The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces IOWA | 1.9% 1069th | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| IOWA pass rush | 9.0% 7820th | 7.4% 17596th | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 5.8% ~1.9 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.
IOWA with the ball
| IOWA offence vs MINN defence | IOWA offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17265th | 0.04172nd | +7 |
| success rate | 0.43081st | 0.37052nd | -29 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.27949th | 1.20561st | +12 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.23231st | 0.07486th | +55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42689th | 0.38757th | -32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3423rd | 0.87047th | +44 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.19483rd | 0.18082nd | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45060th | 0.36945th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.219136th | 1.54368th | -68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51149th | 0.42046th | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.241118th | 0.27562nd | -56 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49522nd | 2.68054th | +32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13227th | 0.270131st | +104 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.529132nd | 0.57117th | -115 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.66782nd | 4.471127th | +45 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09914th | 0.237133rd | +119 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0468th | 0.172135th | +127 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05367th | 0.06583rd | +16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400103rd | — | — |
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs IOWA defence | MINN offence | IOWA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | -0.1458th | -73 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.3004th | -43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.03812th | -114 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | -0.2446th | -101 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.31919th | -25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 0.3852nd | -124 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | 0.06851st | -13 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.3018th | -36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.787120th | 0 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.3558th | -10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.20915th | -109 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 2.60444th | -90 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.19367th | -65 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.72775th | -36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 2.1679th | -85 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.17381st | +9 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.08240th | -45 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.091129th | +68 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.600135th | — | — |
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.