The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 6.2% ~2.0 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.
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs NEV defence | AF offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | 0.149100th | +78 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.42190th | +58 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.12031st | -98 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | 0.125108th | +100 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.438103rd | +83 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.87452nd | -18 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | 0.271102nd | +43 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.42293rd | +7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.53564th | +55 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.47489th | +65 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.30591st | -4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 3.272120th | +114 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.14622nd | +21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.62533rd | 0 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 3.24061st | +14 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.1127th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.0636th | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.04939th | -4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30026th | — | — |
NEV with the ball
| NEV offence vs AF defence | NEV offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | 0.00453rd | -43 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.34727th | -72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.430130th | +86 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | 0.125107th | +72 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.39865th | +34 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 1.118122nd | +99 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | -0.06415th | -113 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.31214th | -119 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.867131st | +96 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.41137th | -58 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.23029th | -47 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 2.86671st | +19 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.21695th | -5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.66744th | -68 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 4.000111th | +49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.15049th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.07528th | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.075101st | +27 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
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.