The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| LT pass rush | 10.1% 6911th | 13.5% 1488th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 8.4% ~2.8 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces LT | 9.6% 73125th | 8.0% ~2.6 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 LT defence | USM offence | LT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | -0.01245th | -58 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.34728th | -55 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.30596th | -21 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.01752nd | +12 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.32524th | -26 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.01896th | -13 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.11967th | -58 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.38459th | -34 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.686107th | +4 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.41440th | -28 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.22826th | -79 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.0635th | -8 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.230110th | +108 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.66748th | +30 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 3.72294th | +35 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.242136th | +46 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.178136th | +104 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.06480th | -54 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
LT with the ball
| LT offence vs USM defence | LT offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.015118th | 0.12394th | -24 |
| success rate | 0.337134th | 0.40681st | -53 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4437th | 1.27390th | +83 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.077127th | 0.189125th | -2 |
| rush: success rate | 0.320137th | 0.453109th | -28 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.12717th | 1.039104th | +87 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.13996th | 0.20988th | -8 |
| pass: success rate | 0.359123rd | 0.36337th | -86 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79719th | 1.731117th | +98 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.373135th | 0.42550th | -85 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.269107th | 0.363125th | +18 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.648124th | 3.197114th | -10 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.227125th | 0.18050th | -75 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.500134th | 0.70665th | -69 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.70024th | 2.96046th | +22 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.181123rd | 0.13129th | -94 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.114119th | 0.08749th | -70 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.067102nd | 0.04429th | -73 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 64.700132nd | — | — |
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.