CFB Data Games Examples

Saiem Gilani

Load and Install Packages

if (!requireNamespace('pacman', quietly = TRUE)){
  install.packages('pacman')
}
pacman::p_load(dplyr,tidyr, gt, cfbfastR)
# pacman::p_load_current_gh("sportsdataverse/cfbfastR")

Get game information

df_2018_wk_1 <- cfbfastR::cfbd_game_info(year=2018, week = 1)

df_2018_wk_7_ind <- cfbfastR::cfbd_game_info(year=2018, week = 7, conference = "Ind")

line_scores <- cfbfastR::cfbd_game_info(year=2018, week = 13, team = "Texas A&M", quarter_scores = TRUE)

Get calendar weeks and dates

cfbfastR::cfbd_calendar(2019)

Find game broadcast and media information

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_media(2019, week = 4, conference = "ACC")

Get CFBD Advanced Game Box Scores (by game_id)

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_box_advanced(game_id = 401114233)

Get CFBD Game Team Box Scores

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_team_stats(2019, team = "LSU")

## ── Team stats data from CollegeFootballData.com ────────────── cfbfastR 2.0.0 ──

## ℹ Data updated: 2025-08-25 19:43:48 UTC

## # A tibble: 26 × 78
##      game_id school     conference home_away opponent opponent_conference points
##        <int> <chr>      <chr>      <chr>     <chr>    <chr>                <int>
##  1 401110778 Texas      Big 12     home      LSU      SEC                     38
##  2 401110778 LSU        SEC        away      Texas    Big 12                  45
##  3 401110828 Mississip… SEC        home      LSU      SEC                     13
##  4 401110828 LSU        SEC        away      Mississ… SEC                     36
##  5 401110833 LSU        SEC        home      Auburn   SEC                     23
##  6 401110833 Auburn     SEC        away      LSU      SEC                     20
##  7 401110842 Alabama    SEC        home      LSU      SEC                     41
##  8 401110842 LSU        SEC        away      Alabama  SEC                     46
##  9 401110859 LSU        SEC        home      Arkansas SEC                     56
## 10 401110859 Arkansas   SEC        away      LSU      SEC                     20
## # ℹ 16 more rows
## # ℹ 71 more variables: total_yards <chr>, net_passing_yards <chr>,
## #   completion_attempts <chr>, passing_tds <chr>, yards_per_pass <chr>,
## #   passes_intercepted <chr>, interception_yards <chr>, interception_tds <chr>,
## #   rushing_attempts <chr>, rushing_yards <chr>, rush_tds <chr>,
## #   yards_per_rush_attempt <chr>, first_downs <chr>, third_down_eff <chr>,
## #   fourth_down_eff <chr>, punt_returns <chr>, punt_return_yards <chr>, …

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_team_stats(2013, team = "Florida State")

## ── Team stats data from CollegeFootballData.com ────────────── cfbfastR 2.0.0 ──

## ℹ Data updated: 2025-08-25 19:43:49 UTC

## # A tibble: 26 × 78
##      game_id school     conference home_away opponent opponent_conference points
##        <int> <chr>      <chr>      <chr>     <chr>    <chr>                <int>
##  1 332640052 Florida S… ACC        home      Bethune… MEAC                    54
##  2 332640052 Bethune-C… MEAC       away      Florida… ACC                      6
##  3 332450221 Pittsburgh ACC        home      Florida… ACC                     13
##  4 332450221 Florida S… ACC        away      Pittsbu… ACC                     41
##  5 332570052 Florida S… ACC        home      Nevada   Mountain West           62
##  6 332570052 Nevada     Mountain … away      Florida… ACC                      7
##  7 332710103 Boston Co… ACC        home      Florida… ACC                     34
##  8 332710103 Florida S… ACC        away      Boston … ACC                     48
##  9 332780052 Florida S… ACC        home      Maryland ACC                     63
## 10 332780052 Maryland   ACC        away      Florida… ACC                      0
## # ℹ 16 more rows
## # ℹ 71 more variables: total_yards <chr>, net_passing_yards <chr>,
## #   completion_attempts <chr>, passing_tds <chr>, yards_per_pass <chr>,
## #   passes_intercepted <chr>, interception_yards <chr>, interception_tds <chr>,
## #   rushing_attempts <chr>, rushing_yards <chr>, rush_tds <chr>,
## #   yards_per_rush_attempt <chr>, first_downs <chr>, third_down_eff <chr>,
## #   fourth_down_eff <chr>, punt_returns <chr>, punt_return_yards <chr>, …

Get CFBD Game Player Box Scores

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_player_stats(2018, week = 15, conference = "Ind")

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_player_stats(2013, week = 1, team = "Florida State", category = "passing")

Get CFBD Team Game Records

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_records(2018, team = "Notre Dame")

cfbfastR::cfbd_game_records(2013, team = "Florida State")