The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 3.8% ~1.2 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.
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs MD defence | UCLA offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | 0.02967th | +40 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.38060th | +30 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.22167th | +9 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | -0.05139th | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.36746th | +41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 0.87856th | +25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | 0.16978th | -25 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.41888th | -13 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.57279th | +39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.41643rd | +17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.319106th | +56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.33418th | +17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.227108th | +105 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.70663rd | +43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 4.150117th | +72 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.15965th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.11497th | +79 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.04531st | -87 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.700134th | — | — |
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs UCLA defence | MD offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.12712th | -67 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.32716th | -41 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.347110th | +47 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | -0.10526th | -41 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.32826th | -58 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 0.79928th | -12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | -0.11911th | -88 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.33319th | -37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.845128th | +13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.38921st | -32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.22018th | -55 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.36521st | -78 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.250124th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.833116th | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 3.00051st | -47 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.185105th | +34 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.10579th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.080117th | +39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
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.