The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces WMU | 5.4% 7475th | 3.5% ~1.1 sacks |
| WMU pass rush | 3.0% 66105th | 5.8% 174128th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.0% ~1.0 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.
WMU with the ball
| WMU offence vs BUF defence | WMU offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.09397th | 0.11691st | -6 |
| success rate | 0.400108th | 0.36644th | -64 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.16799th | 1.445131st | +32 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14763rd | 0.01764th | +1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.41397th | 0.38556th | -41 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97964th | 0.92673rd | +9 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.006126th | 0.25197th | -29 |
| pass: success rate | 0.380111th | 0.36743rd | -68 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.426106th | 1.955135th | +29 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.450108th | 0.42954th | -54 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30675th | 0.25747th | -28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.870101st | 3.039100th | -1 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16767th | 0.19265th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73778th | 0.62532nd | -46 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.36442nd | 3.53681st | +39 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.13149th | 0.15253rd | +4 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09486th | 0.07631st | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03723rd | 0.076106th | +83 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.60092nd | — | — |
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs WMU defence | BUF offence | WMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | 0.09986th | -36 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.465125th | -11 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.02510th | -62 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.02266th | -54 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.450108th | -25 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.72018th | -64 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.17381st | -33 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.464115th | -17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.44042nd | -41 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.47791st | -43 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.432137th | +18 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 3.051103rd | -16 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.17241st | -54 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.72070th | +36 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 3.65089th | +36 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.1084th | -93 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.0563rd | -95 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.05245th | -45 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
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.