2019 Week 13 NFL Score Report

• 45.375 points per game for the first 16-game schedule of the back end of the season.
• Season average up a tick to 44.85.
• Home teams got it to 8-8 this week to maintain the advantage they've built up over the last 3-4 weeks at 99-87-1.  (.532)
• The Over was 7-7-2 for 88-98-6 for the year.
• Favorites were 7-9 against the number for 82-103-6 for the year.
• 9-7 only straight up for the favorites for 123-67-1.
• Team with more penalties was 7-8 for 85-89-1 for the year.  Only 4-8 after the Thursday games, though.
• 203 penalties (12.7 per game) for 2,715 for the 192 games (14.14 per game) played so far this season.
• 2 Cliffhangers (Baltimore and Denver) for 25 for the year.
• 9 games finished within one score for 100 for the year.
• 5 non-competitive games for 64 for the year.
• 5 Last Chance Missed for 59 for the year.

Ratings from Sports Media Watch:

• Bears-Lions:  12.3 rating, almost 27 million viewers, third-best game of the year, about the same as last Thanksgiving.
• Cowboys-Bills:  13.5 rating, 32.5 million viewers, the most viewers to watch a regular-season NFL game in basically exactly three years.  Up 8% rating and 7% viewers from last Thanksgiving.  Most-viewed TV program in the United States since the Super Bowl.  (Even beat the Oscars by three million.)
• Saints-Falcons, on the other hand:  9.9 rating, 20.7 million viewers, one of the lowest of the decade for Thanksgiving.  Ratings down 2% and viewers down 5% from last year's third game.
• Sunday Night:  12.3 rating, 21.4 million viewers, best Week 13 in at least five years.  Ratings up 17%, viewers up 20%.
• NFL Single, largely the Ravens-49ers showdown:  Big.  13.2, up 39%!
• NFL Regional, largely Browns-Steelers:  Ate the loss big-time.  7.5, down 24%!
• NFL National, largely Raiders-Chiefs:  13.8, down 13%.