The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MASS pass rush | 9.1% 8818th | 7.3% 13699th | faces AKR | 7.6% 105105th | 8.4% ~2.8 sacks |
| AKR pass rush | 0.0% 95138th | 5.2% 192134th | faces MASS | 5.0% 4066th | 2.5% ~0.8 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.
AKR with the ball
| AKR offence vs MASS defence | AKR offence | MASS defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.020117th | -0.13911th | -106 |
| success rate | 0.44366th | 0.36645th | -21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 0.981137th | 1.0206th | -131 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09979th | -0.2774th | -75 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51319th | 0.35335th | +16 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.709129th | 0.3161st | -128 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.027117th | 0.04644th | -73 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41092nd | 0.38965th | -27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.262134th | 1.53163rd | -71 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50059th | 0.42147th | -12 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30874th | 0.26353rd | -21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.61912th | 2.56738th | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13023rd | 0.218101st | +78 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81827th | 0.70664th | +37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.95069th | 1.5001st | -68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.198131st | 0.16169th | -62 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122126th | 0.08850th | -76 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076119th | 0.073100th | -19 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.4004th | — | — |
MASS with the ball
| MASS offence vs AKR defence | MASS offence | AKR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.28030th | 0.241129th | +99 |
| success rate | 0.45059th | 0.43198th | +39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.23765th | 1.372115th | +50 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.26718th | 0.04576th | +58 |
| rush: success rate | 0.48139th | 0.436101st | +62 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02247th | 0.87855th | +8 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36244th | 0.494136th | +92 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40794th | 0.41990th | -4 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67139th | 1.910134th | +95 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.51050th | 0.48294th | +44 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30281st | 0.316102nd | +21 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.52018th | 2.89173rd | +55 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.14140th | 0.18857th | +17 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.550128th | 0.68855th | -73 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.88972nd | 3.79299th | +27 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.09512th | 0.15050th | +38 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07339th | 0.08137th | -2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0236th | 0.06991st | +85 |
| 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.