The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SHSU pass rush | 7.4% 9430th | 11.4% 20222nd | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 5.4% ~1.8 sacks |
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces SHSU | 7.1% 12698th | 5.7% ~1.9 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.
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs SHSU defence | NMSU offence | SHSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | 0.06574th | -9 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.38866th | -7 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.25986th | +69 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | 0.204128th | +34 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.43499th | +33 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 1.157127th | +68 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | -0.05817th | -45 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.33017th | -52 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.39630th | +9 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.44565th | -26 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.27866th | +26 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 3.075104th | +22 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.20380th | +11 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.73779th | -21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.87540th | -37 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.224132nd | +15 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.125114th | +33 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.099132nd | +1 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
SHSU with the ball
| SHSU offence vs NMSU defence | SHSU offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10293rd | 0.158108th | +15 |
| success rate | 0.43971st | 0.42394th | +23 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28346th | 1.23071st | +25 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.040100th | 0.150116th | +16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47445th | 0.42587th | +42 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824108th | 1.01495th | -13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20480th | 0.19986th | +6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43473rd | 0.42191st | +18 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64249th | 1.46951st | +2 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47787th | 0.47790th | +3 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35347th | 0.315100th | +53 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.799112th | 3.156109th | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211115th | 0.18756th | -59 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.611120th | 0.889133rd | +13 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.45895th | 4.346124th | +29 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.175116th | 0.12114th | -102 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111116th | 0.07935th | -81 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06496th | 0.04222nd | -74 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.10031st | — | — |
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.