The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNM pass rush | 5.8% 8651st | 13.3% 17310th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 13.5% ~4.4 sacks |
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces UNM | 14.1% 71134th | 7.6% ~2.5 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.
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs UNM defence | UTEP offence | UNM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | -0.1467th | -131 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.32113th | -111 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.374116th | -11 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | -0.14518th | -118 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.30713th | -115 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 0.92674th | -21 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | 0.08658th | -73 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.35128th | -69 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.828126th | +8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.36812th | -103 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.24736th | -99 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 1.9173rd | -130 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.246119th | -12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.5008th | -127 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 2.58321st | -115 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.249137th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.169133rd | -4 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.080116th | +68 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
UNM with the ball
| UNM offence vs UTEP defence | UNM offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16367th | 0.252130th | +63 |
| success rate | 0.41796th | 0.472131st | +35 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23566th | 1.20963rd | -3 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26419th | 0.136112th | +93 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46259th | 0.439104th | +45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12618th | 0.92271st | +53 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.021129th | 0.512137th | +8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.337129th | 0.528138th | +9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54271st | 1.57178th | +7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47390th | 0.508116th | +26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28794th | 0.369129th | +35 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28544th | 2.96991st | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14038th | 0.223105th | +67 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8898th | 0.66752nd | +44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.27352nd | 4.500128th | +76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11734th | 0.12617th | -17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08769th | 0.09459th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03014th | 0.0314th | -10 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 59.600138th | — | — |
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.