Victory Data

Here is the raw data for the 12 SEC games we looked at to find what was most important for margin of victory. The first thing is a list of twelve numbers which is the variable "Points Difference"


POINT DIFF
39
30
24
20
18
14
12
11
11
6
4
1


Then there are seven variables we considered, and are trying to determind which ones matter the most in explaining POINTS DIFF. These are ...


PS 1D TYd PYd RYd TO YdD
49 22 373 188 185 0 -25
51 22 475 210 265 1 154
30 16 243 96 147 0 -15
29 23 366 188 178 1 193
31 21 409 307 102 1 194
52 16 443 249 194 0 -54
26 29 458 310 148 2 249
41 21 334 205 129 1 10
31 19 358 216 142 0 35
27 16 353 215 138 3 -29
24 15 326 219 107 2 -33
31 10 325 185 140 1 -118



where PS is points scored, 1D is first downs, TYd is total yards, PYd is passing yards, RYd is rushing yards, TO is turnover, YdD is yards difference.

Sorry that the raw data looks so sloppy.