The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNM pass rush | 5.8% 8651st | 13.3% 17310th | faces UNLV | 7.9% 127107th | 6.8% ~2.3 sacks |
| UNLV pass rush | 8.3% 13223rd | 8.9% 25865th | faces UNM | 14.1% 71134th | 11.2% ~3.7 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.
UNLV with the ball
| UNLV offence vs UNM defence | UNLV offence | UNM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.053107th | -0.1467th | -100 |
| success rate | 0.384118th | 0.32113th | -105 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21973rd | 1.374116th | +43 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.06189th | -0.14518th | -71 |
| rush: success rate | 0.397106th | 0.30713th | -93 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.90883rd | 0.92674th | -9 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13597th | 0.08658th | -39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.389102nd | 0.35128th | -74 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.61053rd | 1.828126th | +73 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456104th | 0.36812th | -92 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.227127th | 0.24736th | -91 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.21956th | 1.9173rd | -53 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13025th | 0.246119th | +94 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667108th | 0.5008th | -100 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.955123rd | 2.58321st | -102 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15791st | 0.249137th | +46 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09689th | 0.169133rd | +44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06083rd | 0.080116th | +33 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60040th | — | — |
UNM with the ball
| UNM offence vs UNLV defence | UNM offence | UNLV defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16367th | 0.07676th | +9 |
| success rate | 0.41796th | 0.40476th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23566th | 1.15443rd | -23 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26419th | 0.124106th | +87 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46259th | 0.477127th | +68 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12618th | 0.74723rd | +5 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.021129th | 0.11866th | -63 |
| pass: success rate | 0.337129th | 0.35129th | -100 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54271st | 1.696110th | +39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47390th | 0.46684th | -6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28794th | 0.28679th | -15 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28544th | 3.606138th | +94 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14038th | 0.13313th | -25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8898th | 0.833117th | +109 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.27352nd | 3.47877th | +25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11734th | 0.16170th | +36 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08769th | 0.07120th | -49 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03014th | 0.090128th | +114 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 59.600138th | — | — |
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.