The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 3.3% ~1.1 sacks |
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 6.0% ~2.0 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.
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs BUF defence | MASS offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.11691st | +61 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.36644th | -15 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.445131st | +66 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | 0.01764th | +46 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.38556th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 0.92673rd | +26 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.25197th | +53 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.36743rd | -51 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.955135th | +96 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.42954th | +4 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.25747th | -34 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 3.039100th | +82 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.19265th | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.62532nd | -96 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 3.53681st | +9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.15253rd | +41 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.07631st | -8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.076106th | +100 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.000131st | — | — |
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs MASS defence | BUF offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | -0.13911th | -111 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.36645th | -91 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.0206th | -66 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | -0.2774th | -116 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.35335th | -98 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.3161st | -81 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.04644th | -70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.38965th | -67 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.53163rd | -20 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.42147th | -87 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.26353rd | -66 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 2.56738th | -81 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.218101st | +6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.70664th | +30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 1.5001st | -52 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.16169th | -28 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.08850th | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.073100th | +10 |
| 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.