The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ECU pass rush | 3.7% 8193rd | 12.0% 20919th | faces USF | 7.9% 63108th | 5.8% ~1.9 sacks |
| USF pass rush | 5.4% 9361st | 11.7% 19620th | faces ECU | 7.3% 8299th | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
USF with the ball
| USF offence vs ECU defence | USF offence | ECU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23449th | -0.01842nd | -7 |
| success rate | 0.51514th | 0.35435th | +21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.149108th | 1.313101st | -7 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.25821st | 0.02467th | +46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.52313th | 0.37047th | +34 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08824th | 1.183131st | +107 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25669th | -0.00231st | -38 |
| pass: success rate | 0.51025th | 0.34525th | 0 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.271133rd | 1.54065th | -68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.5778th | 0.37114th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.37132nd | 0.327109th | +77 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.08772nd | 2.25211th | -61 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200102nd | 0.291134th | +32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.83323rd | 0.58320th | -3 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 5.13610th | 2.84637th | +27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13358th | 0.194113th | +55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09995th | 0.160131st | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03418th | 0.0359th | -9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 67.400115th | — | — |
ECU with the ball
| ECU offence vs USF defence | ECU offence | USF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.056106th | -0.02040th | -66 |
| success rate | 0.401105th | 0.40882nd | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.166100th | 0.9553rd | -97 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.067124th | -0.19811th | -113 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368121st | 0.39764th | -57 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.836105th | 0.4986th | -99 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.21076th | 0.18684th | +8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42482nd | 0.433101st | +19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.49785th | 1.44546th | -39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49171st | 0.494104th | +33 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200134th | 0.23332nd | -102 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.431136th | 2.43426th | -110 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19798th | 0.272132nd | +34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.72781st | 0.60026th | -55 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.238110th | 3.12555th | -55 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.182124th | 0.183102nd | -22 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.116120th | 0.141125th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.066100th | 0.04223rd | -77 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.40025th | — | — |
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.