NFL Team Statistics from ESPN, 2002-2019 Seasons

Team-level statistics for NFL games scraped from ESPN's Team Stats pages. The data covers 256 regular season games and 11 playoff games per season from 2002 to 2019, with three specific games noted as missing. Any errors or data quirks present on ESPN's site are reflected in this dataset.

Use Cases

• Modeling game outcomes based on team-level statistics mentioned in the description
• Analyzing trends in team performance metrics across multiple NFL seasons
• Investigating the impact of data availability changes, such as the introduction of redzone conversion stats post-2006

Strengths

• Covers 18 consecutive NFL seasons from 2002 to 2019
• Includes data for 256 regular season and 11 playoff games per season
• Explicitly documents three missing games, aiding in data completeness assessment

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Inherits any errors or data gaps present in the original ESPN source

Provenance

Source

ESPN Team Stats pages

Collection Method

Web scraping

Time Range

2002 to 2019

Geography

United States (National Football League)