State Title Game Margins of Victory - Trends over the Years

[OldSchoolLion]

Average margin of victory of state title games:

Title games in the 1980’s = 18 points

Title games in the 1990’s = 15 points

Title games in the 2000’s = 16 points

Title games in the 2010’s = 20 points

 

Average margin of victory of state title games for individual years:

1980-14 points    1980-1984 4 classes

1981-23

1982-12

1983-10

1984-23

1985-19     1985-1998 5 classes

1986-8       **Tied for lowest margin of victory

1987-25

1988-21

1989-21

1990-11

1991-17

1992-16

1993-19

1994 13

1995 14

1996 23

1997-8       **Tied for lowest margin of victory

1998-16

1999-12     1999-2002 6 classes

2000-16

2001-13

2002-13

2003-12     2003-2004 7 classes

2004-21

2005-18      2005-2017 8 classes

2006-12

2007-18

2008-19

2009-15

2010-10

2011-31     8A started   **Largest average margin of victory-5 of 8 games decided by 27 or more points

2012-16

2013-25

2014-23

2015-26

2016-13

2017-12

[s1nglewing]

2011 is a statistical outlier because of NFC's 69-0 win.

[DisabledAccount]

Last time Columbia was at state it was year tied for closest margin of victory 

 

Simple solution 

 

Ensure Columbia plays at state and the state finals will be better as a result

 

 

[OldSchoolLion]

 

21 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

2011 is a statistical outlier because of NFC's 69-0 win.

Good point.  Interestingly, though, even if they had won 40-0, the average still would have been 26.   Prior to 2000, it was not common for a state title game to be decided by 35 or more points.  Since the change to 6 classes in 1999 and beyond, it is becoming increasingly more common.  The past 2 seasons have been pretty competitive, but for much of this decade it seems half of the title games each year are blowouts.  There were 4 title games in 2015 decided by 35 or more points.  That is more than all of the state title games between 1980-1999.  Makes me wonder if that is one reason why some folks are not as eager to travel to the championships each year.

Years with state title games decided by 35 points or more(between 1980 to present)

1981-1

1984-1

1996-1

2000-1

2004-1

2005-1

2007-2

2008-2

2011-3

2013-2

2014-2

2015-4

2016-1

[gatorman-uf]

Not eager because it is damn expensive to watch a high school game. $15 or 20 if you buy at the gate, and another $10+ for parking. Family of 4 nearly $100 plus gas plus food plus potentially rooms if you stay the night... 

[DisabledAccount]

16 minutes ago, gatorman-uf said:

Not eager because it is damn expensive to watch a high school game. $15 or 20 if you buy at the gate, and another $10+ for parking. Family of 4 nearly $100 plus gas plus food plus potentially rooms if you stay the night... 

I wish this state would stop using Brighthouse for state championships 

 

That stupid station only available in central Florida, we north Florida guys would want to actually watch the bloody game but we can't get it unless we want to watch on a computer 

 

They need to get a statewide network for broadcasting instead of a network only offered in a short window between Tampa and Orlando