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Greatest Single Game by a Player in Fantasy Football History (1 Viewer)

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December 10, 1961

Billy Cannon (RB), for the Houston Oilers vs. the N.Y. Titans, compiled 216 rushing yards, 114 receiving yards. This was a record that Flipper Anderson exceeded in a 1989 overtime game.

BUT, Cannon scored five TDs too, and in any league that gives long TD bonuses, this is a heck of a day:

67 yd TD catch

15 yd TD catch

61 yd TD run

52 yd TD run

2 yd TD run

There was an interesting article in Pro Football Prospectus this year about the best individual FF seasons of all time, but I am pretty sure that, even within the context of the high-scoring AFL, this one is the best as far as single games go.

Maybe with Norm Van Brocklin's 554 yard passing game in 1951, we can make an argument. I haven't done any extensive research on this or anything, so I don't have the player's value vs. his era data to back this up, but I thought this interesting anyway.

:nerd:

 
Reality Football said:
December 10, 1961Billy Cannon (RB), for the Houston Oilers vs. the N.Y. Titans, compiled 216 rushing yards, 114 receiving yards. This was a record that Flipper Anderson exceeded in a 1989 overtime game.BUT, Cannon scored five TDs too, and in any league that gives long TD bonuses, this is a heck of a day:67 yd TD catch15 yd TD catch61 yd TD run52 yd TD run2 yd TD runThere was an interesting article in Pro Football Prospectus this year about the best individual FF seasons of all time, but I am pretty sure that, even within the context of the high-scoring AFL, this one is the best as far as single games go. Maybe with Norm Van Brocklin's 554 yard passing game in 1951, we can make an argument. I haven't done any extensive research on this or anything, so I don't have the player's value vs. his era data to back this up, but I thought this interesting anyway. :nerd:
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I was reading over the articles in PFP. Very interesting. Those cats are out there to say the least. I like them enough that I bought the $20 book this year. Trying to read through their website and understand everything they're doing makes for a very hard - insert you're smart comment here - sit. Figured if I had the book I'd actually get through some of the mind numbing numbers and analysis. I'm actually using some of their projections in a draft this weekend on some players that haven't had significant summer changes; i.e., injuries, job competition, player movement, etc. Feel free to share your thoughts on them with me. I'd love to compare another person's take on what they think they can do as far as FF.
 
Toomer two years ago KILLED me in my championship game when he went for something around 200 against Indy.......... Roger Craig was pretty solid back in the day as well.

 
They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics. I too have had an interesting time figuring out how they derive DVOA and other funky VORP-type calculations. At least they're trying to take football stats in a new direction, which is nice to see.

 
dlptown said:
Toomer two years ago KILLED me in my championship game when he went for something around 200 against Indy.......... Roger Craig was pretty solid back in the day as well.
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Therein lies the beauty of Cannon's game. It would have been during a fantasy playoff week (if such things existed then - by all accounts fantasy football was born in '62.).
 
Not sure how they stack up but Bennett, when Volek was starting a few years ago put up something like 300 yards and 3 TDs or so in basically 1 half of football.

Patten a few years ago broke some records with the TDs he scored.

I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but both of those guys have to be up there

 
Wow. In a normal scoring system, with no bonuses, just yardage and TDs, that's a 63 point effort.

In the odd scoring system we use in one of my leagues, that would have been an 89 point effort. The best I've seen is Faulk at about 75 in that league.

 
KevT said:
Not sure how they stack up but Bennett, when Volek was starting a few years ago put up something like 300 yards and 3 TDs or so in basically 1 half of football.Patten a few years ago broke some records with the TDs he scored.I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but both of those guys have to be up there
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NFL.com lists the following top 3:Most Yards Gained, Game336 Willie Anderson, L.A. Rams vs. New Orleans, Nov. 26, 1989 (OT)309 Stephone Paige, Kansas City vs. San Diego, Dec. 22, 1985303 Jim Benton, Cleveland vs. Detroit, Nov. 22, 1945
 
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They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics. I too have had an interesting time figuring out how they derive DVOA and other funky VORP-type calculations. At least they're trying to take football stats in a new direction, which is nice to see.
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It is cool though no???
 
Brewdude said:
Wow. In a normal scoring system, with no bonuses, just yardage and TDs, that's a 63 point effort.In the odd scoring system we use in one of my leagues, that would have been an 89 point effort. The best I've seen is Faulk at about 75 in that league.
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I play in a longstanding TD-only league with 50 yd+ TD bonuses, and there Cannon would be tops as well, beating out Portis's monster 2003 game, Sayers' game in '65 (unless he could qualify for special teams scores too, then he would exceed Cannon), Hornung's big game in '65, as well as the other dozen or so 5 and 6 TD efforts.
 
Englishteacher said:
Reality Football said:
They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics. I too have had an interesting time figuring out how they derive DVOA and other funky VORP-type calculations. At least they're trying to take football stats in a new direction, which is nice to see.
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It is cool though no???
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Definitely, though I wonder in reading it who is breaking down all these plays so incrementally. It is obviously a huge staff watching and rewatching video, and I would guess that, for stuff like blocking and directionally-based stats, some subjectivity must creep in there.
 
That game looks hard to top.

If someone had more it would likely be Blanda's best game where he threw TDs and kicked FGs in a contest. The more I think about it though and that number is very lofty. I can't imagine a better performance.

 
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KevT said:
Not sure how they stack up but Bennett, when Volek was starting a few years ago put up something like 300 yards and 3 TDs or so in basically 1 half of football.Patten a few years ago broke some records with the TDs he scored.I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but both of those guys have to be up there
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NFL.com lists the following top 3:Most Yards Gained, Game336 Willie Anderson, L.A. Rams vs. New Orleans, Nov. 26, 1989 (OT)309 Stephone Paige, Kansas City vs. San Diego, Dec. 22, 1985303 Jim Benton, Cleveland vs. Detroit, Nov. 22, 1945
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I exaggerated a bit233 yards with 3 TDsWeek 14 against KC 2004
 
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The biggest day I remember in my 18 years of FF is Jerry Rice against Atlanta. He had a crazy, sick day. He got something like 50 FF points, IIRC. He burned the same defensive back all day long. Tim McKyer, I believe.

And here's a shock... I was playing against the Rice owner that day. :wall:

 
Englishteacher said:
Reality Football said:
December 10, 1961Billy Cannon (RB), for the Houston Oilers vs. the N.Y. Titans, compiled 216 rushing yards, 114 receiving yards. This was a record that Flipper Anderson exceeded in a 1989 overtime game.BUT, Cannon scored five TDs too, and in any league that gives long TD bonuses, this is a heck of a day:67 yd TD catch15 yd TD catch61 yd TD run52 yd TD run2 yd TD runThere was an interesting article in Pro Football Prospectus this year about the best individual FF seasons of all time, but I am pretty sure that, even within the context of the high-scoring AFL, this one is the best as far as single games go. Maybe with Norm Van Brocklin's 554 yard passing game in 1951, we can make an argument. I haven't done any extensive research on this or anything, so I don't have the player's value vs. his era data to back this up, but I thought this interesting anyway. :nerd:
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I was reading over the articles in PFP. Very interesting. Those cats are out there to say the least. I like them enough that I bought the $20 book this year. Trying to read through their website and understand everything they're doing makes for a very hard - insert you're smart comment here - sit. Figured if I had the book I'd actually get through some of the mind numbing numbers and analysis. I'm actually using some of their projections in a draft this weekend on some players that haven't had significant summer changes; i.e., injuries, job competition, player movement, etc. Feel free to share your thoughts on them with me. I'd love to compare another person's take on what they think they can do as far as FF.
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I'm glad to see this thread. I have been 'working' to read through their book as well. Some of their derived statistics have really gotten me looking at some players and situations in a totally new light. This has been especially refreshing for me since I have been doing this since 87 and the last few years have gotten a little stale for me. :thumbup:
 
Blanda had a 7 TD pass game where he kicked as well. I don't have the game-by-game yardage totals for him though, for that game or some others. But if I was a FF commissioner in the 60s, I would argue that you could only get his kicking points if you started him as your kicker as well. QB/Ks were enough of a rarity that I think most commissioners would not want the talent base skewed by a couple of double-positioners. Since he'd occupy two positions, I don't know if some of these epic scoring games by him would be as valuable.

 
Most Touchdowns, Game

6

Ernie Nevers, Chi. Cardinals vs. Chi. Bears, Nov. 28, 1929 (6-r)

Dub Jones, Cleveland vs. Chi. Bears, Nov. 25, 1951 (4-r, 2-p)

Gale Sayers, Chicago vs. San Francisco, Dec. 12, 1965 (4-r, 1-p, 1-ret)

5

Bob Shaw, Chi. Cardinals vs. Baltimore, Oct. 2, 1950 (5-p)

Jim Brown, Cleveland vs. Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1959 (5-r)

Abner Haynes, Dall. Texans vs. Oakland, Nov. 26, 1961 (4-r, 1-p)

Billy Cannon, Houston vs. N.Y. Titans, Dec. 10, 1961 (3-r, 2-p)

Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo vs. N.Y. Jets, Dec. 8, 1963 (5-r)

Paul Hornung, Green Bay vs. Baltimore, Dec. 12, 1965 (3-r, 2-p)

Kellen Winslow, San Diego vs. Oakland, Nov. 22, 1981 (5-p)

Jerry Rice, San Francisco vs. Atlanta, Oct. 14, 1990 (5-p)

James Stewart, Jacksonville vs. Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1997 (5-r)

Shaun Alexander, Seattle vs. Minnesota, Sept. 29, 2002 (4-r, 1-p)

Clinton Portis, Denver vs. Kansas City, Dec. 7, 2003 (5-r)

4

By many players. Last time: LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego vs. N.Y. Jets, Nov. 6, 2005
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Link to NFL records
 
RAIDERNATION said:
jbird5150 said:
Didn't Shaun Alexander go for 6 TDs on a Monday night a couple of years back?
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My bad. It was 5 against the Vikes in 2002. Here's what FBG had listed as the top 5 since 99. 1 pt every 10 rushing yards; 1 pt every 10 receiving yards; 6 pts per touchdown, 1 pt per receptionClinton Portis (Den): 57.4 FP against the Chiefs in 2003 LaDainian Tomlinson (SD): 56.1 FP against the Broncos in 2002 Shaun Alexander (Sea): 56.1 FP against the Vikings in 2002 Priest Holmes (KC): 55.7 FP against the Seahawks in 2002 Marshall Faulk (StL): 54.5 FP against the Seahawks in 2002
 
RAIDERNATION said:
The biggest day I remember in my 18 years of FF is Jerry Rice against Atlanta. He had a crazy, sick day. He got something like 50 FF points, IIRC. He burned the same defensive back all day long. Tim McKyer, I believe.

And here's a shock... I was playing against the Rice owner that day. :wall:
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Huge game for him, yes. Montana's best FF game ever too, 476 yards and 6 TD passes.
 
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I could spend all day looking at that NFL Records link I posted. Check this out.

Most Seasons Leading League, Most Penalties

16 - Chi. Bears, 1941-44, 1946-49, 1951, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1976

15 - Oakland/L.A. Raiders, 1963, 1966, 1968-69, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1993-96, 2003-05

7 - L.A./St. Louis Rams, 1950, 1952, 1962, 1969, 1978, 1980, 1997
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Gee, I wonder why Oakland has been so terrible for the last three years.As if bad coaching, an old roster and a rotten turnover ratio wasn't enough.... :(

 
Reality Football said:
RAIDERNATION said:
The biggest day I remember in my 18 years of FF is Jerry Rice against Atlanta. He had a crazy, sick day. He got something like 50 FF points, IIRC. He burned the same defensive back all day long. Tim McKyer, I believe.

And here's a shock... I was playing against the Rice owner that day. :wall:
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Huge game for him, yes. Montana's best FF game ever too, 476 yards and 6 TD passes.
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That reminds me.... remember in '96 when Boomer Esiason was with the Cardinals and he turned back the clock a few years? He had an incredible month or two, including a 522 yard/3TD effort vs. Washington. :o

 
jbird5150 said:
RAIDERNATION said:
jbird5150 said:
Didn't Shaun Alexander go for 6 TDs on a Monday night a couple of years back?
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My bad. It was 5 against the Vikes in 2002. Here's what FBG had listed as the top 5 since 99. 1 pt every 10 rushing yards; 1 pt every 10 receiving yards; 6 pts per touchdown, 1 pt per receptionClinton Portis (Den): 57.4 FP against the Chiefs in 2003 LaDainian Tomlinson (SD): 56.1 FP against the Broncos in 2002 Shaun Alexander (Sea): 56.1 FP against the Vikings in 2002 Priest Holmes (KC): 55.7 FP against the Seahawks in 2002 Marshall Faulk (StL): 54.5 FP against the Seahawks in 2002
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Under that system, Cannon has 63, not including the pts per reception (I'd have to dig up the old box scores to confirm the final scoring). Gale Sayers's 12/12/65 game falls in the middle of that Top 5, since it wasn't as huge a yardage game as you'd think.Cookie Gilchrist had 5 TDs and 243 rushing yards in '63, don't know what his receiving total for that game was though. But that would be up with this list if not ahead of Portis too.
 
RAIDERNATION said:
:hijacked:

I could spend all day looking at that NFL Records link I posted. Check this out.

Most Seasons Leading League, Most Penalties

16 - Chi. Bears, 1941-44, 1946-49, 1951, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1976

15 - Oakland/L.A. Raiders, 1963, 1966, 1968-69, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1993-96, 2003-05

7 - L.A./St. Louis Rams, 1950, 1952, 1962, 1969, 1978, 1980, 1997
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Gee, I wonder why Oakland has been so terrible for the last three years.As if bad coaching, an old roster and a rotten turnover ratio wasn't enough.... :(
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This also indicates to me that the pre-merger Bears must have played pretty dirty.
 
Last year in ESPN's magazine they listed the top 20

1. Billy Cannon RB 62 points (5 td's 216 rush 114 rec) 12/10/61

2. Dub Jones RB 55 points(6 td's 196 yards from scrimmage) 11/25/51

3. Gale Sayers RB 55 points(6 td's 113 rush 89 rec) 12/12/65

4. Cloyce Box TE 54 points (4 td's 302 yard rec) 12/3/50

5. Clinton Portis RB 54 points (5 td's 218 rush 36 rec) 12/7/03

6. Cookie Gilchrist RB 54 points (5 td's 243 rush) 12/8/63

7. Shaun Alexander RB 52 points (5 td's 139 rush 92 rec) 9/29/02

8. Jerry Rice WR 52 points (5 td's 225 yards rec) 10/14/90

9. Jim Brown RB 52 points (4 td's 237 rush 52 rec) 11/19/61

10. George Blanda QB 51 points (7 td's 418 passing 7 XP) 11/19/61

11. Corey Dillon RB 51 points(4 td's 246 rush 30 rec) 12/4/97

 
12. Jerry Butler WR 49 points

13. Jim Brown RB 49 points

14. Larry Brown RB 49 points

15. Johnny Lujack QB 49 points

16. Barry Sanders RB 49 points

17 Mike Anderson RB 49 points

18 Norm Van Brocklin QB 48 points

19 Art Powell WR 48 points

20 Y.A. Tittle QB 48 points

 
dsrm said:
Last year in ESPN's magazine they listed the top 201. Billy Cannon RB 62 points (5 td's 216 rush 114 rec) 12/10/612. Dub Jones RB 55 points(6 td's 196 yards from scrimmage) 11/25/513. Gale Sayers RB 55 points(6 td's 113 rush 89 rec) 12/12/654. Cloyce Box TE 54 points (4 td's 302 yard rec) 12/3/505. Clinton Portis RB 54 points (5 td's 218 rush 36 rec) 12/7/036. Cookie Gilchrist RB 54 points (5 td's 243 rush) 12/8/637. Shaun Alexander RB 52 points (5 td's 139 rush 92 rec) 9/29/028. Jerry Rice WR 52 points (5 td's 225 yards rec) 10/14/909. Jim Brown RB 52 points (4 td's 237 rush 52 rec) 11/19/6110. George Blanda QB 51 points (7 td's 418 passing 7 XP) 11/19/6111. Corey Dillon RB 51 points(4 td's 246 rush 30 rec) 12/4/97
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I'd pat myself on the back for coming to the same conclusion, but this is ESPN we're talking about.Man...I've never heard of Cloyce Box.
 
Reality Football said:
dsrm said:
Last year in ESPN's magazine they listed the top 201. Billy Cannon RB 62 points (5 td's 216 rush 114 rec) 12/10/612. Dub Jones RB 55 points(6 td's 196 yards from scrimmage) 11/25/513. Gale Sayers RB 55 points(6 td's 113 rush 89 rec) 12/12/654. Cloyce Box TE 54 points (4 td's 302 yard rec) 12/3/505. Clinton Portis RB 54 points (5 td's 218 rush 36 rec) 12/7/036. Cookie Gilchrist RB 54 points (5 td's 243 rush) 12/8/637. Shaun Alexander RB 52 points (5 td's 139 rush 92 rec) 9/29/028. Jerry Rice WR 52 points (5 td's 225 yards rec) 10/14/909. Jim Brown RB 52 points (4 td's 237 rush 52 rec) 11/19/6110. George Blanda QB 51 points (7 td's 418 passing 7 XP) 11/19/6111. Corey Dillon RB 51 points(4 td's 246 rush 30 rec) 12/4/97
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I'd pat myself on the back for coming to the same conclusion, but this is ESPN we're talking about.Man...I've never heard of Cloyce Box.
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And it doesn't account for PPC leagues.That's why Rice stood out to me and Portis/Alexander didn't.
 
Reality Football said:
December 10, 1961Billy Cannon (RB), for the Houston Oilers vs. the N.Y. Titans, compiled 216 rushing yards, 114 receiving yards. This was a record that Flipper Anderson exceeded in a 1989 overtime game.BUT, Cannon scored five TDs too, and in any league that gives long TD bonuses, this is a heck of a day:67 yd TD catch15 yd TD catch61 yd TD run52 yd TD run2 yd TD runThere was an interesting article in Pro Football Prospectus this year about the best individual FF seasons of all time, but I am pretty sure that, even within the context of the high-scoring AFL, this one is the best as far as single games go. Maybe with Norm Van Brocklin's 554 yard passing game in 1951, we can make an argument. I haven't done any extensive research on this or anything, so I don't have the player's value vs. his era data to back this up, but I thought this interesting anyway. :nerd:
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Ernie Nevers had 40 points in one game, 6 TDs and 4 XP.He's one of the more interesting players as he played FB, QB, P, and I believe some D. The story goes that he literally never left the field. Also FWIW he played pro hoops and baseball allowing one of Babe Ruth's famous home runs.....maybe not hoops maybe he was good enough but turned them down, not sure.Anyhow, I'd research that game and/or him. Supposedly there were many weeks where he scored all his teams pointsDrinen or an old RSFF guy named John Troan would probably know this answer.
 
dsrm said:
Last year in ESPN's magazine they listed the top 201. Billy Cannon RB 62 points (5 td's 216 rush 114 rec) 12/10/612. Dub Jones RB 55 points(6 td's 196 yards from scrimmage) 11/25/513. Gale Sayers RB 55 points(6 td's 113 rush 89 rec) 12/12/654. Cloyce Box TE 54 points (4 td's 302 yard rec) 12/3/505. Clinton Portis RB 54 points (5 td's 218 rush 36 rec) 12/7/036. Cookie Gilchrist RB 54 points (5 td's 243 rush) 12/8/637. Shaun Alexander RB 52 points (5 td's 139 rush 92 rec) 9/29/028. Jerry Rice WR 52 points (5 td's 225 yards rec) 10/14/909. Jim Brown RB 52 points (4 td's 237 rush 52 rec) 11/19/6110. George Blanda QB 51 points (7 td's 418 passing 7 XP) 11/19/6111. Corey Dillon RB 51 points(4 td's 246 rush 30 rec) 12/4/97
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nevers isn't on ESPN's listIf 6 points per pass TD I'd think Daunte or Peyton would be on the second list at least, no?
 
I don't know about the best game, but I can tell you the best play was brad Johnson throwing a TD to himself...counted double in most leagues.

 
Reality Football said:
They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics. I too have had an interesting time figuring out how they derive DVOA and other funky VORP-type calculations. At least they're trying to take football stats in a new direction, which is nice to see.
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I don't know the exact formulas- obviously those are a closely guarded secret- but the basic gist of their stats is that they how "successful" each play is. In other words, a 14 yard reception on 1st and 10 is fantastic, but a 14 yard reception on 3rd and 26 is basically useless (not entirely useless- it helps a bit with field position). Anyway, they've run regressions to determine how much weight to give to each level of success in each situation (i.e. whether a 14 yard reception on 3rd and 13 should be worth 1 point, or 3, or 17), and then they apply their stats to previous seasons to see just how good of a predictive tool they would have been (retroactively, of course). They keep tweaking the formula to increase the correlation between DVOA and future success. I haven't seen the numbers in a while, but when last I checked, DVOA was a significantly better indicator of future success than any other simple statistic (yards, points, yards per attempt, wins). One season they even charted DVOA vs. Power Rankings, and DVOA wound up beating out all of the "experts" at SI, ESPN, and FoxSports- which is why FoxSports contracted Football Outsiders to run their power rankings now.Their numbers are really phenominal. Every so often they make a prediction that's pure genius. I'm pretty sure that two years ago, DVOA was the only thing in the entire league that predicted the Chargers would make the playoffs (back when the over/under for their wins that year was something like 5). Also, someone from FO has won King Kaufman's playoff predictions contest (correctly predicting playoff participants during the preseason) for two years running now.

Reality Football said:
Englishteacher said:
Reality Football said:
They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics. I too have had an interesting time figuring out how they derive DVOA and other funky VORP-type calculations. At least they're trying to take football stats in a new direction, which is nice to see.
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It is cool though no???
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Definitely, though I wonder in reading it who is breaking down all these plays so incrementally. It is obviously a huge staff watching and rewatching video, and I would guess that, for stuff like blocking and directionally-based stats, some subjectivity must creep in there.
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They have a program that goes through the game logs and converts it into data in an Excel spreadsheet, so DVOA is 100% based on official NFL numbers and stats. They also have volunteer game charters who go through and chart every single play of every game for certain teams. Obviously that's a lot more subjective, but they usually lead off when they're using those numbers by saying that they're more subjective than the DVOA numbers.
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I could spend all day looking at that NFL Records link I posted. Check this out.

Most Seasons Leading League, Most Penalties

16 - Chi. Bears, 1941-44, 1946-49, 1951, 1959-1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1976

15 - Oakland/L.A. Raiders, 1963, 1966, 1968-69, 1975, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1993-96, 2003-05

7 - L.A./St. Louis Rams, 1950, 1952, 1962, 1969, 1978, 1980, 1997
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Gee, I wonder why Oakland has been so terrible for the last three years.As if bad coaching, an old roster and a rotten turnover ratio wasn't enough.... :(
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Don't despair. Speaking of Football Outsiders, they ran a study and determined that how many penalties a team commits actually has ALMOST NO correlation with how bad that team is. In fact, while the correllation is very, very weak... it's actually a NEGATIVE correlation- i.e. teams that commit more penalties actually win very very slightly MORE games than teams that commit few penalties.It sounds counterintuitive, but it makes sense if you think about it. Penalties are indicative of aggressive play. Not every penalty that is committed is called. Imagine if, for every called holding penalty, there were 3 uncalled holding penalties that prevented sacks and resulted in big gains. Imagine if for every offsides, there were three other instances when the DE went just a HAIR early, but got away with it, and as a result of that slight edge got the sack or tackle for a loss. Imagine a CB starts hand-checking a WR very slightly, and throws him just slightly off, preventing a 40 yard reception. Over the course of a season, the negatives of all the penalties tends to balance out with all the positives of the aggressive play and uncalled penalties- and if anything, highly penalized teams actually gain an ADVANTAGE over low-penalty teams... although again, it's a very very very slight advantage.

The only penalties that are really "bad" penalties are stupid things like Delay of Game, Illegal Formation, that sort of thing. Those plays are indicative of stupid play, not aggressive play, and offer no competitive advantage.

 
I remember needing a bunch of points one monday Night, I believe, and I had Plummer as my QB. He was still a Cardinal. I believe it was a conference game too, and he threw for well over 200 yards, a ran three in. :yes:

 
The WR record in my league (dating back to '94) is held by Randy Moss from Week 13, 1998.

Here's the line: 3 catches, 163 yards, 3 TDs (51, 56, 56)

We get double points for 50+ TDs (no points/reception) so this came out to 54 points. Moss also caught a 2-point conversion pass.

Not the best ever, but pretty efficient.

Check out the box from that game -- there were 3 other 50+ TDs in that game!

Vikes/Cowboys, 1998

 
buckeye35 said:
The WR record in my league (dating back to '94) is held by Randy Moss from Week 13, 1998.

Here's the line: 3 catches, 163 yards, 3 TDs (51, 56, 56)

We get double points for 50+ TDs (no points/reception) so this came out to 54 points. Moss also caught a 2-point conversion pass.

Not the best ever, but pretty efficient.

Check out the box from that game -- there were 3 other 50+ TDs in that game!

Vikes/Cowboys, 1998
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Ah yes, I remember that week well. A banner day for the resurgent Randall Cunningham too. 1998, in general, was the highest scoring year in my league's history (1992-today), until 2004 saw Manning and Culpepper start blowing up records.

 
Another forgotten contender...

Jeff Garcia in 2003. Week 14 vs. Arizona Cardinals

49.28 FP off of 252 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT, and 32 yards rushing with 2 TD.

 
I played in a league once that awarded 1 point for every completion. QBs were drastically overvalued in that scoring, and it wasn't uncommon for one to go for over 60 points (happened 4 times last year, iirc). I can only imagine how much Bledsoe's 45 completion game in 1994 would have been worth under that scoring.

 
In 1995, high school RB Ronney Jenkins rushed for 619 yards and 7 TD's in a game. He made it to the NFL, playing for the Chargers, Raiders, and Saints, mostly as a punt/kickoff returner. I know this thread was about NFL stats, but I couldn't pass this up.

 
Reality Football said:
They seem to acknowledge what is a problem for football as a whole -- too few games to easily create reliable metrics.
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Is KC Joyner responsible for the use of the word metrics? Whatever happened to just calling it stats?
 
Joe Namath's '72 game against the Colts and Johnny U:

Namath/496 yds(6 TDs) + Unitas/376 yds(2TDs) = NFL Record 872 combined passing yards

Linky

Boxscore

Jets 6 21 3 14 - 44

Colts 7 13 0 14 - 34

NYJ - Bell 65 pass from Namath (kick failed), 6:12.

Bal - Havrilak 40 pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick), 12:53.

Bal - O'Brien 14 field goal, 1:58.

Bal - O'Brien 32 field goal, 10:41.

NYJ - Riggins 67 pass from Namath (Howfield kick), 12:23.

Bal - McCauley 93 kickoff return (O'Brien kick), 12:47.

NYJ - Maynard 28 pass from Namath (Howfield kick), 13:23.

NYJ - Caster 10 pass from Namath (Howfield kick), 13:52.

NYJ - Howfield 14 field goal, 14:39.

Bal - McCauley 1 run (O'Brien kick), 6:55.

NYJ - Caster 79 pass from Namath (Howfield kick), 7:34.

Bal - Matte 21 pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick), 8:48.

NYJ - Caster 80 pass from Namath (Howfield kick), 9:36.

Att - 56,626.

TEAM STATISTICS NYJ Bal

First downs 19 28

Rushes-yards 25-83 27-80

Net passing yards 490 332

Total net yards 573 412

Passes 15-28-1 26-45-0

Sacked-yards 1-6 6-44

Punts-Avg. 3-43.3 5-45.0

Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-2

Penalties 10-78 5-55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - New York: Riggins 21-87, Namath 1-1,

McLain 3-(-5).

Baltimore: Matte 9-42, Nottingham 16-35,

Unitas 1-2, McCauley 1-1.

PASSING - New York: Namath 15-28-1 - 496.

Baltimore: Unitas 26-45-0 - 376.

RECEIVING - New York: Bell 7-197, Caster 6-204,

Riggins 1-67, Maynard 1-28.

Baltimore: Matte 9-69, Mitchell 8-114,

Havrilak 4-115, Spreyer 3-57,

Nottingham 2-21.
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...Namath threw for 3 TDs- wrapped around Colts turnovers/scores -in 89 seconds... and LATER hit Caster for 79 and 80 yd TD strikes on back to back offensive plays. Has to be up there.

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