The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ULM pass rush | 2.9% 103109th | 6.8% 235112th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 4.8% ~1.6 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces ULM | 7.1% 8497th | 6.8% ~2.2 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 ULM defence | USM offence | ULM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | 0.308135th | +32 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.508137th | +54 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.21566th | -51 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | 0.314136th | +96 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.522138th | +88 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.077115th | +6 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.339118th | -7 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.500130th | +37 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.41334th | -69 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.536133rd | +65 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.427136th | +31 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 3.418130th | +117 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.16132nd | +30 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.778102nd | +84 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 4.448125th | +66 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.1158th | -82 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.0648th | -24 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.05142nd | -92 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
ULM with the ball
| ULM offence vs USM defence | ULM offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.052130th | 0.12394th | -36 |
| success rate | 0.402103rd | 0.40681st | -22 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.119119th | 1.27390th | -29 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.07088th | 0.189125th | +37 |
| rush: success rate | 0.43286th | 0.453109th | +23 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.87990th | 1.039104th | +14 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.082134th | 0.20988th | -46 |
| pass: success rate | 0.386106th | 0.36337th | -69 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.406111th | 1.731117th | +6 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.455105th | 0.42550th | -55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275102nd | 0.363125th | +23 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.96891st | 3.197114th | +23 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.15252nd | 0.18050th | -2 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.571125th | 0.70665th | -60 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.478131st | 2.96046th | -85 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.170110th | 0.13129th | -81 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.10097th | 0.08749th | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.070112th | 0.04429th | -83 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 72.90033rd | — | — |
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.