Founded
in 1998 by Sean
Lahman and Todd Greanier, the goal of the Football Project
is to create a public repository of play-by-play data for professional
football games played since 1920. Towards that goal, the Project
undertakes three major activities. The first is to collect play-by-play
accounts for these games; the second is to convert
those accounts into a standard scoring format; and the third is to
digitize that information to enable advanced statistical analysis.
The results of this research have appeared in many publications,
including Pro Football Weekly, the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia, and the annuals Pro Football
Prospectus and Pro Football Forecast. It has also appeared
online in dozens of locations.
The project is always looking for
volunteers to help enter play-by-play accounts or proof existing
accounts versus published box scores. If you are interested in
joining or would like more information, please contact
us. |