espn_cfb_game_status: *ESPN College Football Game Status*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Game Status

Description

Get the competition status for a single college football game – clock, period, and the status type/state (scheduled, in-progress, final).

Usage

espn_cfb_game_status(game_id = NULL)

Arguments

game_id

(Integer required): ESPN game identifier.

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/status. The competition id always equals the game id. Returns a single-row data frame describing the game's status. For a completed game state is post and completed is TRUE; for an in-progress game the clock and period reflect live game time.

Value

A data frame with one row describing the game status:

col_name	types	description
game_id	character	ESPN game identifier.
clock	numeric	Game clock value in seconds.
display_clock	character	Game clock display value (MM:SS).
period	integer	Period (quarter) number.
status_id	character	ESPN status-type id.
status_name	character	Status-type key (e.g. STATUS_FINAL).
status_state	character	Status state (pre, ⁠in⁠, or post).
completed	logical	TRUE if the game is complete.
description	character	Status description (e.g. Final).
detail	character	Detailed status text.
short_detail	character	Short status text.
status_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the status resource itself.

See Also

Other ESPN CFB Functions: espn_cfb_award(), espn_cfb_awards(), espn_cfb_clear_cache(), espn_cfb_coach(), espn_cfb_coach_record(), espn_cfb_coaches(), espn_cfb_franchise(), espn_cfb_franchises(), espn_cfb_futures(), espn_cfb_game_broadcasts(), espn_cfb_game_drive_plays(), espn_cfb_game_drives(), espn_cfb_game_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_odds(), espn_cfb_game_pbp(), espn_cfb_game_play(), espn_cfb_game_player_box(), espn_cfb_game_player_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_powerindex(), espn_cfb_game_predictor(), espn_cfb_game_probabilities(), espn_cfb_game_situation(), espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(), espn_cfb_game_team_records(), espn_cfb_game_team_roster(), espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_teams(), espn_cfb_groups(), espn_cfb_pbp_v2(), espn_cfb_player(), espn_cfb_player_career_stats(), espn_cfb_player_eventlog(), espn_cfb_player_gamelog(), espn_cfb_player_overview(), espn_cfb_player_seasons(), espn_cfb_player_splits(), espn_cfb_player_stats_v3(), espn_cfb_players(), espn_cfb_position(), espn_cfb_positions(), espn_cfb_powerindex(), espn_cfb_qbr(), espn_cfb_rankings(), espn_cfb_recruits(), espn_cfb_season_info(), espn_cfb_season_types(), espn_cfb_season_weeks(), espn_cfb_seasons(), espn_cfb_standings(), espn_cfb_team(), espn_cfb_team_ats(), espn_cfb_team_awards(), espn_cfb_team_coaches(), espn_cfb_team_events(), espn_cfb_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_team_powerindex(), espn_cfb_team_ranks(), espn_cfb_team_record(), espn_cfb_team_roster(), espn_cfb_team_schedule(), espn_cfb_teams(), espn_cfb_unnest_plays(), espn_cfb_venue(), espn_cfb_venues(), espn_cfb_week_rankings()

Examples

  try(espn_cfb_game_status(game_id = 401628339))

cfbfastR documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m.