The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RICE pass rush | 1.1% 88136th | 7.8% 19391st | faces WMU | 5.4% 7475th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| WMU pass rush | 3.0% 66105th | 5.8% 174128th | faces RICE | 6.0% 5088th | 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.
WMU with the ball
| WMU offence vs RICE defence | WMU offence | RICE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09397th | 0.13798th | +1 |
| success rate | 0.400108th | 0.42997th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.16799th | 1.28992nd | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14763rd | 0.152117th | +54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41397th | 0.42688th | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97964th | 1.141126th | +62 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.006126th | 0.15074th | -52 |
| pass: success rate | 0.380111th | 0.442105th | -6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.426106th | 1.49759th | -47 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.450108th | 0.489101st | -7 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30675th | 0.31097th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.870101st | 2.76661st | -40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16767th | 0.18452nd | -15 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73778th | 0.64740th | -38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36442nd | 4.280122nd | +80 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13149th | 0.14644th | -5 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09486th | 0.10786th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03723rd | 0.03814th | -9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.60092nd | — | — |
RICE with the ball
| RICE offence vs WMU defence | RICE offence | WMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.069102nd | 0.09986th | -16 |
| success rate | 0.44761st | 0.465125th | +64 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118121st | 1.02510th | -111 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12770th | 0.02266th | -4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48933rd | 0.450108th | +75 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98662nd | 0.72018th | -44 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.059133rd | 0.17381st | -52 |
| pass: success rate | 0.333130th | 0.464115th | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64847th | 1.44042nd | -5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52741st | 0.47791st | +50 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.239120th | 0.432137th | +17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.35333rd | 3.051103rd | +70 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13228th | 0.17241st | +13 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80039th | 0.72070th | +31 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.83374th | 3.65089th | +15 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13764th | 0.1084th | -60 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.110111th | 0.0563rd | -108 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0279th | 0.05245th | +36 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 76.4002nd | — | — |
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.