The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces JXST | 3.9% 10445th | 4.4% ~1.4 sacks |
| JXST pass rush | 7.1% 11235th | 9.6% 26047th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 5.0% ~1.6 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.
JXST with the ball
| JXST offence vs NDSU defence | JXST offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.20458th | -0.1565th | -53 |
| success rate | 0.48138th | 0.39268th | +30 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19289th | 1.0249th | -80 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.10774th | -0.2317th | -67 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47346th | 0.39867th | +21 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.93580th | 0.70514th | -66 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.38335th | -0.03023rd | -12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.50727th | 0.39067th | +40 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50084th | 1.43840th | -44 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52443rd | 0.488100th | +57 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.34748th | 0.1844th | -44 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.12270th | 2.64651st | -19 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.17683rd | 0.18048th | -35 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81530th | 0.71468th | +38 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.286107th | 1.7224th | -103 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13250th | 0.183101st | +51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08459th | 0.10477th | +18 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04857th | 0.079112th | +55 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.3005th | — | — |
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs JXST defence | NDSU offence | JXST defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.03970th | 0 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.42393rd | -14 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.04615th | 0 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.08792nd | -7 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.43395th | -36 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 0.87148th | +23 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | 0.04342nd | +4 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.40875th | +37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.34018th | -2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.494103rd | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.23634th | -67 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 2.91584th | -23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.17139th | -55 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.840118th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 3.50079th | +19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.15557th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.10071st | +43 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.05553rd | -1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
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.