UTSA has played in an off campus stadium, The Alamodome, since its inception (2011 to present) It should be pretty easy to find our records all three years. It's hard to determine how that affects our winning percentage because UTSA is still a young program.
As fans we love to urge our team to win especially since tailgating lots open at 8am regardless of the start and the Dome sells beer!
(04-01-2014 03:55 PM)frenchbeef Wrote: I'm working on a project for my sports economics class to determine if, all else equal, having an on campus stadium affects win percentage in Division 1 college football. Here's what I need from you guys.
Let me know if:
Your team has played at an off campus facility and moved to an on campus facility
Your team has played at an on campus facility and moved to an off campus facility
Your team has always played at an on campus facility
Your team has always played at an off campus facility
***Provide years, so I'll be able to put together statistics for win percentage.
For instance, UAB has played at an off campus facility (Legion Field) since its football program's inception in 1991. They have been competing in Division 1 since 1996.
Lastly, let me know what you think. How much do you think having an on campus/off campus facility affects win percentage?
It sounds like you're outsourcing your grunt work to the board. You can literally do this all on Wikipedia, except for your last question.
Actually, many things can be missing, ECU's wiki page won't tell that the first stadium used by ECU football was off campus, Guy Smith Stadium from 1932-1948. Then moved on campus to College Stadium from 1949-1962.
But are there even any records of the attendance way back then? CFB in the 1930-40s is way different in the last 20 years.
(04-01-2014 03:55 PM)frenchbeef Wrote: I'm working on a project for my sports economics class to determine if, all else equal, having an on campus stadium affects win percentage in Division 1 college football. Here's what I need from you guys.
Let me know if:
Your team has played at an off campus facility and moved to an on campus facility
Your team has played at an on campus facility and moved to an off campus facility
Your team has always played at an on campus facility
Your team has always played at an off campus facility
***Provide years, so I'll be able to put together statistics for win percentage.
For instance, UAB has played at an off campus facility (Legion Field) since its football program's inception in 1991. They have been competing in Division 1 since 1996.
Lastly, let me know what you think. How much do you think having an on campus/off campus facility affects win percentage?
It sounds like you're outsourcing your grunt work to the board. You can literally do this all on Wikipedia, except for your last question.
Actually, many things can be missing, ECU's wiki page won't tell that the first stadium used by ECU football was off campus, Guy Smith Stadium from 1932-1948. Then moved on campus to College Stadium from 1949-1962.
But are there even any records of the attendance way back then? CFB in the 1930-40s is way different in the last 20 years.
Without going to ECU's Joyner Library and dig through the records, most likey not, heck you probably can't find the records for attendance at College Stadium 1949-1962. You will most likely only have records for DFS. But, taken as a whole, all the school he samples look at the W-L records and comparing them between on campus vs off even without attendance record you can see which is better from a W-L view point or if the difference is minimal.
First off, I want to again thank everyone who contributed to the conversation. For those of you who are interested, I'm posting today to provide the results of my research.
Question: Does playing at an on-campus stadium, holding all else equal, affect overall win percentage for Division 1-A college football programs?
Answer: Based on my results, teams do win more games when their stadium is located on-campus. However, the t-stat on the regression analysis was <2 (meaning the increase in win percentage for teams located on-campus was such a low percentage that it should be considered insignificant.
Quick notes:
The research included 170 observations
Football.stassen.com was used to compile win/loss records
FootballGeography.com was used to classify teams as on-campus vs. off-campus
*I have attached the regression analysis for anyone that would like to look at the information a little further.
If you have any further questions, feel free to send me a PM and I'd be glad to answer them.
(This post was last modified: 04-23-2014 04:55 PM by frenchbeef.)
