The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MINN pass rush | 9.3% 9716th | 14.5% 1796th | faces NU | 8.9% 56121st | 9.1% ~3.0 sacks |
| NU pass rush | 4.9% 6174th | 7.0% 129109th | faces MINN | 2.7% 11120th | 3.8% ~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.
NU with the ball
| NU offence vs MINN defence | NU offence | MINN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30421st | 0.04172nd | +51 |
| success rate | 0.46349th | 0.37052nd | +3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29445th | 1.20561st | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15654th | 0.07486th | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41098th | 0.38757th | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97865th | 0.87047th | -18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.54013th | 0.18082nd | +69 |
| pass: success rate | 0.53713th | 0.36945th | +32 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64946th | 1.54368th | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48578th | 0.42046th | -32 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41114th | 0.27562nd | +48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835104th | 2.68054th | -50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19093rd | 0.270131st | +38 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81829th | 0.57117th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11112th | 4.471127th | +115 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13356th | 0.237133rd | +77 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.112117th | 0.172135th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0214th | 0.06583rd | +79 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.40041st | — | — |
MINN with the ball
| MINN offence vs NU defence | MINN offence | NU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12981st | 0.08380th | -1 |
| success rate | 0.47047th | 0.441106th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092126th | 1.12032nd | -94 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.023107th | 0.112100th | -7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47444th | 0.472124th | +80 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.747126th | 0.86846th | -80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.27364th | 0.03538th | -26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47944th | 0.40574th | +30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.355120th | 1.40633rd | -87 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56018th | 0.515123rd | +105 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.233124th | 0.22827th | -97 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.498134th | 3.429131st | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.241132nd | 0.14217th | -115 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640111th | 0.59122nd | -89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.50094th | 2.42117th | -77 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14372nd | 0.16272nd | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09485th | 0.0637th | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04961st | 0.099131st | +70 |
| 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.