The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NIU pass rush | 3.9% 10292nd | 9.6% 19848th | faces UTEP | 21.1% 71137th | 12.5% ~4.1 sacks |
| UTEP pass rush | 1.2% 83133rd | 6.0% 183124th | faces NIU | 10.7% 122133rd | 5.9% ~2.0 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 NIU defence | UTEP offence | NIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.179138th | 0.159109th | -29 |
| success rate | 0.367124th | 0.444111th | -13 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.092127th | 1.323106th | -21 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.197136th | 0.11098th | -38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357128th | 0.41176th | -52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.86795th | 1.076113th | +18 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.037131st | 0.26099th | -32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40297th | 0.492128th | +31 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.371118th | 1.48955th | -63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442115th | 0.47892nd | -23 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.200135th | 0.372130th | -5 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.516133rd | 2.90277th | -56 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.240131st | 0.20279th | -52 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500135th | 0.57919th | -116 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.700136th | 3.73196th | -40 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.217137th | 0.12719th | -118 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.173137th | 0.08647th | -90 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04448th | 0.04119th | -29 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 68.800100th | — | — |
NIU with the ball
| NIU offence vs UTEP defence | NIU offence | UTEP defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.121137th | 0.252130th | -7 |
| success rate | 0.362127th | 0.472131st | +4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19090th | 1.20963rd | -27 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.112134th | 0.136112th | -22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.381117th | 0.439104th | -13 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87793rd | 0.92271st | -22 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.007122nd | 0.512137th | +15 |
| pass: success rate | 0.366118th | 0.528138th | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.414108th | 1.57178th | -30 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.442114th | 0.508116th | +2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.215131st | 0.369129th | -2 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.560130th | 2.96991st | -39 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.210113th | 0.223105th | -8 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76558th | 0.66752nd | -6 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 1.545137th | 4.500128th | -9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.177118th | 0.12617th | -101 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.132132nd | 0.09459th | -73 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04551st | 0.0314th | -47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.30043rd | — | — |
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.