2019 Week 15 NFL Score Report

• 48.4375 points per game in another relatively high-scoring week -- almost the opposite of the end of the season last year!
• Season average creeping up to 45.53 now.  (46.92 last year)
• Home teams lost out this week, 7-9.  Season total:  115-103-1
• Over was 10-6 for 106-112-6.
• Against the number:  Favorites were 9-6-1 this week for 99-116-8 for the season.
• Straight up:  Favorites were 10-6 for 145-77-1.
• Team with more penalties was 7-7, for 101-103-1.
• Only 182 penalties this week (11.375 per game).  Season total:  3084 (13.77)
• Three Cliffhangers this week for 31 for the season.
• Only six of the 16 games finished within one score -- and fully half the games this week were noncompetitive!
• Within one score for the season:  116.  Non-competitive:  77.
• 4 Last Chance Misses for 68.
• And two games in which there were useless scoop-and-scores at the gun.  BOTH impacted Vegas betting.
• Atlanta's scoop and score put the game over 50 at 51.
• And Philadelphia was a 6.5 point favorite over Washington and needed that scoop and score to cover it.

Ratings by Sports Media Watch:

• NFL National:  15.0, worst rated Week 15 in 15 years.  Down 9% YoY.  Cowboys-Rams had most of that window. 
• NFL Regional:  10.1, best rated Week 15 in 4 years, up 22% YoY.  Bears-Packers in just over half the markets...
• ... and the Bears still suck.  :)
• NFL Single:  10.8, and that's the worst Week 15 single in 12 years, down 13% YoY.