Winning Stats

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 What correlates to wins in football is well known and the information readily available. For example, not surprising is the role of turnovers, but something that is a bit surprising are penalties.

More imprtantly, this is a really poor method. There are many reasons why, but a big one is it shows correlation, but implies causation. Rushing stats are a good example of this. Teams that rush for over 200 yards have an obscene win total, that doesn't mean every team should be rush heavy. It's an inverse correlation. Passing stats, in general, actually correlate better if you're looking for a causal factor.

 


It's good that efficiency stats are getting more attention, since some teams do have significantly more plays per game than others these stats provide a more apt comparison between teams. 

 
Interesting. Thanks for posting, always fun to do a deeper dive into stats since most are things you have to dig deeper on or the whole story isn't told on the surface I guess you could say.

 
I got two stats that when compared to each other will always determine the outcome of a game and are therefore the best stats to determine win-loss records: (1) your team score vs (2) opponent team score.

 
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