The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SJSU pass rush | 2.7% 111114th | 7.5% 21294th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces SJSU | 5.1% 11768th | 4.5% ~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 SJSU defence | NIU offence | SJSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.06675th | -62 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.436104th | -23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.07019th | -71 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.10696th | -38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.476126th | +9 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 0.87654th | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.13171st | -51 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.41889th | -29 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.2788th | -100 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.510120th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.27057th | -74 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 2.93186th | -44 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.16937th | -76 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.833115th | +57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 3.43374th | -63 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.13634th | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.07018th | -114 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.06688th | +37 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
SJSU with the ball
| SJSU offence vs NIU defence | SJSU offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082100th | 0.159109th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.396111th | 0.444111th | 0 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22469th | 1.323106th | +37 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.014118th | 0.11098th | -20 |
| rush: success rate | 0.364124th | 0.41176th | -48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96471st | 1.076113th | +42 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.24071st | 0.26099th | +28 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42978th | 0.492128th | +50 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447102nd | 1.48955th | -47 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46298th | 0.47892nd | -6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.273103rd | 0.372130th | +27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18261st | 2.90277th | +16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18691st | 0.20279th | -12 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571124th | 0.57919th | -105 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.360104th | 3.73196th | -8 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15282nd | 0.12719th | -63 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08565th | 0.08647th | -18 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067104th | 0.04119th | -85 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30045th | — | — |
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.