Nigel's Football Contest
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Yearly Standings:
Cumulative Standings through the Years: Click Here
Yearly Winners:
2024: Tim Greene (18.5)
2023: Craig Swiatek (18.1) (pictured with son Jake)
2022: Bill Steinberg (15.5)
2021: Jake Griesbach (16.7)
2020: Nigel Lee (17.5)
2019: Mike Reed (17.1)
2018: Tim Greene (16.7)
2017: Mike Reed (17.2)
2016: Paul Goudreau (17.9)
2015: Paul Goudreau (17.4)
2014: Mike Reed (16.1)
2013: Craig Swiatek (16.5) (pictured with son Jake)
2012: Dave Hinds (16.8) (pictured with dog Mocha)
2011: Matthew Ferri (17.9) (pictured with kids Malina and Amon)
2010: Chad Mansfield (17.6) (pictured with kids Elena and Abbey)
2009: Matthew Ferri (20.5) (pictured with kids Malina and Amon)
2008: Adam Berger (16.6) (pictured with kids Aaron, Sammy, and Isaac)
2007: Mark Goudreau (19.0)
2006: Mark Goudreau (16.9) (pictured with kids Sylvie and Claire)
2005: Matthew Parmer (17.9)
2004: Matthew Ferri (16.3) (pictured
with kids Malina and Amon)
2003: Matthew Ferri
(16.7) (pictured with kids Malina and Amon)
2002: Tim Greene (16.0)
2001: Paul Goudreau (17.5)
2000: Mark Goudreau (17.9)
1999: Ellen Farrey-Goudreau (16.5)
1998: Mark Goudreau (15.1)
1997: Vito Greco (16.5)
1996: Mike Reed (15.8)
1995: Mike Hartman (16.1)
1994: Chris Hardy-Wohlforth (15.4)
1993: J.C. Callet (17.0)
1992: Mike Hartman
The Nigel Trophy
The Commissioner's Cup
Knockout Contest Winners:
2024: Venkat Lakshmi (10 weeks)
2023: Adam Berger (12 weeks)
2022: Mike Reed (6 weeks)
2021: Venkat Lakshmi (9 weeks)
2020: Jake Griesbach (14 weeks)
2019: Jake Griesbach (9 weeks)
2018: Jake Griesbach (9 weeks)
2017: Bill Steinberg (5 weeks)
2016: Matthew Ferri (8 weeks)
2015: Venkat Lakshmi (3 weeks)
2014: Craig Swiatek (10 weeks)
2013: Ellen Farrey-Goudreau (9 weeks)
2012: Chad Mansfield (12 weeks)
2011: Paul Goudreau (7 weeks)
2010: Nigel Lee (10 weeks)
2009: Qiang Ren (12 weeks)
All-Time Records:
(Note: to qualify for a record,
one needs to have played at least 14 weeks)
Best
Spread Picks
Percentage: Mark 2011 46-23-1
[.664]
Most
Correct Spread Picks: MikeR 2024 68 (22-week season)
Ellen 2023 68 (22-week season)
Nigel 2016 66 (21-week season)
Worst Spread Pick
Percentage: Adam 2009 33-70-2 [.324]
Best Best Bet
Percentage:
Mark 2007 14- 3-0 [.824]
Most Correct Best
Bets: Jake 2024 18
Worst Best Bet
Percentage: MikeR 2022 4-17-1 [.205]
Best Underdog
Percentage: Venkat 2005
12- 8-0 [.600]
Most Correct Underdog Picks: Venkat 2005 12
Nigel 2007
MikeR 2010
Denis 2011
Worst Underdog
Percentage: Nigel 2004
1-20-0 [.048]
Venkat 2019
Most Underdog Bonus Points: Matthew
2001 84
Fewest Underdog Bonus Points: Nigel 2004 1
Best Over/Under Percentage:
Qiang 2006
17- 3-1 [.833]
Worst Over/Under
Percentage: Dave 2016 2-13-0 [.154]
Best Average Points:
Matthew 2009 20.5
Worst Average Points:
Ellen
1996 9.3
Weeks
Won (Single Season):
Tim 2024 6
(22-week season)
Nigel 2018 6 (21-week season)
Best Best Bet:
In Week 6 of the 2009 season, four contestants (Chad, Ellen, Qiang, and Tim) picked the Patriots with their Best Bet.
The Pats were 9.5-point favorites over the Titans and won 59-0, so they covered by 49.5 points, the Best Best Bet in history.
Worst Best Bet:
In
Week 7 of the 2010 season, Dave picked the Broncos over the Raiders
with his Best Bet. The Broncos were 7-point favorites
but lost 59-14, making the Worst Best Bet wrong by a whopping 52 points.
Election Contest Winners:
Every four years, we pick the Presidential Elections the same way we pick a typical week in the NFL Contest, with spreads
determined by polling averages. Here are the winners over the years.
2024: Venkat Lakshmi (17 points)
2020: Venkat Lakshmi (16 points)
2016: Venkat Lakshmi (21 points)
2012: Adam Berger (26 points)
2008: Jake Griesbach (19 points)