The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 6.8% ~2.2 sacks |
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 4.2% ~1.4 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.
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs MASS defence | BALL offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | -0.13911th | -99 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.36645th | -88 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.0206th | -8 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | -0.2774th | -79 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.35335th | -92 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 0.3161st | -12 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | 0.04644th | -65 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.38965th | -63 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.53163rd | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.42147th | -86 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.26353rd | -62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 2.56738th | -94 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.218101st | -17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.70664th | +57 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 1.5001st | -86 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.16169th | -63 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.08850th | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.073100th | +16 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70034th | — | — |
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs BALL defence | MASS offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.325136th | +106 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.452118th | +59 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.455132nd | +67 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | 0.256133rd | +115 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.42083rd | +44 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 1.352136th | +89 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.455131st | +87 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.500129th | +35 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.55672nd | +33 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.495105th | +55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.354123rd | +42 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 3.01094th | +76 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.18859th | +19 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.77898th | -30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 5.042133rd | +61 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.11911th | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.07425th | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.04427th | +21 |
| 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.