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The trenches

Pass rushsack ratestopped behind the linefacessacks allowedpairing
JMU pass rush11.5% 1137th10.6% 20833rdfaces CCU9.6% 104126th10.6% ~3.5 sacks
CCU pass rush5.9% 6850th8.2% 19680thfaces JMU4.3% 9257th5.1% ~1.7 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.

CCU with the ball

CCU offence vs JMU defenceCCU offenceJMU defencerank gap
points added per play0.15769th-0.1971st-68
success rate0.412100th0.2751st-99
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.4299th1.380120th+111
rush: points added per play0.10277th-0.14219th-58
rush: success rate0.44476th0.2612nd-74
rush: explosiveness0.87891st1.061108th+17
pass: points added per play0.24070th-0.1309th-61
pass: success rate0.383109th0.2813rd-106
pass: explosiveness1.9984th1.687108th+104
standard downs: success rate0.440118th0.3111st-117
passing downs: success rate0.36535th0.23030th-5
line yards per rush (the O-line)3.41427th2.36922nd-5
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.17784th0.19673rd-11
short-yardage conversion rate0.69295th0.818112th+17
points per trip inside the 403.58390th2.47818th-72
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.195130th0.17889th-41
havoc allowed by the front seven0.126128th0.118106th-22
havoc allowed by the secondary0.069108th0.05963rd-45
average starting field position (yards from own goal)71.10059th——

JMU with the ball

JMU offence vs CCU defenceJMU offenceCCU defencerank gap
points added per play0.29326th0.09583rd+57
success rate0.47642nd0.451117th+75
explosiveness (points added on successful plays)1.22370th0.9392nd-68
rush: points added per play0.24526th-0.00557th+31
rush: success rate0.49727th0.444105th+78
rush: explosiveness1.00555th0.5548th-47
pass: points added per play0.36840th0.446129th+89
pass: success rate0.45857th0.489126th+69
pass: explosiveness1.52775th1.58984th+9
standard downs: success rate0.52542nd0.505115th+73
passing downs: success rate0.33854th0.27460th+6
line yards per rush (the O-line)3.23154th3.182112th+58
rushes stopped at or behind the line0.15454th0.1238th-46
short-yardage conversion rate0.77354th0.810109th+55
points per trip inside the 404.56236th3.16057th+21
havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play)0.10417th0.14846th+29
havoc allowed by the front seven0.06724th0.09867th+43
havoc allowed by the secondary0.03722nd0.04937th+15
average starting field position (yards from own goal)65.900124th——

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.