The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces DEL | 10.0% 100128th | 7.1% ~2.3 sacks |
| DEL pass rush | 9.1% 11019th | 10.0% 21043rd | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 6.2% ~2.0 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.
DEL with the ball
| DEL offence vs NMSU defence | DEL offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.036114th | 0.158108th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.389116th | 0.42394th | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.26753rd | 1.23071st | +18 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04697th | 0.150116th | +19 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43583rd | 0.42587th | +4 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.780119th | 1.01495th | -24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.15792nd | 0.19986th | -6 |
| pass: success rate | 0.369116th | 0.42191st | -25 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.73529th | 1.46951st | +22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47984th | 0.47790th | +6 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.226128th | 0.315100th | -28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.717118th | 3.156109th | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.209112th | 0.18756th | -56 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.647110th | 0.889133rd | +23 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.60089th | 4.346124th | +35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.214136th | 0.12114th | -122 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111113th | 0.07935th | -78 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.103137th | 0.04222nd | -115 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.40052nd | — | — |
NMSU with the ball
| NMSU offence vs DEL defence | NMSU offence | DEL defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | 0.08079th | -4 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.38865th | -8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.312100th | +83 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | -0.06036th | -58 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.37852nd | -14 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 0.84339th | -20 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.274104th | +42 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.41481st | +12 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.64297th | +76 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.45575th | -16 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.26251st | +11 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 2.90379th | -3 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.15025th | -44 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.833114th | +14 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.80034th | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.184104th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.10989th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.075103rd | -28 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
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.