The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces NEV | 5.3% 7574th | 4.6% ~1.5 sacks |
| NEV pass rush | 4.7% 8578th | 5.2% 230133rd | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 7.7% ~2.5 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.
NEV with the ball
| NEV offence vs NIU defence | NEV offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09396th | 0.159109th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.41499th | 0.444111th | +12 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.29544th | 1.323106th | +62 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.21835th | 0.11098th | +63 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49331st | 0.41176th | +45 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08923rd | 1.076113th | +90 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.015128th | 0.26099th | -29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324133rd | 0.492128th | -5 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.69135th | 1.48955th | +20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46695th | 0.47892nd | -3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30576th | 0.372130th | +54 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23652nd | 2.90277th | +25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.197100th | 0.20279th | -21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.640112th | 0.57919th | -93 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.04562nd | 3.73196th | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.12947th | 0.12719th | -28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07442nd | 0.08647th | +5 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05574th | 0.04119th | -55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30028th | — | — |
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs NEV defence | NIU offence | NEV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.149100th | -37 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.42190th | -37 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.12031st | -59 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.125108th | -26 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.438103rd | -14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 0.87452nd | -41 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.271102nd | -20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.42293rd | -25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.53564th | -44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.47489th | -25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.30591st | -40 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 3.272120th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.14622nd | -91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.62533rd | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 3.24061st | -76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.1127th | -111 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.0636th | -126 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.04939th | -12 |
| 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.