The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNLV pass rush | 8.3% 13223rd | 8.9% 25865th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 9.5% ~3.1 sacks |
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces UNLV | 7.9% 127107th | 5.9% ~1.9 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 UNLV defence | NIU offence | UNLV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.07676th | -61 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.40476th | -51 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.15443rd | -47 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.124106th | -28 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.477127th | +10 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 0.74723rd | -70 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.11866th | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.35129th | -89 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.696110th | +2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.46684th | -30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.28679th | -52 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 3.606138th | +8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.13313th | -100 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.833117th | +59 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 3.47877th | -60 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.16170th | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.07120th | -112 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.090128th | +77 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
UNLV with the ball
| UNLV offence vs NIU defence | UNLV offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.053107th | 0.159109th | +2 |
| success rate | 0.384118th | 0.444111th | -7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21973rd | 1.323106th | +33 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.06189th | 0.11098th | +9 |
| rush: success rate | 0.397106th | 0.41176th | -30 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90883rd | 1.076113th | +30 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13597th | 0.26099th | +2 |
| pass: success rate | 0.389102nd | 0.492128th | +26 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.61053rd | 1.48955th | +2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456104th | 0.47892nd | -12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.227127th | 0.372130th | +3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21956th | 2.90277th | +21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13025th | 0.20279th | +54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667108th | 0.57919th | -89 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.955123rd | 3.73196th | -27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15791st | 0.12719th | -72 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09689th | 0.08647th | -42 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06083rd | 0.04119th | -64 |
| 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.