The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 4.7% ~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.
NEV with the ball
| NEV offence vs MTSU defence | NEV offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | 0.10187th | -9 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.452119th | +20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.12030th | -14 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | 0.05078th | +43 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.463118th | +87 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 1.00894th | +71 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | 0.18683rd | -45 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.454109th | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.30013th | -22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.511121st | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.27967th | -9 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 3.093108th | +56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.17643rd | -57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.72473rd | -39 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 2.66727th | -35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.11710th | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.07119th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.04632nd | -42 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs NEV defence | MTSU offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | 0.149100th | +39 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.42190th | +4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.12031st | -67 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | 0.125108th | +58 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.438103rd | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 0.87452nd | -37 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | 0.271102nd | +30 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.42293rd | +5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.53564th | -40 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.47489th | +24 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.30591st | -8 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 3.272120th | +99 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.14622nd | -9 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.62533rd | -46 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 3.24061st | +5 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.1127th | -20 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.0636th | -9 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.04939th | -50 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70035th | — | — |
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.