The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RUTG pass rush | 3.5% 8695th | 7.6% 18593rd | faces MSU | 10.2% 118130th | 6.8% ~2.3 sacks |
| MSU pass rush | 6.8% 10341st | 9.8% 22446th | faces RUTG | 7.4% 108100th | 7.1% ~2.3 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.
MSU with the ball
| MSU offence vs RUTG defence | MSU offence | RUTG defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.033115th | 0.149101st | -14 |
| success rate | 0.44465th | 0.436103rd | +38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.082130th | 1.20258th | -72 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008117th | 0.117103rd | -14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41595th | 0.464120th | +25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.848104th | 0.90065th | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15593rd | 0.307114th | +21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48341st | 0.41583rd | +42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.347121st | 1.58985th | -36 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50555th | 0.497110th | +55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27898th | 0.29787th | -11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.92397th | 3.00293rd | -4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.204108th | 0.20077th | -31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.71490th | 0.75086th | -4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.346105th | 3.65290th | -15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.192128th | 0.13737th | -91 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.128130th | 0.10073rd | -57 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06494th | 0.03712th | -82 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.300105th | — | — |
RUTG with the ball
| RUTG offence vs MSU defence | RUTG offence | MSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13577th | 0.151103rd | +26 |
| success rate | 0.48237th | 0.42796th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30140th | 1.23472nd | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.024106th | 0.06081st | -25 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48934th | 0.455110th | +76 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.766123rd | 0.85442nd | -81 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.33449th | 0.21290th | +41 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47745th | 0.37953rd | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86112th | 1.723114th | +102 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50852nd | 0.48497th | +45 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.41812th | 0.30189th | +77 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13369th | 2.75958th | -11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16161st | 0.260128th | +67 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.70094th | 0.63235th | -59 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.96367th | 3.60086th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14676th | 0.15152nd | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06222nd | 0.09562nd | +40 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.084129th | 0.05658th | -71 |
| 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.