The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNLV pass rush | 8.3% 13223rd | 8.9% 25865th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 5.6% ~1.8 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces UNLV | 7.9% 127107th | 6.4% ~2.1 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.
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs UNLV defence | NDSU offence | UNLV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.07676th | +6 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.40476th | -31 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.15443rd | +28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.124106th | +7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.477127th | -4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.74723rd | -2 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.11866th | +28 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.35129th | -9 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.696110th | +90 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.46684th | -19 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.28679th | -22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 3.606138th | +31 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.13313th | -81 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.833117th | +20 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.47877th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.16170th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.07120th | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.090128th | +74 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
UNLV with the ball
| UNLV offence vs NDSU defence | UNLV offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.053107th | -0.1565th | -102 |
| success rate | 0.384118th | 0.39268th | -50 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21973rd | 1.0249th | -64 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.06189th | -0.2317th | -82 |
| rush: success rate | 0.397106th | 0.39867th | -39 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90883rd | 0.70514th | -69 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13597th | -0.03023rd | -74 |
| pass: success rate | 0.389102nd | 0.39067th | -35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.61053rd | 1.43840th | -13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456104th | 0.488100th | -4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.227127th | 0.1844th | -123 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21956th | 2.64651st | -5 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13025th | 0.18048th | +23 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667108th | 0.71468th | -40 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.955123rd | 1.7224th | -119 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15791st | 0.183101st | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09689th | 0.10477th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06083rd | 0.079112th | +29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60040th | — | — |
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.