The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces USA | 4.1% 9851st | 5.2% ~1.7 sacks |
| USA pass rush | 5.9% 8549th | 8.0% 17686th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 6.3% ~2.1 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.
USA with the ball
| USA offence vs USM defence | USA offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.17463rd | 0.12394th | +31 |
| success rate | 0.41991st | 0.40681st | -10 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.30238th | 1.27390th | +52 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.17747th | 0.189125th | +78 |
| rush: success rate | 0.42590th | 0.453109th | +19 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.06829th | 1.039104th | +75 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.20877th | 0.20988th | +11 |
| pass: success rate | 0.42185th | 0.36337th | -48 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.63950th | 1.731117th | +67 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.448111th | 0.42550th | -61 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.35445th | 0.363125th | +80 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.18262nd | 3.197114th | +52 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.12116th | 0.18050th | +34 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.79244th | 0.70665th | +21 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.29648th | 2.96046th | -2 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.14677th | 0.13129th | -48 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08872nd | 0.08749th | -23 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.05880th | 0.04429th | -51 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 69.30093rd | — | — |
USM with the ball
| USM offence vs USA defence | USM offence | USA defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | 0.279132nd | +29 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.486134th | +51 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.460133rd | +16 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | 0.349138th | +98 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.505134th | +84 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 1.380137th | +28 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.21089th | -36 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.462113th | +20 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.56576th | -27 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.532131st | +63 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.367127th | +22 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 3.230118th | +105 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.17442nd | +40 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.60025th | +7 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 4.077116th | +57 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.17993rd | +3 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.11599th | +67 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.06481st | -53 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
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.