Nebraska Football Game Statistics with Weather Data, 1962-2020

All games played by the University of Nebraska football team from 1962 to 2020, including offensive statistics, turnovers, and weather conditions. The dataset includes columns for rushing and passing attempts and yards, penalties, point spreads, and weather data from the DarkSky API and Weather Underground. Penalty data is incomplete before September 16, 1972, and point spread data is listed for approximately 89% of games from the 1978 season onward.

Use Cases

• Predicting game outcomes based on historical team statistics like rushing yards and passing completions.
• Analyzing the impact of weather conditions, such as temperature and wind speed, on game performance.
• Studying trends in team penalties and turnovers over a multi-decade period.
• Modeling point spreads and betting lines using historical game data.

Strengths

• Covers 58 years of game data, providing a long-term historical view.
• Includes multiple data facets: play-by-play statistics, penalties, point spreads, and weather conditions.
• Weather data is sourced from two specific APIs: DarkSky and Weather Underground.

Limitations

• Penalty data is incomplete for games before September 16, 1972.
• Point spread data is unknown before the 1978 season and is missing for an estimated 11% of games thereafter.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

openml

Collection Method

Compiled from game records and augmented with weather data from DarkSky API and Weather Underground.

Time Range

1962 to 2020

Geography

Games played by the University of Nebraska football team.