The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNM pass rush | 5.8% 8651st | 13.3% 17310th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 4.3% ~1.4 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces UNM | 14.1% 71134th | 9.5% ~3.1 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 UNM defence | NDSU offence | UNM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | -0.1467th | -63 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.32113th | -94 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.374116th | +101 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | -0.14518th | -81 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.30713th | -118 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.92674th | +49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.08658th | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.35128th | -10 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.828126th | +106 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.36812th | -91 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.24736th | -65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 1.9173rd | -104 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.246119th | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.5008th | -89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 2.58321st | -39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.249137th | +105 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.169133rd | +105 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.080116th | +62 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
UNM with the ball
| UNM offence vs NDSU defence | UNM offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16367th | -0.1565th | -62 |
| success rate | 0.41796th | 0.39268th | -28 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23566th | 1.0249th | -57 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26419th | -0.2317th | -12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46259th | 0.39867th | +8 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12618th | 0.70514th | -4 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.021129th | -0.03023rd | -106 |
| pass: success rate | 0.337129th | 0.39067th | -62 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54271st | 1.43840th | -31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47390th | 0.488100th | +10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28794th | 0.1844th | -90 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28544th | 2.64651st | +7 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14038th | 0.18048th | +10 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8898th | 0.71468th | +60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.27352nd | 1.7224th | -48 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11734th | 0.183101st | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08769th | 0.10477th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03014th | 0.079112th | +98 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 59.600138th | — | — |
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.