The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| SHSU pass rush | 7.4% 9430th | 11.4% 20222nd | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces SHSU | 7.1% 12698th | 4.2% ~1.4 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.
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs SHSU defence | MTSU offence | SHSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | 0.06574th | +13 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.38866th | -20 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.25986th | -12 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | 0.204128th | +78 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.43499th | +29 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 1.157127th | +38 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | -0.05817th | -55 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.33017th | -71 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.39630th | -74 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.44565th | 0 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.27866th | -33 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 3.075104th | +83 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.20380th | +49 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.73779th | 0 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 2.87540th | -16 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.224132nd | +105 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.125114th | +99 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.099132nd | +43 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.70035th | — | — |
SHSU with the ball
| SHSU offence vs MTSU defence | SHSU offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.10293rd | 0.10187th | -6 |
| success rate | 0.43971st | 0.452119th | +48 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.28346th | 1.12030th | -16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.040100th | 0.05078th | -22 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47445th | 0.463118th | +73 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824108th | 1.00894th | -14 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20480th | 0.18683rd | +3 |
| pass: success rate | 0.43473rd | 0.454109th | +36 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.64249th | 1.30013th | -36 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47787th | 0.511121st | +34 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35347th | 0.27967th | +20 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.799112th | 3.093108th | -4 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211115th | 0.17643rd | -72 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.611120th | 0.72473rd | -47 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.45895th | 2.66727th | -68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.175116th | 0.11710th | -106 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.111116th | 0.07119th | -97 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06496th | 0.04632nd | -64 |
| 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.