The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TXST pass rush | 0.8% 134137th | 7.0% 228107th | faces USU | 8.5% 94116th | 4.6% ~1.5 sacks |
| USU pass rush | 2.3% 131122nd | 7.0% 228108th | faces TXST | 1.3% 806th | 1.8% ~0.6 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.
USU with the ball
| USU offence vs TXST defence | USU offence | TXST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.071132nd | 0.14899th | -33 |
| success rate | 0.361128th | 0.461123rd | -5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31532nd | 1.22368th | +36 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.103132nd | -0.01851st | -81 |
| rush: success rate | 0.358126th | 0.39868th | -58 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.85399th | 0.84840th | -59 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.032130th | 0.362122nd | -8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.358125th | 0.511133rd | +8 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73828th | 1.43337th | +9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.363137th | 0.519124th | -13 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35841st | 0.343117th | +76 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07477th | 2.50230th | -47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.208110th | 0.250123rd | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300138th | 0.59123rd | -115 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.810135th | 4.321123rd | -12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.183125th | 0.15966th | -59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09178th | 0.08139th | -39 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.091136th | 0.078111th | -25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10097th | — | — |
TXST with the ball
| TXST offence vs USU defence | TXST offence | USU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.30520th | 0.02162nd | +42 |
| success rate | 0.49528th | 0.40579th | +51 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.32429th | 1.13335th | +6 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15357th | 0.00862nd | +5 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46753rd | 0.40873rd | +20 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97168th | 1.00693rd | +25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6604th | 0.04443rd | +39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.55910th | 0.40473rd | +63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.85214th | 1.2215th | -9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48480th | 0.46079th | -1 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.5302nd | 0.29283rd | +81 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.26848th | 2.60243rd | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13937th | 0.21697th | +60 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667105th | 0.73780th | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.214112th | 3.03753rd | -59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11329th | 0.13532nd | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07950th | 0.07121st | -29 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03419th | 0.06482nd | +63 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.60050th | — | — |
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.