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Looking through the 2002 season, there's an oddity around touchdowns and extra points. It seems that the 6 points for the touchdown are bundled with the extra p
by tghw 14y ago
Looking through the 2002 season, there's an oddity around touchdowns and extra points. It seems that the 6 points for the touchdown are bundled with the extra point, and the score is not updated until the extra point is complete.
It seems this might result in bugs, as in the Oct 20, 2002 game between Dallas and Arizona. In the third quarter, with a score of Arizona 6 - Dallas 0, Dallas scored a touchdown (row 13900) but "aborted" the extra point (row 13901). The 6 points for the Cowboys are not recorded in the data.
The game eventually went to overtime, with the Cardinals kicking a winning field goal in OT for a final score of Arizona 9 - Dallas 6, but the data here records it as Arizona 6 - Dallas 0.