ESPN College Football Game Team Records

Get each team's win-loss records (overall, home, road, conference) as they stood at the time of a single college football game.

Usage

espn_cfb_game_team_records(game_id = NULL, detail = FALSE, team_detail = TRUE)

Arguments

game_id

(Integer required): ESPN game identifier.

detail

(Logical): controls the output shape. One of:

• FALSE (default) – the summary output, one row per (team x record type), with the columns shown in the Value table below.

• TRUE – a long frame, one row per (team x record x stat) expanding each record's nested stats[] array (see Details).

team_detail

(Logical): when TRUE (default), fetch the ESPN team catalog (espn_cfb_teams()) once and join friendly team fields next to the team_id column – team_name, team_abbreviation, team_location, team_display_name, team_short_display_name, team_nickname, team_color, team_alternate_color, team_logo_href, and team_logo_dark_href, inserted immediately after team_id. Composes with detail – both output shapes carry team_id. A catalog failure degrades to NA rather than erroring the wrapper. Set FALSE to skip the catalog fetch and the join.

Value

A data frame with one row per team-record type (when detail = FALSE):

col_name	types	description
game_id	character	ESPN game identifier.
team_id	character	ESPN team id for the team.
team_name	character	Team nickname; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_abbreviation	character	Team abbreviation; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_location	character	Team location / school name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_display_name	character	Full team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_short_display_name	character	Short team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_nickname	character	Team nickname label; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_color	character	Primary team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_alternate_color	character	Alternate team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_href	character	Default team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_dark_href	character	Dark-variant team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
home_away	character	home or away.
record_id	character	ESPN record-type id.
name	character	Record-type key (e.g. overall, Home, Road).
abbreviation	character	Record-type abbreviation.
display_name	character	Human-readable record-type name.
short_display_name	character	Short human-readable record-type name.
description	character	ESPN's description of the record type.
type	character	Record-type category (e.g. total, home, road).
summary	character	Win-loss summary string (e.g. 2-0).
display_value	character	Display-formatted record value.
value	numeric	Numeric record value.
record_ref	character	$ref URL to the record resource.

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/competitors/{team_id}/records. This wrapper reads the teams list for the game and fetches the records resource for both teams, stacking the items arrays into one long frame – one row per (team x record type). Each record type carries a summary string (e.g. "2-0"). With detail = TRUE the per-record statistic breakdown (points-per-game, streak, ...) nested under each record is also expanded. home_away identifies which team a row belongs to.

When detail = TRUE the returned frame is in long format with one row per (team x record x stat), with columns: game_id, team_id, home_away, record_type (the record-type key, e.g. overall), record_summary (the record's win-loss summary string), stat_name, stat_type (the stat-type key, e.g. wins), abbreviation, display_name, short_display_name, description (ESPN's description of the stat), value, and display_value.

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_status(), espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(), 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_team_records(game_id = 401628339))
#> ── Game team records data from ESPN ────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 24
#>   game_id   team_id team_name  team_abbreviation team_location team_display_name
#>   <chr>     <chr>   <chr>      <chr>             <chr>         <chr>            
#> 1 401628339 61      Bulldogs   UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> 2 401628339 61      Bulldogs   UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> 3 401628339 61      Bulldogs   UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> 4 401628339 61      Bulldogs   UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> 5 401628339 2635    Golden Ea… TNTC              Tennessee Te… Tennessee Tech G…
#> 6 401628339 2635    Golden Ea… TNTC              Tennessee Te… Tennessee Tech G…
#> 7 401628339 2635    Golden Ea… TNTC              Tennessee Te… Tennessee Tech G…
#> 8 401628339 2635    Golden Ea… TNTC              Tennessee Te… Tennessee Tech G…
#> # ℹ 18 more variables: team_short_display_name <chr>, team_nickname <chr>,
#> #   team_color <chr>, team_alternate_color <chr>, team_logo_href <chr>,
#> #   team_logo_dark_href <chr>, home_away <chr>, record_id <chr>, name <chr>,
#> #   abbreviation <chr>, display_name <chr>, short_display_name <chr>,
#> #   description <chr>, type <chr>, summary <chr>, display_value <chr>,
#> #   value <dbl>, record_ref <chr>
  try(espn_cfb_game_team_records(game_id = 401628339, detail = TRUE))
#> ── Game team records data from ESPN ────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 76 × 23
#>    game_id   team_id team_name team_abbreviation team_location team_display_name
#>    <chr>     <chr>   <chr>     <chr>             <chr>         <chr>            
#>  1 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  2 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  3 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  4 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  5 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  6 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  7 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  8 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#>  9 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> 10 401628339 61      Bulldogs  UGA               Georgia       Georgia Bulldogs 
#> # ℹ 66 more rows
#> # ℹ 17 more variables: team_short_display_name <chr>, team_nickname <chr>,
#> #   team_color <chr>, team_alternate_color <chr>, team_logo_href <chr>,
#> #   team_logo_dark_href <chr>, home_away <chr>, record_type <chr>,
#> #   record_summary <chr>, stat_name <chr>, stat_type <chr>, abbreviation <chr>,
#> #   display_name <chr>, short_display_name <chr>, description <chr>,
#> #   value <dbl>, display_value <chr>
  try(espn_cfb_game_team_records(game_id = 401628339,
                                 team_detail = FALSE))
#> ── Game team records data from ESPN ────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 14
#>   game_id   team_id home_away record_id name      abbreviation display_name     
#>   <chr>     <chr>   <chr>     <chr>     <chr>     <chr>        <chr>            
#> 1 401628339 61      home      1         overall   Game         Record Year To D…
#> 2 401628339 61      home      9002      Home      NA           Home             
#> 3 401628339 61      home      9003      Road      NA           Road             
#> 4 401628339 61      home      9009      vs. Conf. NA           CONF             
#> 5 401628339 2635    away      1         overall   Game         Record Year To D…
#> 6 401628339 2635    away      9002      Home      NA           Home             
#> 7 401628339 2635    away      9003      Road      NA           Road             
#> 8 401628339 2635    away      9009      vs. Conf. NA           CONF             
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: short_display_name <chr>, description <chr>, type <chr>,
#> #   summary <chr>, display_value <chr>, value <dbl>, record_ref <chr>
# }