2017 Week 8 NFL Score Report

A quickie this week, as we exhale for Game 7...

• 44 points a game this week
• 43.866 points per game for the 8 weeks (119 games) so far.
• Home teams were 7-5 for 59-56.  (The four London games are now complete.)
• The Over was 8-5 59-56-4.  
• Good week for favorites:  8-5 against the number, 12-1 straight up.  For the year:  54-63-2 against the spread, 75-44 straight up.
• Team with more penalties was 4-6, with three games even on penalties.  51-57 for the year.
• One Cliffhanger (Seattle over Houston with a touchdown at 0:22).  22 for the year.
• Six games finished eight or within, for 59 for the year.  Just under half the games this year are within a margin of 8 at the end.
• Four others were within eight at some point in the fourth quarter, for 20 of those.
• Three non-competitive games, for 40 total.
• Two Last Chance Misses for 19.

Ratings:

• Monday Night:  Even from a weak matchup last year, about 16-20% down from two years ago.
• Sunday Night:  Got creamed by the World Series mega-scoring debacle, and 21% ratings and 23% viewers over last year.
• SNF (Pittsburgh-Detroit) got a rating of 8.0 with 13.9 million viewers.  The World Series of Juiced Balls and Bad Umpiring?  10.5 rating, 18.9 million viewers.  Beaten by a clean over 20%.
• FOX was doing everything in their power to hype up the Cowboys and Redskins...  Down 3% viewers and ratings from last year's national slot. The Cowboys still have four of the five highest-watched games of the year, even though the last two have fallen short year-over-year, unlike the 'Boys' first five.
• FOX Regional window was down 5% ratings, 3% viewers.
• CBS Single was down 6% in both measures.
• Thursday's game was down about 20% from a comparable game last year.