The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SJSU pass rush | 2.7% 111114th | 7.5% 21294th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 2.7% ~0.9 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces SJSU | 5.1% 11768th | 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 SJSU defence | NDSU offence | SJSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.06675th | +5 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.436104th | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.07019th | +4 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.10696th | -3 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.476126th | -5 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.87654th | +29 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.13171st | +33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.41889th | +51 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.2788th | -12 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.510120th | +17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.27057th | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 2.93186th | -21 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.16937th | -57 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.833115th | +18 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.43374th | +14 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.13634th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.07018th | -10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.06688th | +34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
SJSU with the ball
| SJSU offence vs NDSU defence | SJSU offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.082100th | -0.1565th | -95 |
| success rate | 0.396111th | 0.39268th | -43 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22469th | 1.0249th | -60 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.014118th | -0.2317th | -111 |
| rush: success rate | 0.364124th | 0.39867th | -57 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96471st | 0.70514th | -57 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.24071st | -0.03023rd | -48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42978th | 0.39067th | -11 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.447102nd | 1.43840th | -62 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.46298th | 0.488100th | +2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.273103rd | 0.1844th | -99 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18261st | 2.64651st | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18691st | 0.18048th | -43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571124th | 0.71468th | -56 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.360104th | 1.7224th | -100 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15282nd | 0.183101st | +19 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08565th | 0.10477th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067104th | 0.079112th | +8 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30045th | — | — |
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.