The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BALL pass rush | 3.3% 90102nd | 7.5% 20195th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.1% ~1.0 sacks |
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces BALL | 4.5% 8960th | 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.
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs BALL defence | BUF offence | BALL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | 0.325136th | +14 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.452118th | -18 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.455132nd | +60 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.256133rd | +13 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.42083rd | -50 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 1.352136th | +54 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.455131st | +17 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.500129th | -3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.55672nd | -11 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.495105th | -29 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.354123rd | +4 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 3.01094th | -25 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.18859th | -36 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.77898th | +64 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 5.042133rd | +80 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.11911th | -86 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.07425th | -73 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.04427th | -63 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
BALL with the ball
| BALL offence vs BUF defence | BALL offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.047110th | 0.11691st | -19 |
| success rate | 0.337133rd | 0.36644th | -89 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41714th | 1.445131st | +117 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09083rd | 0.01764th | -19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.357127th | 0.38556th | -71 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.15613th | 0.92673rd | +60 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.072109th | 0.25197th | -12 |
| pass: success rate | 0.339128th | 0.36743rd | -85 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.59657th | 1.955135th | +78 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.392133rd | 0.42954th | -79 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.247115th | 0.25747th | -68 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.542132nd | 3.039100th | -32 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.214118th | 0.19265th | -53 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.8897th | 0.62532nd | +25 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.62587th | 3.53681st | -6 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.199132nd | 0.15253rd | -79 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.138134th | 0.07631st | -103 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06184th | 0.076106th | +22 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70034th | — | — |
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.