The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CONN pass rush | 2.4% 126119th | 8.4% 21577th | faces ODU | 14.3% 91135th | 8.3% ~2.8 sacks |
| ODU pass rush | 5.4% 11262nd | 10.9% 22926th | faces CONN | 8.3% 84113th | 6.8% ~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.
ODU with the ball
| ODU offence vs CONN defence | ODU offence | CONN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.100135th | 0.01961st | -74 |
| success rate | 0.310138th | 0.38664th | -74 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4835th | 1.25585th | +80 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.076126th | -0.01454th | -72 |
| rush: success rate | 0.331136th | 0.38154th | -82 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2984th | 0.87453rd | +49 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.137136th | 0.06648th | -88 |
| pass: success rate | 0.290136th | 0.39371st | -65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67737th | 1.50260th | +23 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.299138th | 0.44061st | -77 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32663rd | 0.28374th | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 1.613138th | 2.64852nd | -86 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.315138th | 0.21291st | -47 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300137th | 0.61129th | -108 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.913124th | 2.72030th | -94 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.243138th | 0.16979th | -59 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.205138th | 0.08345th | -93 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03825th | 0.086124th | +99 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10061st | — | — |
CONN with the ball
| CONN offence vs ODU defence | CONN offence | ODU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23150th | -0.01744th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.43579th | 0.33921st | -58 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42113th | 1.24279th | +66 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20738th | -0.10625th | -13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46063rd | 0.31818th | -45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02148th | 0.96385th | +37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36841st | 0.10261st | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42680th | 0.36133rd | -47 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.9636th | 1.57881st | +75 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48083rd | 0.36813th | -70 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34152nd | 0.28678th | +26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23951st | 2.38924th | -27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16871st | 0.223104th | +33 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667107th | 0.61930th | -77 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.62530th | 3.33366th | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12745th | 0.16476th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08873rd | 0.128116th | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03828th | 0.03711th | -17 |
| 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.