The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| RICE pass rush | 1.1% 88136th | 7.8% 19391st | faces UTSA | 2.0% 9811th | 1.6% ~0.5 sacks |
| UTSA pass rush | 1.8% 111128th | 5.9% 236126th | faces RICE | 6.0% 5088th | 3.9% ~1.3 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.
UTSA with the ball
| UTSA offence vs RICE defence | UTSA offence | RICE defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.26835th | 0.13798th | +63 |
| success rate | 0.47445th | 0.42997th | +52 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.111124th | 1.28992nd | -32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.24825th | 0.152117th | +92 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5419th | 0.42688th | +79 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.834106th | 1.141126th | +20 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29457th | 0.15074th | +17 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41787th | 0.442105th | +18 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.45997th | 1.49759th | -38 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.56514th | 0.489101st | +87 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.263109th | 0.31097th | -12 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.07575th | 2.76661st | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17279th | 0.18452nd | -27 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.85016th | 0.64740th | +24 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.54291st | 4.280122nd | +31 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13766th | 0.14644th | -22 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07135th | 0.10786th | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067105th | 0.03814th | -91 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.400104th | — | — |
RICE with the ball
| RICE offence vs UTSA defence | RICE offence | UTSA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.069102nd | 0.07777th | -25 |
| success rate | 0.44761st | 0.432101st | +40 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.118121st | 1.13536th | -85 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.12770th | 0.187124th | +54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48933rd | 0.460114th | +81 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.98662nd | 0.91770th | +8 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.059133rd | 0.08457th | -76 |
| pass: success rate | 0.333130th | 0.42394th | -36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64847th | 1.38026th | -21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52741st | 0.47388th | +47 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.239120th | 0.340114th | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.35333rd | 3.280123rd | +90 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13228th | 0.12410th | -18 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80039th | 0.65043rd | +4 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.83374th | 3.71493rd | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13764th | 0.12821st | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.110111th | 0.06712th | -99 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0279th | 0.06167th | +58 |
| 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.