A comprehensive survey of the home advantage in American football

Abstract: The existence and justification to the home advantage – the benefit a sports team receives when playing at home – has been studied across sport. The majority of research on this topic is limited to individual leagues in short time frames, which hinders extrapolation and a deeper understanding of possible causes. Using nearly two decades of data from the National Football League (NFL), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and high schools from across the United States, we provide a uniform approach to understanding the home advantage in American football. Our findings suggest home advantage is declining in the NFL and the highest levels of collegiate football, but not in amateur football. This increases the possibility that characteristics of the NCAA and NFL, such as travel improvements and instant replay, have helped level the playing field.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A comprehensive survey of the home advantage in American football ; volume:20 ; number:4 ; year:2024 ; pages:277-291 ; extent:15 ; Journal of quantitative analysis in sports ; 20, Heft 4 (2024), 277-291 (gesamt 15)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Benz, Luke ; Bliss, Thompson ; Lopez, Michael

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/jqas-2024-0016
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408081730172.531805782816
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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