The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEB pass rush | 7.2% 8332nd | 9.5% 16953rd | faces OSU | 3.6% 13842nd | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| OSU pass rush | 5.1% 13868th | 8.9% 25966th | faces NEB | 3.2% 9333rd | 4.2% ~1.4 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.
OSU with the ball
| OSU offence vs NEB defence | OSU offence | NEB defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.3948th | -0.01843rd | +35 |
| success rate | 0.5247th | 0.36646th | +39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.34224th | 1.24178th | +54 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17548th | 0.00260th | +12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45068th | 0.35537th | -31 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02444th | 1.050106th | +62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6633rd | -0.10712th | +9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.6072nd | 0.34926th | +24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57964th | 1.34220th | -44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57210th | 0.46482nd | +72 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36537th | 0.1907th | -30 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.20158th | 2.89875th | +17 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16870th | 0.18251st | -19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78348th | 0.800108th | +60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.11113th | 2.61124th | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11124th | 0.204121st | +97 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06323rd | 0.136119th | +96 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04859th | 0.06890th | +31 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.200107th | — | — |
NEB with the ball
| NEB offence vs OSU defence | NEB offence | OSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.4146th | -0.08123rd | +17 |
| success rate | 0.49825th | 0.35333rd | +8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4398th | 1.21164th | +56 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3445th | -0.04242nd | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49429th | 0.435100th | +71 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2595th | 0.94580th | +75 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.49917th | -0.1377th | -10 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50031st | 0.2752nd | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.65845th | 1.58883rd | +38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51744th | 0.39828th | -16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4494th | 0.28271st | +67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.40828th | 2.79162nd | +34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15251st | 0.19469th | +18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72087th | 0.66749th | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.1929th | 2.77833rd | +24 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11023rd | 0.208125th | +102 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07134th | 0.10478th | +44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03932nd | 0.104135th | +103 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70087th | — | — |
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.