The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 7.4% ~2.4 sacks |
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 4.5% ~1.5 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.
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs USM defence | CONN offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | 0.12394th | +44 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.40681st | +2 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.27390th | +77 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | 0.189125th | +87 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.453109th | +46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 1.039104th | +56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | 0.20988th | +47 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.36337th | -43 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.731117th | +111 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.42550th | -33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.363125th | +73 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 3.197114th | +63 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.18050th | -21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.70665th | -42 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 2.96046th | +16 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.13129th | -16 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.08749th | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.04429th | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs CONN defence | USM offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | 0.01961st | -42 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.38664th | -19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.25585th | -32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.01454th | +14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.38154th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 0.87453rd | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.06648th | -77 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.39371st | -22 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.50260th | -43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.44061st | -7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.28374th | -31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.64852nd | +39 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.21291st | +89 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.61129th | +11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 2.72030th | -29 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.16979th | -11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.08345th | +13 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.086124th | -10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
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.