ESPN College Football Game Team Statistics
Source:R/espn_cfb_game.R
espn_cfb_game_team_statistics.RdGet the full team box-score statistics for both teams in a single college football game, in long format.
Value
A data frame with one row per team-category-stat:
| 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. |
| split_id | character | ESPN statistics-split id. |
| split_name | character | ESPN statistics-split name (e.g. Total). |
| split_abbreviation | character | ESPN statistics-split abbreviation. |
| category_name | character | Stat category key (e.g. general, passing). |
| category_display | character | Human-readable category name. |
| category_short_display | character | Short human-readable category name. |
| category_abbreviation | character | Stat-category abbreviation. |
| category_summary | character | ESPN's summary string for the category. |
| stat_name | character | Internal stat key (e.g. passingYards). |
| abbreviation | character | Stat abbreviation. |
| display_name | character | Human-readable stat name. |
| short_display_name | character | Short human-readable stat name. |
| value | numeric | Stat value. |
| display_value | character | Display-formatted stat value as shown on ESPN. |
| description | character | ESPN's description of the stat. |
| statistics_ref | character | $ref URL to the team's statistics resource. |
| team_ref | character | $ref URL to the team-in-season resource. |
Details
Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint
events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/competitors/{team_id}/statistics.
This wrapper reads the teams list for the game and fetches the
statistics resource for both teams, flattening the nested
splits -> categories -> stats tree into one long frame: one row per
(team x category x stat). The long shape absorbs ESPN's habit of adding
and retiring stat keys across seasons. Pivot wider with
tidyr::pivot_wider() keyed on stat_name when a wide team box is wanted.
When team_detail = TRUE (the default) the ESPN team catalog
(espn_cfb_teams()) is fetched once and friendly team fields are joined
in 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. A catalog failure degrades
to NA
rather than erroring the wrapper. Set team_detail = FALSE to skip the
catalog fetch and the join.
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_records(),
espn_cfb_game_team_roster(),
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_statistics(game_id = 401628339))
#> ── Game team statistics data from ESPN ─────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:35 UTC
#> # A tibble: 568 × 30
#> 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 558 more rows
#> # ℹ 24 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>, split_id <chr>,
#> # split_name <chr>, split_abbreviation <chr>, category_name <chr>,
#> # category_display <chr>, category_short_display <chr>,
#> # category_abbreviation <chr>, category_summary <chr>, stat_name <chr>, …
try(espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(game_id = 401628339,
team_detail = FALSE))
#> ── Game team statistics data from ESPN ─────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:56:36 UTC
#> # A tibble: 568 × 20
#> game_id team_id home_away split_id split_name split_abbreviation
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 2 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 3 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 4 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 5 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 6 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 7 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 8 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 9 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> 10 401628339 61 home 0 Season Season
#> # ℹ 558 more rows
#> # ℹ 14 more variables: category_name <chr>, category_display <chr>,
#> # category_short_display <chr>, category_abbreviation <chr>,
#> # category_summary <chr>, stat_name <chr>, abbreviation <chr>,
#> # display_name <chr>, short_display_name <chr>, value <dbl>,
#> # display_value <chr>, description <chr>, statistics_ref <chr>,
#> # team_ref <chr>
# }