The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TULN pass rush | 4.1% 12289th | 7.3% 275100th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces TULN | 8.6% 116118th | 7.5% ~2.5 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.
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs TULN defence | USM offence | TULN defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | 0.171115th | +12 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.39672nd | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.30697th | -20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | 0.112101st | +61 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.37048th | -2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.074112th | +3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.300110th | -15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.443107th | +14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.54669th | -34 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.44162nd | -6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.317104th | -1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 3.086106th | +93 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.16233rd | +31 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.76997th | +79 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 3.30865th | +6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.1106th | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.06711th | -21 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.04224th | -110 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
TULN with the ball
| TULN offence vs USM defence | TULN offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10392nd | 0.12394th | +2 |
| success rate | 0.343131st | 0.40681st | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.5133rd | 1.27390th | +87 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16151st | 0.189125th | +74 |
| rush: success rate | 0.379118th | 0.453109th | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.3461st | 1.039104th | +103 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.020120th | 0.20988th | -32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.304134th | 0.36337th | -97 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.70334th | 1.731117th | +83 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.408128th | 0.42550th | -78 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.237122nd | 0.363125th | +3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.573129th | 3.197114th | -15 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.218120th | 0.18050th | -70 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75072nd | 0.70665th | -7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.474132nd | 2.96046th | -86 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.200133rd | 0.13129th | -104 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.135133rd | 0.08749th | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06598th | 0.04429th | -69 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.1006th | — | — |
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.