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Backtest History

267 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
20162TEN @ DET1615-8.4-6.0+1.09.4
20161BUF @ BAL713-1.1-3.0-6.04.9
20161CAR @ DEN2021+5.4+3.0-1.06.4
20161CHI @ HOU1423-3.7-5.5-9.05.3
20161CIN @ NYJ2322+1.9-1.0+1.00.9 (model closer than the closing line)
20161CLE @ PHI1029-3.9-3.5-19.015.1 (model closer than the closing line)
20161DET @ IND3935-1.5-2.5+4.05.5 (model closer than the closing line)
20161GB @ JAX2723+3.4+3.5+4.00.6
20161LA @ SF028+4.9+2.5-28.032.9
20161MIA @ SEA1012-12.8-10.5-2.010.8
20161MIN @ TEN2516+2.2+2.5+9.06.8
20161NE @ ARI2321-8.5-9.0+2.010.5 (model closer than the closing line)
20161NYG @ DAL2019+0.5-1.0+1.00.5 (model closer than the closing line)
20161LV @ NO3534-5.3-2.5+1.06.3
20161PIT @ WAS3816+2.1+2.5+22.019.9
20161LAC @ KC2733-6.1-6.5-6.00.1 (model closer than the closing line)
20161TB @ ATL3124-2.7-2.5+7.09.7

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.