The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| UK pass rush | 5.0% 11971st | 6.4% 218118th | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 4.6% ~1.5 sacks |
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces UK | 8.6% 81119th | 7.3% ~2.4 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.
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs UK defence | USA offence | UK defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | 0.01657th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.41788th | -3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.19055th | +17 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | 0.141113th | +66 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.43293rd | +3 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 1.077114th | +85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | -0.03720th | -57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.41887th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.28711th | -39 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.44869th | -42 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.348121st | +76 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 2.80665th | +3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.16835th | +19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.77899th | +55 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 3.57782nd | +34 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.183100th | +23 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.08343rd | -29 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.100134th | +54 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
UK with the ball
| UK offence vs USA defence | UK offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23647th | 0.279132nd | +85 |
| success rate | 0.51612th | 0.486134th | +122 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20384th | 1.460133rd | +49 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.20937th | 0.349138th | +101 |
| rush: success rate | 0.5487th | 0.505134th | +127 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.94875th | 1.380137th | +62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.26766th | 0.21089th | +23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.46353rd | 0.462113th | +60 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.58460th | 1.56576th | +16 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.57112th | 0.532131st | +119 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32166th | 0.367127th | +61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.46025th | 3.230118th | +93 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15656th | 0.17442nd | -14 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.76557th | 0.60025th | -32 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.87520th | 4.077116th | +96 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13561st | 0.17993rd | +32 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09177th | 0.11599th | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04447th | 0.06481st | +34 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.10096th | — | — |
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.