Title of Research Project
Major
Sport Management
Research Abstract
This paper analyzes the factors contributing to an NFL team’s offensive ability to efficiently reach field goal range during the final six minutes of regulation. The data is constructed from 2009 - 2011 NFL regular season games examining various in-game factors that affect an offensive unit’s total time taken to reach field goal range. Through regression analysis, the most significant factors discovered affecting total time were the impact of starting time, the number of offensive timeouts used, and the number of offensive timeouts taken. These findings could alter in-game coaching decisions for an NFL head coach.
Faculty Mentor/Advisor
Dr. Agha
Course
SM 605
Included in
An Examination on NFL Time Management Efficiency
This paper analyzes the factors contributing to an NFL team’s offensive ability to efficiently reach field goal range during the final six minutes of regulation. The data is constructed from 2009 - 2011 NFL regular season games examining various in-game factors that affect an offensive unit’s total time taken to reach field goal range. Through regression analysis, the most significant factors discovered affecting total time were the impact of starting time, the number of offensive timeouts used, and the number of offensive timeouts taken. These findings could alter in-game coaching decisions for an NFL head coach.
Comments
An updated version of this paper has been published:
Beasley, Bryan; Greenwald, Ryan; and Agha, Nola (2015) "NFL Time Management: The Role of Timeouts in End-Game Scenarios," The Journal of SPORT: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at:
http://repository.usfca.edu/sm/2/