The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces BGSU | 4.3% 7056th | 5.8% ~1.9 sacks |
| BGSU pass rush | 9.2% 6517th | 10.7% 17831st | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 6.2% ~2.1 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.
BGSU with the ball
| BGSU offence vs NEB defence | BGSU offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.115136th | -0.01843rd | -93 |
| success rate | 0.336135th | 0.36646th | -89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 0.958138th | 1.24178th | -60 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.261138th | 0.00260th | -78 |
| rush: success rate | 0.302138th | 0.35537th | -101 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.577136th | 1.050106th | -30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.059111th | -0.10712th | -99 |
| pass: success rate | 0.364119th | 0.34926th | -93 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447101st | 1.34220th | -81 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.431124th | 0.46482nd | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.152137th | 0.1907th | -130 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.431135th | 2.89875th | -60 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.246133rd | 0.18251st | -82 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72780th | 0.800108th | +28 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.188138th | 2.61124th | -114 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.194129th | 0.204121st | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138135th | 0.136119th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05676th | 0.06890th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30053rd | — | — |
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs BGSU defence | NEB offence | BGSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | 0.227127th | +121 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.492135th | +110 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.29493rd | +85 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | 0.251132nd | +127 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.520137th | +108 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 1.216133rd | +128 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | 0.277106th | +89 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.477122nd | +91 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.43839th | -6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.556136th | +92 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.30694th | +90 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 3.436133rd | +105 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.16936th | -15 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.73981st | -6 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 4.231121st | +112 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.12013th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.09156th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.0292nd | -30 |
| 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.