The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| HAW pass rush | 3.5% 11596th | 6.3% 255120th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 3.1% ~1.0 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces HAW | 5.1% 19469th | 5.0% ~1.7 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 HAW defence | NDSU offence | HAW defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.213124th | +54 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.466126th | +19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.22770th | +55 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.250131st | +32 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.490131st | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 1.031102nd | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.13070th | +32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.435103rd | +65 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.44747th | +27 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.526128th | +25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.30695th | -6 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 3.437134th | +27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.1103rd | -91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.75083rd | -14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.77398th | +38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.13430th | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.07529th | +1 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.06065th | +11 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
HAW with the ball
| HAW offence vs NDSU defence | HAW offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.042112th | -0.1565th | -107 |
| success rate | 0.384117th | 0.39268th | -49 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125116th | 1.0249th | -107 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.008116th | -0.2317th | -109 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43385th | 0.39867th | -18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86994th | 0.70514th | -80 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.117105th | -0.03023rd | -82 |
| pass: success rate | 0.373114th | 0.39067th | -47 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.274131st | 1.43840th | -91 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.439120th | 0.488100th | -20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.29189th | 0.1844th | -85 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.13865th | 2.64651st | -14 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17580th | 0.18048th | -32 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80038th | 0.71468th | +30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.190113th | 1.7224th | -109 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.168104th | 0.183101st | -3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.108110th | 0.10477th | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06187th | 0.079112th | +25 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.70023rd | — | — |
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.