Get the competition status for a single college football game – clock, period, and the status type/state (scheduled, in-progress, final).
Value
A data frame with one row describing the game status:
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | character | ESPN game identifier. |
| clock | numeric | Game clock value in seconds. |
| display_clock | character | Game clock display value (MM:SS). |
| period | integer | Period (quarter) number. |
| status_id | character | ESPN status-type id. |
| status_name | character | Status-type key (e.g. STATUS_FINAL). |
| status_state | character | Status state (pre, in, or post). |
| completed | logical | TRUE if the game is complete. |
| description | character | Status description (e.g. Final). |
| detail | character | Detailed status text. |
| short_detail | character | Short status text. |
| status_ref | character | $ref URL to the status resource itself. |
Details
Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint
events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/status. The competition id always
equals the game id. Returns a single-row data frame describing the game's
status. For a completed game state is post and completed is TRUE;
for an in-progress game the clock and period reflect live game time.
See also
Other ESPN CFB Functions:
espn_cfb_award(),
espn_cfb_awards(),
espn_cfb_clear_cache(),
espn_cfb_coach(),
espn_cfb_coach_record(),
espn_cfb_coaches(),
espn_cfb_franchise(),
espn_cfb_franchises(),
espn_cfb_futures(),
espn_cfb_game_broadcasts(),
espn_cfb_game_drive_plays(),
espn_cfb_game_drives(),
espn_cfb_game_leaders(),
espn_cfb_game_odds(),
espn_cfb_game_pbp(),
espn_cfb_game_play(),
espn_cfb_game_player_box(),
espn_cfb_game_player_statistics(),
espn_cfb_game_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_game_predictor(),
espn_cfb_game_probabilities(),
espn_cfb_game_situation(),
espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_cfb_game_team_records(),
espn_cfb_game_team_roster(),
espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_cfb_game_teams(),
espn_cfb_groups(),
espn_cfb_pbp_v2(),
espn_cfb_player(),
espn_cfb_player_career_stats(),
espn_cfb_player_eventlog(),
espn_cfb_player_gamelog(),
espn_cfb_player_overview(),
espn_cfb_player_seasons(),
espn_cfb_player_splits(),
espn_cfb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_cfb_players(),
espn_cfb_position(),
espn_cfb_positions(),
espn_cfb_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_qbr(),
espn_cfb_rankings(),
espn_cfb_recruits(),
espn_cfb_season_info(),
espn_cfb_season_types(),
espn_cfb_season_weeks(),
espn_cfb_seasons(),
espn_cfb_standings(),
espn_cfb_team(),
espn_cfb_team_ats(),
espn_cfb_team_awards(),
espn_cfb_team_coaches(),
espn_cfb_team_events(),
espn_cfb_team_leaders(),
espn_cfb_team_powerindex(),
espn_cfb_team_ranks(),
espn_cfb_team_record(),
espn_cfb_team_roster(),
espn_cfb_team_schedule(),
espn_cfb_teams(),
espn_cfb_unnest_plays(),
espn_cfb_venue(),
espn_cfb_venues(),
espn_cfb_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_cfb_game_status(game_id = 401628339))
#> ── Game status data from ESPN ──────────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:31 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> game_id clock display_clock period status_id status_name status_state
#> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 401628339 0 0:00 4 3 STATUS_FINAL post
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: completed <lgl>, description <chr>, detail <chr>,
#> # short_detail <chr>, status_ref <chr>
# }