The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 14.1% ~4.6 sacks |
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 3.9% ~1.3 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.
UTEP with the ball
| UTEP offence vs AF defence | UTEP offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | 0.00453rd | -85 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.34727th | -97 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.430130th | +3 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | 0.125107th | -29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.39865th | -63 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 1.118122nd | +27 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | -0.06415th | -116 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.31214th | -83 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.867131st | +13 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.41137th | -78 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.23029th | -106 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 2.86671st | -62 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.21695th | -36 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.66744th | -91 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 4.000111th | -25 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.15049th | -88 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.07528th | -109 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.075101st | +53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs UTEP defence | AF offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | 0.252130th | +108 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.472131st | +99 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.20963rd | -66 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | 0.136112th | +104 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.439104th | +84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.92271st | +1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | 0.512137th | +78 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.528138th | +52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.57178th | +69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.508116th | +92 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.369129th | +34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 2.96991st | +85 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.223105th | +104 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.66752nd | +19 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 4.500128th | +81 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.12617th | +14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.09459th | +57 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.0314th | -39 |
| 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.