NFL Referee Statistics before Week 16 (up to December 15, 2008)

About time I caught up on some statistics!

For now, just some raw statistics after the first 15 weeks (through the games of Monday, December 15, 2008).

Referee, Penalties accepted per game, Penalty yards accepted per game, Yards per penalty accepted, total points scored, % home win rate.

If you are rooting for the home team and you think some referees are better for the home team than others, then hope you get Alberto Riveron (71%), Scott Green (69%), or Terry McAulay (67%). But not John Parry (38%), Gene Steratore (43%), or William Carollo (43%)! These are raw figures, not adjusted for the strength of schedule.

After 15 weeks, home teams are winning 56.5% of the games. Note, for weeks 9-15, the home win rate was only 49.5% (I wondered last year whether the home field advantage decreases towards the end of the season...)

Anderson, Walt 13.1 101 7.7 38.7 67%
Boger, Jerome 12.8 97 7.6 44.2 62%
Carey, Mike 10.2 91 8.9 42.4 45%
Carollo, William 10.3 78 7.6 40.2 43%
Cheffers, Carl 9.8 81 8.3 46.0 46%
Coleman, Walt 9.4 70 7.5 45.1 57%
Corrente, Tony 13.2 114 8.7 42.6 50%
Green, Scott 10.5 75 7.2 42.2 69%
Hochuli, Ed 12.6 102 8.1 43.1 50%
Leavy, Bill 10.7 84 7.9 50.6 62%
McAulay, Terry 11.5 90 7.9 41.3 69%
Morelli, Peter 10.8 82 7.5 49.1 65%
Parry, John 11.4 86 7.6 43.8 38%
Riveron, Alberto 11.1 88 8.0 47.5 71%
Steratore, Gene 10.8 84 7.8 42.5 43%
Triplette, Jeff 13.0 101 7.8 42.9 62%
Winter, Ron 14.1 116 8.3 45.2 64%