The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces MRSH | 2.6% 7817th | 3.4% ~1.1 sacks |
| MRSH pass rush | 1.9% 105125th | 5.4% 205132nd | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 3.2% ~1.0 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.
MRSH with the ball
| MRSH offence vs PSU defence | MRSH offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.08899th | -0.10319th | -80 |
| success rate | 0.41893rd | 0.31510th | -83 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21276th | 1.17147th | -29 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.086130th | 0.04074th | -56 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41794th | 0.33931st | -63 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.851101st | 1.129125th | +24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36543rd | -0.1643rd | -40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42581st | 0.2966th | -75 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64748th | 1.2074th | -44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50061st | 0.36511th | -50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.244117th | 0.22423rd | -94 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.00286th | 2.52933rd | -53 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.216119th | 0.229109th | -10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.68499th | 0.66750th | -49 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.552128th | 3.63688th | -40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168105th | 0.195114th | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.119124th | 0.11294th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04960th | 0.083120th | +60 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30027th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs MRSH defence | PSU offence | MRSH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.332137th | +82 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.472130th | +36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.322105th | +63 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.11299th | +21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.472123rd | +24 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.80229th | -52 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.533138th | +106 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.471120th | +48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.819123rd | +106 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.544135th | +43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.28981st | -25 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 3.276122nd | +17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.15227th | -7 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.812110th | +28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 4.174118th | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.11912th | -21 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.06710th | -9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.05243rd | -36 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
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.