The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces EMU | 4.3% 14154th | 5.5% ~1.8 sacks |
| EMU pass rush | 2.0% 149123rd | 7.1% 269106th | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 6.1% ~2.0 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.
EMU with the ball
| EMU offence vs MSU defence | EMU offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.016124th | 0.151103rd | -21 |
| success rate | 0.371122nd | 0.42796th | -26 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143110th | 1.23472nd | -38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.036102nd | 0.06081st | -21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394109th | 0.455110th | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95674th | 0.85442nd | -32 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.058112th | 0.21290th | -22 |
| pass: success rate | 0.362121st | 0.37953rd | -68 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.310126th | 1.723114th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.436121st | 0.48497th | -24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.236123rd | 0.30189th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.89598th | 2.75958th | -40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16868th | 0.260128th | +60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80037th | 0.63235th | -2 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.179114th | 3.60086th | -28 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.172112th | 0.15152nd | -60 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09894th | 0.09562nd | -32 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074116th | 0.05658th | -58 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.80010th | — | — |
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs EMU defence | MSU offence | EMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | 0.11290th | -25 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.41084th | +19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.25384th | -46 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | 0.06482nd | -35 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.40672nd | -23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 1.040105th | +1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | 0.20487th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.42696th | +55 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.45550th | -71 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.48496th | +41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.26555th | -43 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 2.97092nd | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.18755th | -53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.69657th | -33 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.40672nd | -33 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.17991st | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.09561st | -69 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.084122nd | +28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
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.