The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| GAST pass rush | 6.0% 10048th | 9.2% 18457th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 8.3% ~2.7 sacks |
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces GAST | 2.1% 9513th | 3.0% ~1.0 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.
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs GAST defence | NIU offence | GAST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.02466th | -71 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.38059th | -68 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.29494th | +4 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.174121st | -13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.40974th | -43 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 1.187132nd | +39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | -0.05718th | -104 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.36540th | -78 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.38328th | -80 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.44970th | -44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.25646th | -85 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 3.091107th | -23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.20987th | -26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 1.000138th | +80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 3.22759th | -78 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.17888th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.116101st | -31 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.06269th | +18 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
GAST with the ball
| GAST offence vs NIU defence | GAST offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.25139th | 0.159109th | +70 |
| success rate | 0.47939th | 0.444111th | +72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29643rd | 1.323106th | +63 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.18443rd | 0.11098th | +55 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44477th | 0.41176th | -1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.01950th | 1.076113th | +63 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38933rd | 0.26099th | +66 |
| pass: success rate | 0.52021st | 0.492128th | +107 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.56067th | 1.48955th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49172nd | 0.47892nd | +20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4446th | 0.372130th | +124 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.30140th | 2.90277th | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17682nd | 0.20279th | -3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632114th | 0.57919th | -95 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.34544th | 3.73196th | +52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10518th | 0.12719th | +1 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05213th | 0.08647th | +34 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05264th | 0.04119th | -45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.70086th | — | — |
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.