The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| ODU pass rush | 5.4% 11262nd | 10.9% 22926th | faces USM | 6.7% 12096th | 6.0% ~2.0 sacks |
| USM pass rush | 6.4% 9445th | 7.4% 23098th | faces ODU | 14.3% 91135th | 10.3% ~3.4 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 ODU defence | USM offence | ODU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.063103rd | -0.01744th | -59 |
| success rate | 0.43083rd | 0.33921st | -62 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.125117th | 1.24279th | -38 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.19040th | -0.10625th | -15 |
| rush: success rate | 0.47050th | 0.31818th | -32 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.824109th | 0.96385th | -24 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.000125th | 0.10261st | -64 |
| pass: success rate | 0.40893rd | 0.36133rd | -60 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.440103rd | 1.57881st | -22 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.49368th | 0.36813th | -55 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.272105th | 0.28678th | -27 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.58213th | 2.38924th | +11 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0902nd | 0.223104th | +102 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.84218th | 0.61930th | +12 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.09159th | 3.33366th | +7 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.15790th | 0.16476th | -14 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.07032nd | 0.128116th | +84 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.087134th | 0.03711th | -123 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 75.0009th | — | — |
ODU with the ball
| ODU offence vs USM defence | ODU offence | USM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.100135th | 0.12394th | -41 |
| success rate | 0.310138th | 0.40681st | -57 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.4835th | 1.27390th | +85 |
| rush: points added per play | -0.076126th | 0.189125th | -1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.331136th | 0.453109th | -27 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.2984th | 1.039104th | +100 |
| pass: points added per play | -0.137136th | 0.20988th | -48 |
| pass: success rate | 0.290136th | 0.36337th | -99 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.67737th | 1.731117th | +80 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.299138th | 0.42550th | -88 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.32663rd | 0.363125th | +62 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 1.613138th | 3.197114th | -24 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.315138th | 0.18050th | -88 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.300137th | 0.70665th | -72 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 2.913124th | 2.96046th | -78 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.243138th | 0.13129th | -109 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.205138th | 0.08749th | -89 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.03825th | 0.04429th | +4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 71.10061st | — | — |
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.