The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces JMU | 4.3% 9257th | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| JMU pass rush | 11.5% 1137th | 10.6% 20833rd | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 9.1% ~3.0 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.
JMU with the ball
| JMU offence vs USM defence | JMU offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29326th | 0.12394th | +68 |
| success rate | 0.47642nd | 0.40681st | +39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.22370th | 1.27390th | +20 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.24526th | 0.189125th | +99 |
| rush: success rate | 0.49727th | 0.453109th | +82 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.00555th | 1.039104th | +49 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.36840th | 0.20988th | +48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45857th | 0.36337th | -20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.52775th | 1.731117th | +42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.52542nd | 0.42550th | +8 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.33854th | 0.363125th | +71 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.23154th | 3.197114th | +60 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15454th | 0.18050th | -4 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.77354th | 0.70665th | +11 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56236th | 2.96046th | +10 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.10417th | 0.13129th | +12 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06724th | 0.08749th | +25 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03722nd | 0.04429th | +7 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.900124th | — | — |
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs JMU defence | USM offence | JMU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | -0.1971st | -102 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.2751st | -82 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.380120th | +3 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.14219th | -21 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.2612nd | -48 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.061108th | -1 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | -0.1309th | -116 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.2813rd | -90 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.687108th | +5 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.3111st | -67 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.23030th | -75 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.36922nd | +9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.19673rd | +71 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.818112th | +94 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 2.47818th | -41 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.17889th | -1 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.118106th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.05963rd | -71 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
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.