The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces SJSU | 5.1% 11768th | 6.1% ~2.0 sacks |
| SJSU pass rush | 2.7% 111114th | 7.5% 21294th | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 4.7% ~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.
SJSU with the ball
| SJSU offence vs AF defence | SJSU offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082100th | 0.00453rd | -47 |
| success rate | 0.396111th | 0.34727th | -84 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22469th | 1.430130th | +61 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.014118th | 0.125107th | -11 |
| rush: success rate | 0.364124th | 0.39865th | -59 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96471st | 1.118122nd | +51 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.24071st | -0.06415th | -56 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42978th | 0.31214th | -64 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447102nd | 1.867131st | +29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46298th | 0.41137th | -61 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.273103rd | 0.23029th | -74 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18261st | 2.86671st | +10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18691st | 0.21695th | +4 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571124th | 0.66744th | -80 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.360104th | 4.000111th | +7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15282nd | 0.15049th | -33 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08565th | 0.07528th | -37 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067104th | 0.075101st | -3 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30045th | — | — |
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs SJSU defence | AF offence | SJSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | 0.06675th | +53 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.436104th | +72 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.07019th | -110 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | 0.10696th | +88 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.476126th | +106 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.87654th | -16 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | 0.13171st | +12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.41889th | +3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.2788th | -1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.510120th | +96 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.27057th | -38 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 2.93186th | +80 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.16937th | +36 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.833115th | +82 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 3.43374th | +27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.13634th | +31 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.07018th | +16 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.06688th | +45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30026th | — | — |
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.