The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| M-OH pass rush | 3.3% 123103rd | 4.8% 209137th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.1% ~1.0 sacks |
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces M-OH | 4.0% 10148th | 2.8% ~0.9 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 M-OH defence | BUF offence | M-OH defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | 0.179116th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.450115th | -21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.316102nd | +30 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.06583rd | -37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.42586th | -47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.98591st | +9 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.372123rd | +9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.483125th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.52962nd | -21 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.509117th | -17 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.341116th | -3 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 2.86069th | -50 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.21798th | +3 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.778101st | +67 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 4.700129th | +76 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.1042nd | -95 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.0659th | -89 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.03813th | -77 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
M-OH with the ball
| M-OH offence vs BUF defence | M-OH offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.23943rd | 0.11691st | +48 |
| success rate | 0.43082nd | 0.36644th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.42612th | 1.445131st | +119 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.017111th | 0.01764th | -47 |
| rush: success rate | 0.389111th | 0.38556th | -55 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87792nd | 0.92673rd | -19 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.6196th | 0.25197th | +91 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48737th | 0.36743rd | +6 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.86711th | 1.955135th | +124 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.48874th | 0.42954th | -20 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30183rd | 0.25747th | -36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.871100th | 3.039100th | 0 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.212116th | 0.19265th | -51 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.667104th | 0.62532nd | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.90970th | 3.53681st | +11 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14979th | 0.15253rd | -26 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111115th | 0.07631st | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03824th | 0.076106th | +82 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.00063rd | — | — |
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.