The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces HAW | 5.1% 19469th | 4.5% ~1.5 sacks |
| HAW pass rush | 3.5% 11596th | 6.3% 255120th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 7.1% ~2.3 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.
HAW with the ball
| HAW offence vs NIU defence | HAW offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.042112th | 0.159109th | -3 |
| success rate | 0.384117th | 0.444111th | -6 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125116th | 1.323106th | -10 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008116th | 0.11098th | -18 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43385th | 0.41176th | -9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86994th | 1.076113th | +19 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.117105th | 0.26099th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.373114th | 0.492128th | +14 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274131st | 1.48955th | -76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439120th | 0.47892nd | -28 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29189th | 0.372130th | +41 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13865th | 2.90277th | +12 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17580th | 0.20279th | -1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80038th | 0.57919th | -19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.190113th | 3.73196th | -17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168104th | 0.12719th | -85 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.108110th | 0.08647th | -63 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06187th | 0.04119th | -68 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70023rd | — | — |
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs HAW defence | NIU offence | HAW defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.213124th | -13 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.466126th | -1 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.22770th | -20 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.250131st | -3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.490131st | +14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 1.031102nd | +9 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.13070th | -52 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.435103rd | -15 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.44747th | -61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.526128th | +14 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.30695th | -36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 3.437134th | +4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.1103rd | -110 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.75083rd | +25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 3.77398th | -39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.13430th | -88 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.07529th | -103 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.06065th | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
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.