The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 12.9% ~4.3 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 UTEP defence | NEV offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | 0.252130th | +34 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.472131st | +32 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.20963rd | +19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | 0.136112th | +77 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.439104th | +73 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 0.92271st | +48 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | 0.512137th | +9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.528138th | +5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.57178th | +43 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.508116th | +21 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.369129th | +53 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 2.96991st | +39 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.223105th | +5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.66752nd | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 4.500128th | +66 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.12617th | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.09459th | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.0314th | -70 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs NEV defence | UTEP offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | 0.149100th | -38 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.42190th | -34 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.12031st | -96 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | 0.125108th | -28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.438103rd | -25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 0.87452nd | -43 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | 0.271102nd | -29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.42293rd | -4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.53564th | -54 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.47489th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.30591st | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 3.272120th | -13 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.14622nd | -109 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.62533rd | -102 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 3.24061st | -75 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.1127th | -130 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.0636th | -131 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.04939th | -9 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
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.