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Backtest History

2761 graded games

Every graded prediction from the frozen walk-forward backtest, next to the closing spread and the final margin. Lines are quoted for the home team.

NFL backtest history
SeasonWkMatchupScoreModelCloseResultModel err
201714TEN @ ARI712+2.1+2.5-5.07.1 (model closer than the closing line)
201714WAS @ LAC1330-10.5-6.0-17.06.5 (model closer than the closing line)
201713CAR @ NO2131-5.1-5.5-10.04.9
201713CLE @ LAC1019-18.0-13.5-9.09.0
201713DEN @ MIA935+1.7+1.0-26.027.7
201713DET @ BAL2044-1.2-2.5-24.022.8
201713HOU @ TEN1324-4.1-7.0-11.06.9
201713IND @ JAX1030-11.4-10.0-20.08.6 (model closer than the closing line)
201713KC @ NYJ3138+1.3+3.5-7.08.3 (model closer than the closing line)
201713LA @ ARI3216+8.1+7.5+16.07.9 (model closer than the closing line)
201713MIN @ ATL149+0.8-2.0+5.04.2 (model closer than the closing line)
201713NE @ BUF233+12.4+7.5+20.07.6 (model closer than the closing line)
201713NYG @ LV1724-5.8-10.0-7.01.2 (model closer than the closing line)
201713PHI @ SEA1024+4.9+3.5-14.018.9
201713PIT @ CIN2320+4.5+4.5+3.01.5 (model closer than the closing line)
201713SF @ CHI1514+1.1-2.5+1.00.1 (model closer than the closing line)
201713TB @ GB2026-1.1-3.0-6.04.9
201713WAS @ DAL1438+3.4+1.5-24.027.4
201712BUF @ KC1610-10.0-8.5+6.016.0
201712CAR @ NYJ3527+4.6+5.5+8.03.4
201712CHI @ PHI331-15.6-14.0-28.012.4 (model closer than the closing line)
201712CLE @ CIN1630-11.0-7.5-14.03.0 (model closer than the closing line)
201712DEN @ LV1421-2.6-3.5-7.04.4
201712GB @ PIT2831-15.3-14.0-3.012.3
201712HOU @ BAL1623-6.1-7.5-7.00.9
201712JAX @ ARI2427+8.8+6.5-3.011.8
201712LAC @ DAL286+4.3+1.0+22.017.7 (model closer than the closing line)
201712MIA @ NE1735-18.9-17.0-18.00.9 (model closer than the closing line)
201712MIN @ DET3023+3.1+2.5+7.03.9 (model closer than the closing line)
201712NO @ LA2026-1.4-2.5-6.04.6
201712NYG @ WAS1020-6.0-7.0-10.04.0
201712SEA @ SF2413+8.4+7.0+11.02.6 (model closer than the closing line)
201712TB @ ATL2034-9.6-10.5-14.04.4
201712TEN @ IND2016+2.4+3.0+4.01.6
201711ARI @ HOU2131-2.5-2.5-10.07.5 (model closer than the closing line)
201711ATL @ SEA3431-2.7-1.0+3.05.7
201711BAL @ GB230+2.0+2.5+23.021.0
201711BUF @ LAC2454-7.6-7.0-30.022.4 (model closer than the closing line)
201711CIN @ DEN2017+0.8-2.5+3.02.2 (model closer than the closing line)
201711DET @ CHI2724+5.1+3.0+3.02.1
201711JAX @ CLE197+13.0+7.5+12.01.0 (model closer than the closing line)
201711KC @ NYG912+7.9+10.0-3.010.9 (model closer than the closing line)
201711LA @ MIN724+1.0-1.0-17.018.0
201711NE vs LV338+9.7+7.0+25.015.3 (model closer than the closing line)
201711PHI @ DAL379+6.4+6.0+28.021.6 (model closer than the closing line)
201711TB @ MIA3020+2.5+1.0+10.07.5 (model closer than the closing line)
201711TEN @ PIT1740-7.3-7.0-23.015.7 (model closer than the closing line)
201711WAS @ NO3134-11.9-9.5-3.08.9
201710CIN @ TEN2024-3.5-4.5-4.00.5 (model closer than the closing line)
201710CLE @ DET2438-13.7-10.5-14.00.3 (model closer than the closing line)

Model and Close are home lines; Result is the final margin on the same axis. Model err is the absolute miss of the model's margin, shown green when the model was closer than the closing line.