The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RUTG pass rush | 3.5% 8695th | 7.6% 18593rd | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 3.4% ~1.1 sacks |
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces RUTG | 7.4% 108100th | 7.3% ~2.4 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.
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs RUTG defence | NEB offence | RUTG defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | 0.149101st | +95 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.436103rd | +78 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.20258th | +50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | 0.117103rd | +98 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.464120th | +91 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 0.90065th | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | 0.307114th | +97 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.41583rd | +52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.58985th | +40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.497110th | +66 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.29787th | +83 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 3.00293rd | +65 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.20077th | +26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.75086th | -1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 3.65290th | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.13737th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.10073rd | +39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.03712th | -20 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70087th | — | — |
RUTG with the ball
| RUTG offence vs NEB defence | RUTG offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13577th | -0.01843rd | -34 |
| success rate | 0.48237th | 0.36646th | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30140th | 1.24178th | +38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.024106th | 0.00260th | -46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48934th | 0.35537th | +3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.766123rd | 1.050106th | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.33449th | -0.10712th | -37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47745th | 0.34926th | -19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86112th | 1.34220th | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50852nd | 0.46482nd | +30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41812th | 0.1907th | -5 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13369th | 2.89875th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16161st | 0.18251st | -10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70094th | 0.800108th | +14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96367th | 2.61124th | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14676th | 0.204121st | +45 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06222nd | 0.136119th | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084129th | 0.06890th | -39 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.00099th | — | — |
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.