The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces IU | 5.5% 7377th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| IU pass rush | 5.3% 9463rd | 11.2% 17923rd | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 4.3% ~1.4 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.
IU with the ball
| IU offence vs NEB defence | IU offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4215th | -0.01843rd | +38 |
| success rate | 0.51018th | 0.36646th | +28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.38220th | 1.24178th | +58 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25622nd | 0.00260th | +38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47443rd | 0.35537th | -6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02246th | 1.050106th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6862nd | -0.10712th | +10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.5736th | 0.34926th | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.87710th | 1.34220th | +10 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55819th | 0.46482nd | +63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37926th | 0.1907th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.50719th | 2.89875th | +56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.11813th | 0.18251st | +38 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72085th | 0.800108th | +23 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.2417th | 2.61124th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10922nd | 0.204121st | +99 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08154th | 0.136119th | +65 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.02811th | 0.06890th | +79 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.900121st | — | — |
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs IU defence | NEB offence | IU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | -0.10717th | +11 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.3003rd | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.421129th | +121 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | -0.13421st | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.2643rd | -26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 1.164128th | +123 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | -0.03521st | +4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.35631st | 0 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.59889th | +44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.3292nd | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.25041st | +37 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 2.26212th | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.236112th | +61 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.5007th | -80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 2.85738th | +29 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.198115th | +92 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.169132nd | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.0303rd | -29 |
| 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.