The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| FIU pass rush | 4.9% 10275th | 10.0% 19042nd | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.9% ~1.3 sacks |
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces FIU | 1.5% 1337th | 1.5% ~0.5 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.
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs FIU defence | BUF offence | FIU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | -0.00447th | -75 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.33720th | -116 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.15945th | -27 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | -0.05837th | -83 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.30311th | -122 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.89663rd | -19 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.04845th | -69 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.36336th | -96 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.36122nd | -61 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.40333rd | -101 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.23231st | -88 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 2.23110th | -109 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.218100th | +5 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.66746th | +12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 2.76232nd | -21 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.17785th | -12 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.120108th | +10 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.05655th | -35 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
FIU with the ball
| FIU offence vs BUF defence | FIU offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.009119th | 0.11691st | -28 |
| success rate | 0.391114th | 0.36644th | -70 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20779th | 1.445131st | +52 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.079128th | 0.01764th | -64 |
| rush: success rate | 0.346132nd | 0.38556th | -76 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.600135th | 0.92673rd | -62 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.123104th | 0.25197th | -7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44467th | 0.36743rd | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59459th | 1.955135th | +76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.441116th | 0.42954th | -62 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30280th | 0.25747th | -33 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826106th | 3.039100th | -6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18086th | 0.19265th | -21 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.78945th | 0.62532nd | -13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.500130th | 3.53681st | -49 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15383rd | 0.15253rd | -30 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07545th | 0.07631st | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.078122nd | 0.076106th | -16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.30054th | — | — |
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.