The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| TROY pass rush | 5.1% 9969th | 13.1% 17611th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 5.9% ~1.9 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces TROY | 3.6% 11043rd | 5.0% ~1.7 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.
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs TROY defence | USM offence | TROY defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | 0.03669th | -34 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.37253rd | -30 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.318104th | -13 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.03544th | +4 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.36645th | -5 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.02398th | -11 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.07555th | -70 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.37956th | -37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.50461st | -42 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.44666th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.23533rd | -72 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.34419th | +6 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.259127th | +125 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.60027th | +9 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 3.00050th | -9 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.18298th | +8 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.124113th | +81 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.05862nd | -72 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
TROY with the ball
| TROY offence vs USM defence | TROY offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.023116th | 0.12394th | -22 |
| success rate | 0.380120th | 0.40681st | -39 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.31333rd | 1.27390th | +57 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04796th | 0.189125th | +29 |
| rush: success rate | 0.395108th | 0.453109th | +1 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.07427th | 1.039104th | +77 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.035116th | 0.20988th | -28 |
| pass: success rate | 0.367117th | 0.36337th | -80 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.57165th | 1.731117th | +52 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.426126th | 0.42550th | -76 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28497th | 0.363125th | +28 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.673123rd | 3.197114th | -9 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.238128th | 0.18050th | -78 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.632116th | 0.70665th | -51 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.958121st | 2.96046th | -75 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.202134th | 0.13129th | -105 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08975th | 0.08749th | -26 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.113138th | 0.04429th | -109 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.80020th | — | — |
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.