The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| WYO pass rush | 2.3% 87121st | 7.1% 198105th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 6.5% ~2.1 sacks |
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces WYO | 5.3% 7672nd | 4.6% ~1.5 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.
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs WYO defence | NIU offence | WYO defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.12395th | -42 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.443109th | -18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.09123rd | -67 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.133110th | -24 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.462115th | -2 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 0.85041st | -52 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.19885th | -37 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.42595th | -23 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.44748th | -60 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.503114th | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.28880th | -51 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 3.263119th | -11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.14521st | -92 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.923134th | +76 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 2.95745th | -92 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.13026th | -92 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.07633rd | -99 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.05346th | -5 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
WYO with the ball
| WYO offence vs NIU defence | WYO offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15671st | 0.159109th | +38 |
| success rate | 0.46152nd | 0.444111th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.088128th | 1.323106th | -22 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14861st | 0.11098th | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46555th | 0.41176th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.795116th | 1.076113th | -3 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.16191st | 0.26099th | +8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44070th | 0.492128th | +58 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.330124th | 1.48955th | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50358th | 0.47892nd | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36538th | 0.372130th | +92 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.55615th | 2.90277th | +62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14039th | 0.20279th | +40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 1.0002nd | 0.57919th | +17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.958122nd | 3.73196th | -26 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15486th | 0.12719th | -67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09179th | 0.08647th | -32 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06291st | 0.04119th | -72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.10078th | — | — |
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.