The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.6% ~1.2 sacks |
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 3.0% ~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.
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs PSU defence | BUF offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | -0.10319th | -103 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.31510th | -126 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.17147th | -25 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.04074th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.33931st | -102 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 1.129125th | +43 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | -0.1643rd | -111 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.2966th | -126 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.2074th | -79 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.36511th | -123 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.22423rd | -96 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 2.52933rd | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.229109th | +14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.66750th | +16 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 3.63688th | +35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.195114th | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.11294th | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.083120th | +30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs BUF defence | PSU offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.11691st | +36 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.36644th | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.445131st | +89 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.01764th | -14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.38556th | -43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.92673rd | -8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.25197th | +65 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.36743rd | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.955135th | +118 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.42954th | -38 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.25747th | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 3.039100th | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.19265th | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.62532nd | -50 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 3.53681st | +15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.15253rd | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.07631st | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.076106th | +27 |
| 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.