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Apbaball wrote:So they probably don't have yards lost attempting to pass either?

They do, but it is inconsistent and incomplete.

Apbaball wrote:Is there any data for team sacks and own QB sacked for the AAFC?

They attempted to record it on the official scoresheets, but it was inconsistent and often those pages are missing from the existing scoresheets.

Apbaball wrote:Thanks. Do you find pro football archives to be more reliable than pro football reference?

I try to make it as reliable as humanly possible.

How far back are these stats available for players in the NFL and AFL? How about the number of total team recovered fumbles? Individuals: 1945 for the NFL. 1967 for the AFL. Team: 1941 for the NFL. 1960 for the AFL. 1946 for the AAFC. Team opponents recoveries for the NFL go back to 1938. Thanks. S...

Apbaball wrote:How far back are these stats available for players in the NFL and AFL? How about the number of total team recovered fumbles?

Individuals:
1945 for the NFL.
1967 for the AFL.

Team:
1941 for the NFL.
1960 for the AFL.
1946 for the AAFC.

Team opponents recoveries for the NFL go back to 1938.

I see that the NFL now has a kicking category for kickoffs, including yards returned, % returned, and touchbacks. When did that start?

1991.

In the pre-specialist era four was the most number of kickers used by any team. If you count kickers who just kicked off, then the '52 Lions used at least 5 kickers: Harder, Walker, Layne, Hardy, and Summerall. Summerall, drafted as a "kickoff specialist" who could consistently knock the ...

Teams that used five kickers in a season who were strictly "specialists": 1987 Cleveland (one of the five apparently only kicked off) 2000 Washington 2017 Los Angeles Chargers 2019 Tennessee (one player only kicked off) In the pre-specialist era four was the most number of kickers used by ...

I am wondering if anyone knows of any work done on older gamebooks. Specifically, has the play by play data been transferred/translated/copied to spreadsheets? There are sources online where can download everything back to 2002. Pro Football Reference has 1994-2001, but it has lots of errors and do...