The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| MTSU pass rush | 1.3% 75130th | 6.1% 181123rd | faces NMSU | 3.3% 12236th | 2.3% ~0.8 sacks |
| NMSU pass rush | 4.2% 9586th | 9.4% 20356th | faces MTSU | 4.6% 10961st | 4.4% ~1.5 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 MTSU defence | NMSU offence | MTSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.12183rd | 0.10187th | +4 |
| success rate | 0.43873rd | 0.452119th | +46 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.39717th | 1.12030th | +13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04894th | 0.05078th | -16 |
| rush: success rate | 0.45466th | 0.463118th | +52 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.99059th | 1.00894th | +35 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.28162nd | 0.18683rd | +21 |
| pass: success rate | 0.44169th | 0.454109th | +40 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.78021st | 1.30013th | -8 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.47391st | 0.511121st | +30 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.36040th | 0.27967th | +27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.04582nd | 3.093108th | +26 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.16869th | 0.17643rd | -26 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.684100th | 0.72473rd | -27 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.76277th | 2.66727th | -50 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.176117th | 0.11710th | -107 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.09281st | 0.07119th | -62 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.085131st | 0.04632nd | -99 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.6003rd | — | — |
MTSU with the ball
| MTSU offence vs NMSU defence | MTSU offence | NMSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.19861st | 0.158108th | +47 |
| success rate | 0.42586th | 0.42394th | +8 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17198th | 1.23071st | -27 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.16550th | 0.150116th | +66 |
| rush: success rate | 0.44870th | 0.42587th | +17 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.88089th | 1.01495th | +6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.23972nd | 0.19986th | +14 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41588th | 0.42191st | +3 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.433104th | 1.46951st | -53 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49465th | 0.47790th | +25 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.27899th | 0.315100th | +1 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.49721st | 3.156109th | +88 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.13331st | 0.18756th | +25 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.73379th | 0.889133rd | +54 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.18256th | 4.346124th | +68 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11327th | 0.12114th | -13 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.05315th | 0.07935th | +20 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.06189th | 0.04222nd | -67 |
| 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.