The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| PSU pass rush | 4.3% 11684th | 8.3% 22878th | faces RUTG | 7.4% 108100th | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| RUTG pass rush | 3.5% 8695th | 7.6% 18593rd | faces PSU | 4.4% 11359th | 4.0% ~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.
RUTG with the ball
| RUTG offence vs PSU defence | RUTG offence | PSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13577th | -0.10319th | -58 |
| success rate | 0.48237th | 0.31510th | -27 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30140th | 1.17147th | +7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.024106th | 0.04074th | -32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48934th | 0.33931st | -3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.766123rd | 1.129125th | +2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.33449th | -0.1643rd | -46 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47745th | 0.2966th | -39 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86112th | 1.2074th | -8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50852nd | 0.36511th | -41 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41812th | 0.22423rd | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13369th | 2.52933rd | -36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16161st | 0.229109th | +48 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70094th | 0.66750th | -44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96367th | 3.63688th | +21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14676th | 0.195114th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06222nd | 0.11294th | +72 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084129th | 0.083120th | -9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.00099th | — | — |
PSU with the ball
| PSU offence vs RUTG defence | PSU offence | RUTG defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.22055th | 0.149101st | +46 |
| success rate | 0.41894th | 0.436103rd | +9 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29942nd | 1.20258th | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10278th | 0.117103rd | +25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.40999th | 0.464120th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.92981st | 0.90065th | -16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.39132nd | 0.307114th | +82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43472nd | 0.41583rd | +11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.81317th | 1.58985th | +68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47392nd | 0.497110th | +18 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.270106th | 0.29787th | -19 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.835105th | 3.00293rd | -12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13634th | 0.20077th | +43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72782nd | 0.75086th | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96766th | 3.65290th | +24 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11633rd | 0.13737th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05819th | 0.10073rd | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05879th | 0.03712th | -67 |
| 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.