The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AKR pass rush | 0.0% 95138th | 5.2% 192134th | faces BUF | 2.9% 6926th | 1.5% ~0.5 sacks |
| BUF pass rush | 1.5% 65129th | 4.8% 145136th | faces AKR | 7.6% 105105th | 4.6% ~1.5 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 AKR defence | BUF offence | AKR defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.000122nd | 0.241129th | +7 |
| success rate | 0.333136th | 0.43198th | -38 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.21972nd | 1.372115th | +43 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.027120th | 0.04576th | -44 |
| rush: success rate | 0.340133rd | 0.436101st | -32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.91882nd | 0.87855th | -27 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.047114th | 0.494136th | +22 |
| pass: success rate | 0.324132nd | 0.41990th | -42 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.50283rd | 1.910134th | +51 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.379134th | 0.48294th | -40 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.240119th | 0.316102nd | -17 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.704119th | 2.89173rd | -46 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19295th | 0.18857th | -38 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80034th | 0.68855th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.25053rd | 3.79299th | +46 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.16397th | 0.15050th | -47 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10198th | 0.08137th | -61 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06290th | 0.06991st | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.60039th | — | — |
AKR with the ball
| AKR offence vs BUF defence | AKR offence | BUF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.020117th | 0.11691st | -26 |
| success rate | 0.44366th | 0.36644th | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 0.981137th | 1.445131st | -6 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09979th | 0.01764th | -15 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51319th | 0.38556th | +37 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.709129th | 0.92673rd | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.027117th | 0.25197th | -20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41092nd | 0.36743rd | -49 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.262134th | 1.955135th | +1 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50059th | 0.42954th | -5 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.30874th | 0.25747th | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.61912th | 3.039100th | +88 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13023rd | 0.19265th | +42 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.81827th | 0.62532nd | +5 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.95069th | 3.53681st | +12 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.198131st | 0.15253rd | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.122126th | 0.07631st | -95 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.076119th | 0.076106th | -13 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.4004th | — | — |
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.