The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces UCLA | 5.7% 10680th | 7.5% ~2.5 sacks |
| UCLA pass rush | 4.4% 13783rd | 9.4% 26555th | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 3.5% ~1.2 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.
UCLA with the ball
| UCLA offence vs MINN defence | UCLA offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28727th | 0.04172nd | +45 |
| success rate | 0.49430th | 0.37052nd | +22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.25358th | 1.20561st | +3 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.4072nd | 0.07486th | +84 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5735th | 0.38757th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06431st | 0.87047th | +16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.124103rd | 0.18082nd | -21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.394101st | 0.36945th | -56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.66840th | 1.54368th | +28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55226th | 0.42046th | +20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34250th | 0.27562nd | +12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.9751st | 2.68054th | +53 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0963rd | 0.270131st | +128 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84220th | 0.57117th | -3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34345th | 4.471127th | +82 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13253rd | 0.237133rd | +80 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05718th | 0.172135th | +117 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.075118th | 0.06583rd | -35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 63.700134th | — | — |
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs UCLA defence | MINN offence | UCLA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | -0.12712th | -69 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.32716th | -31 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.347110th | -16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | -0.10526th | -81 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.32826th | -18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 0.79928th | -98 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | -0.11911th | -53 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.33319th | -25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.845128th | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.38921st | +3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.22018th | -106 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 2.36521st | -113 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.250124th | -8 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.833116th | +5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 3.00051st | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.185105th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.10579th | -6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.080117th | +56 |
| 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.