The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 3.7% ~1.2 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 NDSU defence | NEV offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | -0.1565th | -91 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.39268th | -31 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.0249th | -35 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | -0.2317th | -28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.39867th | +36 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 0.70514th | -9 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | -0.03023rd | -105 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.39067th | -66 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.43840th | +5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.488100th | +5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.1844th | -72 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 2.64651st | -1 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.18048th | -52 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.71468th | -44 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 1.7224th | -58 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.183101st | +54 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.10477th | +35 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.079112th | +38 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs NEV defence | NDSU offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.149100th | +30 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.42190th | -17 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.12031st | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.125108th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.438103rd | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.87452nd | +27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.271102nd | +64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.42293rd | +55 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.53564th | +44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.47489th | -14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.30591st | -10 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 3.272120th | +13 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.14622nd | -72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.62533rd | -64 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.24061st | +1 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.1127th | -25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.0636th | -22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.04939th | -15 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
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.