The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UNM pass rush | 5.8% 8651st | 13.3% 17310th | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 6.2% ~2.1 sacks |
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces UNM | 14.1% 71134th | 10.6% ~3.5 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.
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs UNM defence | AF offence | UNM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | -0.1467th | -15 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.32113th | -19 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.374116th | -13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | -0.14518th | +10 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.30713th | -7 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.92674th | +4 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | 0.08658th | -1 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.35128th | -58 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.828126th | +117 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.36812th | -12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.24736th | -59 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 1.9173rd | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.246119th | +118 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.5008th | -25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 2.58321st | -26 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.249137th | +134 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.169133rd | +131 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.080116th | +73 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30026th | — | — |
UNM with the ball
| UNM offence vs AF defence | UNM offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.16367th | 0.00453rd | -14 |
| success rate | 0.41796th | 0.34727th | -69 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23566th | 1.430130th | +64 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26419th | 0.125107th | +88 |
| rush: success rate | 0.46259th | 0.39865th | +6 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12618th | 1.118122nd | +104 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.021129th | -0.06415th | -114 |
| pass: success rate | 0.337129th | 0.31214th | -115 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.54271st | 1.867131st | +60 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47390th | 0.41137th | -53 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28794th | 0.23029th | -65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.28544th | 2.86671st | +27 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14038th | 0.21695th | +57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8898th | 0.66744th | +36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.27352nd | 4.000111th | +59 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11734th | 0.15049th | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08769th | 0.07528th | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03014th | 0.075101st | +87 |
| 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.