yahoo_cfb_boxscore: *Get Yahoo Sports college football boxscore (SCAFFOLD)*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

Get Yahoo Sports college football boxscore (SCAFFOLD)

Description

Returns the raw editorial boxscore/{game_id} JSON (as a nested list). The boxscore uses a normalized decoder-dictionary schema (player_stats[playerId][variation][stat_type] joined against stat_types / stat_categories); full decoding is a follow-up.

Usage

yahoo_cfb_boxscore(game_id)

Arguments

game_id

(character, required): Dotted game id (e.g. "ncaaf.g.202509200023").

Value

The raw parsed JSON list (service$boxscore). TODO: decode to tibbles.

See Also

Other Yahoo CFB Functions: yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats(), yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(), yahoo_cfb_scoreboard(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats_legacy()

Examples

  try(yahoo_cfb_boxscore(game_id = "ncaaf.g.202509200023"))

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