Tuesday, April 15, 2014

AUDL Snapshots (2014)

A regular look at the numbers and trends in the American Ultimate Disc League.

Week 16/Finals (July 27)
Records for Cross-Divisional playoff games by all AUDL teams
San Jose Spiders: (2-0)
New York Empire: (1-0)
Philadelphia Spinners (1-0)
Toronto Rush: (1-1)
Chicago Wildfire: (0-1)
Indianapolis AlleyCats: (0-1)
Madison Radicals: (0-2)
See chart

+10 = largest point differential in an AUDL Championship game in San Jose Spiders 28-18 win over Toronto Rush.

San Jose is the first U.S.-based AUDL team to beat the Rush.

Toronto is the only team to have multiple appearances in AUDL Championships; in 2013 + in 2014.

3 = # of teams that have won AUDL Championships in the AUDL's 3 years [via]

First-year teams have won each year's AUDL Championship. (Spinners, 2012; Rush, 2013; Spiders, 2014)

28 = goals scored by San Jose Spiders in their Finals win; closely matching their regular season average of 28.4.

18 = goals by Toronto in their Finals loss; their lowest scoring all season.

Toronto scored less than 20 goals in just 2 games in 2014  both losses.

(2-1) = Eastern Conference's all-time record in the Finals against the Mid/Western Conference.

(1-1) = Western Conference all-time record in the Finals (win = Spiders in 2014; loss = AlleyCats in 2012)

(16-1) = Spiders 2014 record; 13-1 in regular season, 3-0 in postseason. This is the second best record to finish the season, only to Toronto's perfect record in 2013.

The American Ultimate Disc League Finals were played outside of the U.S. for the first time in its history. The 2014 AUDL semifinals & Finals were played in Toronto, Ontario.

In the 7 postseason games, there was only 1 "upset" when Spiders (#2) beat the #1-seed Rush in the Finals.


Week 16/Playoffs (July 26)
+41 = Toronto's goal differential in their 2 playoff wins  37-11 over DC + 31-16 over NY.

23 = ties for most points allowed by 2014 Madison in the Radicals' 20-23 semifinal loss to San Jose.

20-23 = exact score the last time Madison allowed 20+ points AND lost, in Week 3 vs Minnesota.

Madison vs San Jose game was the Radicals first game played in Canada.

Current records of Final Four teams played in Canada, in 2014
San Jose: (3-0)
Toronto: (10-1)
New York: (1-2)
Madison: (0-1)

The 2014 AUDL Championship matches two 1-loss teams  San Jose Spiders (15-1) vs Toronto Rush (15-1).

The 1pm ET/10am PT game time for the AUDL Championship will be the earliest scheduled game in the 2014 Spiders season.

The last times these finals teams played back-to-back games was week 11 in the AUDL season, which they both won.

Records of the AUDL Finals teams in back-to-back games in 2014
Spiders: (4-0) Weeks 5 and 11
Rush: (4-0) in Weeks 1 and 11


Week 15 / Playoffs (July 17-18)
Home teams went (4-0) in the 1st Round of playoffs.

The higher seed in each playoff game won.

(8-0) = home records of San Jose Spiders & Madison Radicals, in 2014.

The first 2014 inter-divisional game was Chicago Wildfire (Midwest) vs New York Empire (East). NY won 22-17.

+26 = largest point diff in an AUDL playoff game in Toronto's win over DC, 37-11. This was also Toronto's largest margin of victory in any 2014 game.

Toronto's margin of victory = 26 = total points by San Jose Spiders in their playoff win, 26-16 over SF.

DC posted their lowest point total in 2014 during their 11-37 loss to Rush.

(8-0)  = Madison Radicals record versus Indianapolis AlleyCats, including regular season & postseason, 2013-2014.

San Jose Spiders won the 2014 Western Conference Championships. The Spiders are actually not the first team to win the AUDL West. The first was Indianapolis AlleyCats in the AUDL's inaugural year of 2012.

2014 AUDL Final Four: (1) Toronto, (2) San Jose, (3) Madison, (4) Empire.

Out of the 2013 final four teams - (1) Toronto, (2) Chicago, (3) Madison, (4) Empire - three out of four are returning to the 2014 final four.

The host city's team has never won the AUDL Championship - Detroit in 2012); Chicago  in 2013. Toronto has an opportunity to break this streak as it hosts the 2014 Finals.

Week 14 (July 12-13)
Indy re-played their cancelled game versus Minnesota. The final score helped determine total goal diff to sort out 2nd/3rd place in the Midwest.

Two-year (2013+2014) Records
Detroit Mechanix (4-26)
Rochester Dragons (7-23)
Cincy (8-22)

DC Breeze beat the New York Empire 14-13 in OT. Line Score:

In the words of the New York Empire:
Win Streaks of Playoff Teams (at end of regular season):
10 games - Madison Radicals
8 games = San Jose Spiders
2 games = DC Breeze
1 game = Toronto Rush, Chicago Wildfire
0 games = Indianapolis AlleyCats, NY Empire, SF FlameThrowers

Combined Records of Playoffs Teams vs. Non-Playoff Teams [via]
EAST: (25-1)
MIDWEST: (22-4)
WEST: (20-0)

Eight teams earned a playoff spot; 2 more teams than 2013.

All but one 2013 playoff team - Philadelphia Phoenix (2-12) - returned to the 2014 playoffs.


Week 13 (July 4-6)
Sean Mott (Philadelphia Phoenix) completed The Greatest in their 29-24 win over Rochester. [video]

There were 2 teams with 0 wins and 14 losses in the 2014 season - Detroit & Salt Lake.

No games were scheduled/played in the Western Division.

Toronto Rush lost for the first-time ever; their overall AUDL record is 30-1.

The loss was Toronto's first loss at home; the Rush still have a perfect road record (15-0) in the regular season. Montreal Royal won 20-19 over Toronto Rush on July 5, 2014.

In 31 games, Montreal Royal is the only AUDL team to have ever beaten Toronto.

441 days = length of Toronto's win streak, from April 20, 2013 until July 5, 2014.




Week 12 (June 27-29)
Ryan Nam (DC Breeze) scored a Callahan in their 29-20 win over Montreal Royal. [Video]

Toronto Rush = (12-0); Detroit Mechanix = (0-12)

30 = consecutive wins by Toronto Rush

East Division: Toronto clinched the Regular Season title – just like last year. DC Breeze and New York Empire clinched a playoff spot.

Midwest Division: Madison Radicals clinched the Regular Season title. Indianapolis AlleyCats and Chicago Wildfire clinched a playoff spot.

West Division: San Francisco and San Jose both clinched a playoff spot.

This is the 3rd consecutive year the AlleyCats have made the AUDL playoffs.

42 points = most points in a single AUDL game by Minnesota Wind Chill in their 42-16 win over Detroit.

Salt Lake Lions finished their inaugural season with a winless record (0-14). The Detroit LIONS (0-16) were the last NFL team to have an imperfect season. Both Lions? Coincidence??

If Detroit loses on Friday and Saturday in Week 13, the Mechanix will become the second AUDL team to go winless in the regular season.

Week 11 (June 20-22)
(11-0) = Toronto Rush record
-112 = Detroit Mechanix point differential

Homes teams on Friday night games are (7-1).

With 3 weeks left, DC Breeze (7-2) have played the least amount of of games [9].

Losing Streaks:
6 games = Cincinnati Revolution (3-8)
11 games = Rochester Dragons (1-11)
13 games = Salt Lake Lions (0-13)

If Salt Lake loses on Saturday vs San Jose, the Lions will become the first AUDL team to go winless in the regular season.

20 games remain in the 2014 AUDL schedule.

Week 10 (June 14-15)
Toronto Rush = (9-0) record
Rochester Dragons = .090 winning percentage

Philadelphia Phoenix (1-8) won their first game of 2014; 17-16 over Rochester.

61 days = duration between NY Empire's (7-2) only losses; vs Toronto on April 13; vs DC on June 14.

0 = point differential for AlleyCats (10 games, 6-4) AND Wind Chill (11 games, 5-6)

10 = Radical wins; Madison Radicals are 10-2 with 103 point differential in 2014.

Losing Streaks:
5 games = Cincinnati Revolution (3-7)
10 games = Rochester Dragons (1-10), Detroit Mechanix (0-10)
11 games = Salt Lake Lions (0-11)

Week 9 (June 7-8)
Madison (9-2) has the most wins in the league.

15.27 pts/game = average points allowed by Radicals (11 games)
14.9 pts/game = average point difference in Salt Lake's 11 losses.

A Madison Radicals' player was ejected for excessive fouling in their game versus Revolution. [via]

Win Streaks:
8 = Toronto Rush (8-0)
7 = New York Empire (7-1)

Losing Streaks:
11 = Salt Lake Lions (0-11)
10 = Detroit Mechanix (0-10)
9 = Rochester Dragons (1-9)
7 = Philadelphia Phoenix (0-7)
5 = Cincinnati Revolution (3-7)

Toronto (8-0) is the only unbeaten AUDL team. The Rush are (26-0) since 2013. [Eh't-0, Canada!]


Week 8 (May 31-June 1)
The first cancelled game due to the weather (lightning) happened on May 31 in the Indianapolis @ Minnesota match. The game was delayed with 4:18 left in the 2nd quarter with the score AlleyCats 7 – 11 Wind Chill. No further notice of a continuation date/time.

Home teams went (3-5).

Toronto (7-0) is the only unbeaten AUDL team. The Rush are (25-0) since 2013.

8 games = losing streak of Rochester. The Dragons (1-8) haven't won since their first game on April 19th.

9 = # of teams with a winning record. Rush (7-0), Empire (6-2), Breeze (5-2) Radicals (7-2), Wildfire (7-3), AlleyCats (6-3), Spiders (7-1), FlameThrowers (7-1), Riptide (5-4).

The last place teams in each conference remain win-less: WEST, Lions (0-9); MIDWEST, Mechanix (0-9), EAST, Phoenix (0-7) -- a combined (0-25) record!

AVERAGE TOTAL SCORES per game by conference (70 games):
West = 43.86 pts (21 games); Midwest = 42.19 (27 games); East = 41.05 (22 games).

Week 7 (May 23-25)
26-25 = score in both of Minnesota Wind Chill's wins (vs. Cincinnati on Saturday, vs. Detroit on Sunday)

Toronto (6-0) is the only unbeaten AUDL team. The Rush are (24-0) since 2013.

6 = # of teams with 6 wins. Rush (6-0), Radicals (6-2), Wildfire (6-3), AlleyCats (6-3), Spiders (6-1), FlameThrowers (6-1).

Seth Meyer scored a Callahan in Friday's night game vs. Chicago. [Video]

Week 6 (May 16-18)
The road team finally won on Friday; AlleyCats 24 over 20 Revolution. Home teams playing Friday games are now (5-1) on the season.

Teams with their first-ever franchise wins: Seattle Raptors (1-5); Montreal Royal (1-2).

40 = highest scoring output by one team in AUDL game; Vancouver Riptide 40 vs Salt Lake (May 17), tying the AUDL record.
[41 = total score in Week 6's game between Rochester Dragons 14 @ 27 Montreal Royal.]

Riptide's 25-point second half outscored 10 AUDL team's full game total this week.

Toronto (5-0) remains the only unbeaten AUDL team. The Rush are (23-0) since 2013.

(0-20) = combined record of the 3 win-less teams in the AUDL.

The last place teams in each conference are win-less: WEST, Lions (0-8); MIDWEST, Mechanix (0-7), EAST, Phoenix (0-5).

Games played by conference: MIDWEST = 21; WEST = 17; EAST = 15.

After week 6, 8/17 teams (47%) have played at least half of their regular season games.

San Jose Spiders point average: 20.5 vs FlameThrowers; 31 vs rest of West Conf teams.

Week 5 (May 9 - 11)
The first 2OT game of the 2014 season happened; Indianapolis AlleyCats 19 @ 20 Chicago Wildfire.

(5-0) = record of home teams playing on Friday.

71 = highest combined score total ever in one AUDL game; SJ Spiders 39 - 32 Vancouver Riptide

73 = # of total goals by Salt Lake Lions (after 5 games)

39 = highest scoring output by one team in AUDL game (2014); San Jose Spiders 39 vs Vancouver (May 10). 39 = total score in the 2-OT AlleyCats vs Wildfire game on May 9.

10 = # of times an AUDL team has scored 30 goals or more, in the 2014 season.

1 = # of times a team has scored 30 or more AND LOST; Vancouver Riptide (32; May 10)

Unbeatens: Rush (5-0); San Jose Spiders (6-0)

Win-less: Montreal (0-2); Philadelphia (0-4); Detroit (0-6); Seattle (0-5); Salt Lake (0-6).

Two Friday games were played for the first time on the 2014 schedule.

Week 4 (May 2 - 4)
5 AUDL teams are without a win: Philadelphia (0-3); Montreal (0-2);  Detroit (0-5); Seattle (0-4); Salt Lake (0-5)

The 2 unbeaten teams are (4-0): Toronto Rush & San Jose Spiders

22 games = winning streak by Toronto Rush in the AUDL

(7-3) = record for AUDL teams playing at home

5 = # of teams that played back-to-back games in Week 4.

(3-7) = record of teams during Week 4's back-to-back games.

35 = # of games played so far in the 2014 AUDL season.

Week 3 (April 25-27)
Callahans by Mike Swain (Radicals) & Lucas Dallman (FlameThrowers)

2-0 = record of home teams on Friday night games

0 = # of points New York Empire allowed in the 2nd quarter of their 27-8 win over Rochester Dragons.

8 points = lowest scoring total in a full game (4 quarters), by Rochester Dragons. [Lowest point total ever in an AUDL game belongs to Detroit during a 2013 weather-shortened game vs.Wind Chill.]

5 = win-less AUDL teams (Philadelphia, Montreal, Detroit, Seattle and Salt Lake)

DNP: Philadelphia Phoenix, Montreal Royal, Toronto Rush

Week 2 (April 18-20, 2014)
Beau Kittredge (Spiders) tallied the first second Callahan of the 2014 season.

3 teams are 3-0: Toronto Rush, Madison Radicals and Vancouver Riptide.

The first of 11 Friday night games during the 2014 season was played; Wildfire @ Revolution.

DNP: DC Breeze, New York Empire, Minnesota Wind Chill

0-4 = record of teams with back-to-back games; Chicago Wildfire, SL Lions

In their 37-18 win, San Jose Spiders scored more goals (20) in just the second half of their game than the Lions' game total (18).

37 points = most points scored in a 2014 regular season game, by San Jose Spiders in their 4/20 win vs SL Lions.

55 points = highest # of combined scores in a 2014 regular season game, during San Jose Spiders 37 vs 18 SL Lions game.

0 = # of points San Francisco FlameThrowers allowed in the 4th quarter of their 31-9 win over Salt Lake Lions. [3rd quarter score was 25-9]

2000+ = attendance to Montreal Royal's first AUDL game, which was also livestreamed on ESPN3.

Week 1 (April 12-13, 2014)
Tyler DeGirolamo (DC Breeze) recorded the first score of the 2014 AUDL season.

Teams with their first-ever franchise wins: San Jose Spiders, Vancouver Riptide.

Scot Richgels (Radicals) recorded the first Callahan of the 2014 season.

1-7 = record of  home (1-4 on Saturday, 1-3 on Sunday)

26 = # of Vancouver scores in game 1 against Salt Lake.
26 = combined Salt Lake Lions' scores from their 2 games (14 + 12) versus Vancouver.

In the second game of back-to-back games, "R" teams performed well as Rush, Radicals, and Riptide all won. Overall, teams with a second game on Sunday went 3-2.

4 = # of AUDL teams that did not play (DNP); Seattle Raptors, Montreal Royal, Rochester Dragons, Philadelphia Phoenix.

UPDATE! The East Conference will NOT be renamed the "Northeast" this season.

Toronto Rush's 2 wins this weekend extend their win streak to 20 games; 18-0 in the regular season.

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