The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces MD | 3.2% 12630th | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| MD pass rush | 5.7% 8856th | 8.1% 18581st | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
MD with the ball
| MD offence vs NEB defence | MD offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13279th | -0.01843rd | -36 |
| success rate | 0.45257th | 0.36646th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23963rd | 1.24178th | +15 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13867th | 0.00260th | -7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43584th | 0.35537th | -47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.04240th | 1.050106th | +66 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.12999th | -0.10712th | -87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46156th | 0.34926th | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400115th | 1.34220th | -95 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50753rd | 0.46482nd | +29 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30973rd | 0.1907th | -66 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.88299th | 2.89875th | -24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.234126th | 0.18251st | -75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71489th | 0.800108th | +19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.43398th | 2.61124th | -74 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14371st | 0.204121st | +50 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08564th | 0.136119th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05878th | 0.06890th | +12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.20075th | — | — |
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs MD defence | NEB offence | MD defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | 0.02967th | +61 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.38060th | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.22167th | +59 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | -0.05139th | +34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.36746th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 0.87856th | +51 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | 0.16978th | +61 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.41888th | +57 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.57279th | +34 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.41643rd | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.319106th | +102 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 2.33418th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.227108th | +57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.70663rd | -24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 4.150117th | +108 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.15965th | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.11497th | +63 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.04531st | -1 |
| 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.