OHIO | 7.7% 91106th | 7.5% ~2.5 sacks |
| OHIO pass rush | 2.5% 80117th | 8.9% 21364th | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 2.9% ~0.9 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.
OHIO with the ball
| OHIO offence vs NEB defence | OHIO offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22353rd | -0.01843rd | -10 |
| success rate | 0.44269th | 0.36646th | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25757th | 1.24178th | +21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.28616th | 0.00260th | +44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46357th | 0.35537th | -20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.05336th | 1.050106th | +70 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.104107th | -0.10712th | -95 |
| pass: success rate | 0.396100th | 0.34926th | -74 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.55569th | 1.34220th | -49 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51647th | 0.46482nd | +35 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272104th | 0.1907th | -97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.56614th | 2.89875th | +61 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.1018th | 0.18251st | +43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.86412th | 0.800108th | +96 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.28051st | 2.61124th | -27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13763rd | 0.204121st | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07031st | 0.136119th | +88 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067103rd | 0.06890th | -13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70088th | — | — |
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs OHIO defence | NEB offence | OHIO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | 0.276131st | +125 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.432100th | +75 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.381121st | +113 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | 0.147115th | +110 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.40571st | +42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 1.088118th | +113 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | 0.490135th | +118 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.480123rd | +92 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.774118th | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.44060th | +16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.413134th | +130 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 2.83367th | +39 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.20988th | +37 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.76291st | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 5.350138th | +129 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.15863rd | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.11293rd | +59 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.04633rd | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70087th | — | — |
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.