The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces EMU | 4.3% 14154th | 6.7% ~2.2 sacks |
| EMU pass rush | 2.0% 149123rd | 7.1% 269106th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 3.5% ~1.2 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.
EMU with the ball
| EMU offence vs MASS defence | EMU offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.016124th | -0.13911th | -113 |
| success rate | 0.371122nd | 0.36645th | -77 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.143110th | 1.0206th | -104 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.036102nd | -0.2774th | -98 |
| rush: success rate | 0.394109th | 0.35335th | -74 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.95674th | 0.3161st | -73 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.058112th | 0.04644th | -68 |
| pass: success rate | 0.362121st | 0.38965th | -56 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.310126th | 1.53163rd | -63 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.436121st | 0.42147th | -74 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.236123rd | 0.26353rd | -70 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.89598th | 2.56738th | -60 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16868th | 0.218101st | +33 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80037th | 0.70664th | +27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.179114th | 1.5001st | -113 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.172112th | 0.16169th | -43 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09894th | 0.08850th | -44 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.074116th | 0.073100th | -16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 74.80010th | — | — |
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs EMU defence | MASS offence | EMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.11290th | +60 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.41084th | +25 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.25384th | +19 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | 0.06482nd | +64 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.40672nd | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 1.040105th | +58 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.20487th | +43 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.42696th | +2 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.45550th | +11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.48496th | +46 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.26555th | -26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 2.97092nd | +74 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.18755th | +15 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.69657th | -71 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 3.40672nd | 0 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.17991st | +79 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.09561st | +22 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.084122nd | +116 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.000131st | — | — |
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.