The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RUTG pass rush | 3.5% 8695th | 7.6% 18593rd | faces USC | 2.9% 17524th | 3.2% ~1.0 sacks |
| USC pass rush | 2.8% 144113th | 7.4% 28397th | faces RUTG | 7.4% 108100th | 5.1% ~1.7 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.
USC with the ball
| USC offence vs RUTG defence | USC offence | RUTG defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30719th | 0.149101st | +82 |
| success rate | 0.5355th | 0.436103rd | +98 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.18791st | 1.20258th | -33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08285th | 0.117103rd | +18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48636th | 0.464120th | +84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.829107th | 0.90065th | -42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.56410th | 0.307114th | +104 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5924th | 0.41583rd | +79 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49786th | 1.58985th | -1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55822nd | 0.497110th | +88 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4673rd | 0.29787th | +84 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26849th | 3.00293rd | +44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16872nd | 0.20077th | +5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79343rd | 0.75086th | +43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.61131st | 3.65290th | +59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0898th | 0.13737th | +29 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.04710th | 0.10073rd | +63 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04242nd | 0.03712th | -30 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30094th | — | — |
RUTG with the ball
| RUTG offence vs USC defence | RUTG offence | USC defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13577th | 0.191119th | +42 |
| success rate | 0.48237th | 0.42291st | +54 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30140th | 1.363113th | +73 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.024106th | 0.08089th | -17 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48934th | 0.40069th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.766123rd | 0.96184th | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.33449th | 0.424127th | +78 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47745th | 0.462114th | +69 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86112th | 1.724115th | +103 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50852nd | 0.44667th | +15 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41812th | 0.374131st | +119 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13369th | 2.58741st | -28 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16161st | 0.19368th | +7 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70094th | 0.76294th | 0 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96367th | 4.179119th | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14676th | 0.1169th | -67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06222nd | 0.07530th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084129th | 0.04121st | -108 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.00099th | — | — |
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.