The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces PUR | 8.4% 119114th | 6.4% ~2.1 sacks |
| PUR pass rush | 3.4% 8899th | 5.9% 205127th | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 3.9% ~1.3 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.
PUR with the ball
| PUR offence vs PSU defence | PUR offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23745th | -0.10319th | -26 |
| success rate | 0.46548th | 0.31510th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19886th | 1.17147th | -39 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.08384th | 0.04074th | -10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42988th | 0.33931st | -57 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88388th | 1.129125th | +37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39930th | -0.1643rd | -27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50628th | 0.2966th | -22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.408109th | 1.2074th | -105 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50754th | 0.36511th | -43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35444th | 0.22423rd | -21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.02785th | 2.52933rd | -52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15957th | 0.229109th | +52 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78946th | 0.66750th | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.63086th | 3.63688th | +2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13357th | 0.195114th | +57 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10199th | 0.11294th | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03116th | 0.083120th | +104 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80018th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs PUR defence | PSU offence | PUR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.351138th | +83 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.500136th | +42 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.366114th | +72 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.300135th | +57 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.518136th | +37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 1.054107th | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.412126th | +94 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.469119th | +47 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.827125th | +108 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.536132nd | +40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.413135th | +29 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 3.319124th | +19 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.15126th | -8 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.76293rd | +11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 5.200136th | +70 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.14038th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.08138th | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.05861st | -18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.800126th | — | — |
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.