The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces RUTG | 7.4% 108100th | 6.2% ~2.0 sacks |
| RUTG pass rush | 3.5% 8695th | 7.6% 18593rd | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 6.2% ~2.0 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.
RUTG with the ball
| RUTG offence vs NU defence | RUTG offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13577th | 0.08380th | +3 |
| success rate | 0.48237th | 0.441106th | +69 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30140th | 1.12032nd | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.024106th | 0.112100th | -6 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48934th | 0.472124th | +90 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.766123rd | 0.86846th | -77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.33449th | 0.03538th | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47745th | 0.40574th | +29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86112th | 1.40633rd | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50852nd | 0.515123rd | +71 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41812th | 0.22827th | +15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13369th | 3.429131st | +62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16161st | 0.14217th | -44 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70094th | 0.59122nd | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96367th | 2.42117th | -50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14676th | 0.16272nd | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06222nd | 0.0637th | -15 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084129th | 0.099131st | +2 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.00099th | — | — |
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs RUTG defence | NU offence | RUTG defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | 0.149101st | +80 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.436103rd | +54 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.20258th | +13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | 0.117103rd | +49 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.464120th | +22 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 0.90065th | 0 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | 0.307114th | +101 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.41583rd | +70 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.58985th | +39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.497110th | +32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.29787th | +73 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 3.00293rd | -11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.20077th | -16 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.75086th | +57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 3.65290th | +78 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.13737th | -19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.10073rd | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.03712th | +8 |
| 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.