The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces DEL | 10.0% 100128th | 5.7% ~1.9 sacks |
| DEL pass rush | 9.1% 11019th | 10.0% 21043rd | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 6.8% ~2.3 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.
DEL with the ball
| DEL offence vs MTSU defence | DEL offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.036114th | 0.10187th | -27 |
| success rate | 0.389116th | 0.452119th | +3 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26753rd | 1.12030th | -23 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04697th | 0.05078th | -19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43583rd | 0.463118th | +35 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.780119th | 1.00894th | -25 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15792nd | 0.18683rd | -9 |
| pass: success rate | 0.369116th | 0.454109th | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73529th | 1.30013th | -16 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47984th | 0.511121st | +37 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.226128th | 0.27967th | -61 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.717118th | 3.093108th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209112th | 0.17643rd | -69 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.647110th | 0.72473rd | -37 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60089th | 2.66727th | -62 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.214136th | 0.11710th | -126 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111113th | 0.07119th | -94 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.103137th | 0.04632nd | -105 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40052nd | — | — |
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs DEL defence | MTSU offence | DEL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | 0.08079th | +18 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.38865th | -21 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.312100th | +2 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | -0.06036th | -14 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.37852nd | -18 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 0.84339th | -50 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | 0.274104th | +32 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.41481st | -7 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.64297th | -7 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.45575th | +10 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.26251st | -48 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 2.90379th | +58 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.15025th | -6 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.833114th | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 2.80034th | -22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.184104th | +77 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.10989th | +74 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.075103rd | +14 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70035th | — | — |
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.