The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces UL | 6.7% 7592nd | 6.5% ~2.2 sacks |
| UL pass rush | 4.4% 9181st | 9.5% 16952nd | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 5.5% ~1.8 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.
UL with the ball
| UL offence vs USM defence | UL offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.13278th | 0.12394th | +16 |
| success rate | 0.42585th | 0.40681st | -4 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17595th | 1.27390th | -5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.15455th | 0.189125th | +70 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42192nd | 0.453109th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12319th | 1.039104th | +85 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.25668th | 0.20988th | +20 |
| pass: success rate | 0.45158th | 0.36337th | -21 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.257135th | 1.731117th | -18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47588th | 0.42550th | -38 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32662nd | 0.363125th | +63 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.05978th | 3.197114th | +36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.18389th | 0.18050th | -39 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75066th | 0.70665th | -1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.79375th | 2.96046th | -29 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15080th | 0.13129th | -51 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.117122nd | 0.08749th | -73 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03317th | 0.04429th | +12 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 65.900125th | — | — |
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs UL defence | USM offence | UL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | -0.1663rd | -100 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.39773rd | -10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 0.9845th | -112 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.3052nd | -38 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.41882nd | +32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 0.5047th | -102 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.12768th | -57 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.40876th | -17 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.42935th | -68 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.44971st | +3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.28069th | -36 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.65153rd | +40 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.245118th | +116 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.4626th | -12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 4.455126th | +67 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.18296th | +6 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.116102nd | +70 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.06686th | -48 |
| 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.