The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces CMU | 9.3% 54122nd | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| CMU pass rush | 4.3% 9385th | 5.7% 193130th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 3.6% ~1.2 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.
CMU with the ball
| CMU offence vs BUF defence | CMU offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000123rd | 0.11691st | -32 |
| success rate | 0.351129th | 0.36644th | -85 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.19687th | 1.445131st | +44 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.13568th | 0.01764th | -4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.401102nd | 0.38556th | -46 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.10722nd | 0.92673rd | +51 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.180137th | 0.25197th | -40 |
| pass: success rate | 0.263138th | 0.36743rd | -95 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.423107th | 1.955135th | +28 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.395131st | 0.42954th | -77 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.254112th | 0.25747th | -65 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18163rd | 3.039100th | +37 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12922nd | 0.19265th | +43 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.82625th | 0.62532nd | +7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.000119th | 3.53681st | -38 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16294th | 0.15253rd | -41 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09687th | 0.07631st | -56 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06699th | 0.076106th | +7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40051st | — | — |
BUF with the ball
| BUF offence vs CMU defence | BUF offence | CMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | 0.166114th | -8 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.473132nd | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.11829th | -43 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.118104th | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.496133rd | 0 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.86243rd | -39 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.15375th | -39 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.434102nd | -30 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.32917th | -66 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.522126th | -8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.366126th | +7 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 3.534137th | +18 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.13514th | -81 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.933136th | +102 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 3.39370th | +17 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.14442nd | -55 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.06814th | -84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.076107th | +17 |
| 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.