The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 7.7% ~2.5 sacks |
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 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 AF defence | CONN offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | 0.00453rd | +3 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.34727th | -52 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.430130th | +117 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | 0.125107th | +69 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.39865th | +2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 1.118122nd | +74 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | -0.06415th | -26 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.31214th | -66 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.867131st | +125 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.41137th | -46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.23029th | -23 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.86671st | +20 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.21695th | +24 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.66744th | -63 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 4.000111th | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.15049th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.07528th | -45 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.075101st | +73 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.90065th | — | — |
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs CONN defence | AF offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | 0.01961st | +39 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.38664th | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.25585th | -44 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | -0.01454th | +46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.38154th | +34 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.87453rd | -17 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | 0.06648th | -11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.39371st | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.50260th | +51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.44061st | +37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.28374th | -21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 2.64852nd | +46 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.21291st | +90 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.61129th | -4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 2.72030th | -17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.16979th | +76 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.08345th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.086124th | +81 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30026th | — | — |
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.