The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 4.7% ~1.5 sacks |
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 6.6% ~2.2 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.
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs NU defence | PSU offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.08380th | +25 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.441106th | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.12032nd | -10 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.112100th | +22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.472124th | +25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.86846th | -35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.03538th | +6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.40574th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.40633rd | +16 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.515123rd | +31 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.22827th | -79 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 3.429131st | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.14217th | -17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.59122nd | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 2.42117th | -49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.16272nd | +39 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.0637th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.099131st | +52 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs PSU defence | NU offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | -0.10319th | -2 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.31510th | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.17147th | +2 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | 0.04074th | +20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.33931st | -67 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 1.129125th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | -0.1643rd | -10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.2966th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.2074th | -42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.36511th | -67 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.22423rd | +9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 2.52933rd | -71 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.229109th | +16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.66750th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 3.63688th | +76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.195114th | +58 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.11294th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.083120th | +116 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
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.