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Saturday 2026-11-28 12:00 · Doyt L. Perry Stadium
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The trenches

Pass rushsack ratestopped behind the linefacessacks allowedpairing
BGSU pass rush9.2% 6517th10.7% 17831stfaces MASS5.0% 4066th7.1% ~2.3 sacks
MASS pass rush9.1% 8818th7.3% 13699thfaces BGSU4.3% 7056th6.7% ~2.2 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.

MASS with the ball

MASS offence vs BGSU defenceMASS offenceBGSU defencerank gap
points added per play0.28030th0.227127th+97
success rate0.45059th0.492135th+76
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.23765th1.29493rd+28
rush: points added per play0.26718th0.251132nd+114
rush: success rate0.48139th0.520137th+98
rush: explosiveness1.02247th1.216133rd+86
pass: points added per play0.36244th0.277106th+62
pass: success rate0.40794th0.477122nd+28
pass: explosiveness1.67139th1.43839th0
standard downs: success rate0.51050th0.556136th+86
passing downs: success rate0.30281st0.30694th+13
line yards per rush (the O-line)3.52018th3.436133rd+115
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.14140th0.16936th-4
short-yardage conversion rate0.550128th0.73981st-47
points per trip inside the 403.88972nd4.231121st+49
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.09512th0.12013th+1
havoc allowed by the front seven0.07339th0.09156th+17
havoc allowed by the secondary0.0236th0.0292nd-4
average starting field position (yards from own goal)65.000131st——

BGSU with the ball

BGSU offence vs MASS defenceBGSU offenceMASS defencerank gap
points added per play-0.115136th-0.13911th-125
success rate0.336135th0.36645th-90
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)0.958138th1.0206th-132
rush: points added per play-0.261138th-0.2774th-134
rush: success rate0.302138th0.35335th-103
rush: explosiveness0.577136th0.3161st-135
pass: points added per play0.059111th0.04644th-67
pass: success rate0.364119th0.38965th-54
pass: explosiveness1.447101st1.53163rd-38
standard downs: success rate0.431124th0.42147th-77
passing downs: success rate0.152137th0.26353rd-84
line yards per rush (the O-line)2.431135th2.56738th-97
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.246133rd0.218101st-32
short-yardage conversion rate0.72780th0.70664th-16
points per trip inside the 401.188138th1.5001st-137
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.194129th0.16169th-60
havoc allowed by the front seven0.138135th0.08850th-85
havoc allowed by the secondary0.05676th0.073100th+24
average starting field position (yards from own goal)71.30053rd——

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.