Fourth Down analysis

SDS 355

Prof. Baumer

October 15, 2025

Fourth down analysis

Romer (2006)

Kicking

Comparison

Decisions

Lopez (2020)

References

Lopez, Michael J. 2020. “Bigger Data, Better Questions, and a Return to Fourth down Behavior: An Introduction to a Special Issue on Tracking Data in the National Football League.” Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 16 (2): 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2020-0057.
Romer, D. 2006. “Do Firms Maximize? Evidence from Professional Football.” Journal of Political Economy 114 (2): 340–65. https://doi.org/10.1086/501171.