The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 3.7% ~1.2 sacks |
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 8.7% ~2.9 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.
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs CONN defence | MASS offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.01961st | +31 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.38664th | +5 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.25585th | +20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | -0.01454th | +36 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.38154th | +15 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 0.87453rd | +6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.06648th | +4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.39371st | -23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.50260th | +21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.44061st | +11 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.28374th | -7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 2.64852nd | +34 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.21291st | +51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.61129th | -99 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 2.72030th | -42 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.16979th | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.08345th | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.086124th | +118 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.000131st | — | — |
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs MASS defence | CONN offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | -0.13911th | -39 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.36645th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.0206th | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | -0.2774th | -34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.35335th | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 0.3161st | -47 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | 0.04644th | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.38965th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.53163rd | +57 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.42147th | -36 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.26353rd | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.56738th | -13 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.218101st | +30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.70664th | -43 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 1.5001st | -29 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.16169th | +24 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.08850th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.073100th | +72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
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.