Grudge MatchUNC fantasy football · est. 2005
The record book

Team records

Team seasons, game marks, power champions and schedule luck across Grudge history.

Season records

Highest win percentage

Regular-season win percentage; PF/G breaks ties so different schedule lengths compare fairly.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordWin %
12005Durham BubbsChampionRyan Mindell11-191.7%
22023Brightleaf YuppiesChampionJonathan Crisp12-285.7%
32018Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-284.6%
42013Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew11-284.6%
52012New York BubbsChampionRyan Mindell11-284.6%
62019Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-284.6%
72017Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp11-284.6%
82024Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-378.6%
92015Run and HideChampionNathan Hanna10-376.9%
102011W. Durham Silly NanniesChampionAlan Marks10-376.9%

Best offenses

Points per regular-season game, not raw season totals.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordPF/G
12018Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-2140.5
22023The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire10-4133.2
32013Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew11-2127.8
42022Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp9-5126.1
52019P RIVERS NAS NASSamuel Nye7-6125.6
62025The PenguinsMichael Chepul8-6125.4
72024Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-3125.4
82022P RIVERS NAS NASChampionSamuel Nye10-4124.0
92025Brightleaf YuppiesChampionJonathan Crisp8-6123.9
102022CTE DeniersJordan Chin8-6123.3

Best league-adjusted offenses

Regular-season PF/G compared with the league average in that same season, so offenses from different scoring environments can be compared directly.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordvs avg
12005Durham BubbsChampionRyan Mindell11-1+39.3%
22007Durham BubbsChampionRyan Mindell9-4+22.9%
32018Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-2+22.8%
42013Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew11-2+19.4%
52023The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire10-4+17.9%
62006Your Worst NightmaresJoe Presley8-5+17.2%
72007Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp8-5+16.8%
82008The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire9-4+16.5%
92011Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp8-5+15.0%
102014The PenguinsMichael Chepul8-5+15.0%

Best champions

Final regular-season power score: 40% all-play record · 30% points per game · 20% actual record · 10% strength of schedule. Every recoverable settled season from 2005 onward uses the same model.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordPower
12005Durham BubbsChampionRyan Mindell11-186.8#1 that season
22012New York BubbsChampionRyan Mindell11-279.0#1 that season
32011W. Durham Silly NanniesChampionAlan Marks10-377.7#1 that season
42007Durham BubbsChampionRyan Mindell9-476.4#1 that season
52015Run and HideChampionNathan Hanna10-375.5#1 that season
62022P RIVERS NAS NASChampionSamuel Nye10-475.4#1 that season
72021CTE DeniersChampionJordan Chin9-575.0#1 that season
82013New York BubbsChampionRyan Mindell10-374.4#2 that season
92023Brightleaf YuppiesChampionJonathan Crisp12-274.2#2 that season
102017The PenguinsChampionMichael Chepul7-672.2#2 that season

Best teams that did not win it

Highest final regular-season power scores among non-champions.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordPower
12018Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-285.5#1 that season
22013Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew11-280.7#1 that season
32023The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire10-479.5#1 that season
42008The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire9-478.7#1 that season
52024Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-377.1#1 that season
62010The PenguinsMichael Chepul9-476.4#1 that season
72006The PenguinsMichael Chepul9-476.0#1 that season
82017Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp11-275.8#1 that season
92014The PenguinsMichael Chepul8-575.4#1 that season
102019Austin BubbsRyan Mindell11-275.2#1 that season

Best teams to miss the playoffs

Highest final regular-season power scores among teams that finished outside that season’s playoff field.

#SeasonFranchiseManagerRecordPower
12015The PenguinsMichael Chepul5-868.0#3 that season
22016W. Durham Silly NanniesAlan Marks6-764.8#5 that season
32009Your Worst NightmaresJoe Presley6-762.4#7 that season
42007The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire6-761.7#5 that season
52021Taco MacArthurGary Camero6-861.2#6 that season
62024The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire5-960.1#7 that season
72006Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp6-760.0#6 that season
82014The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire6-759.6#6 that season
92023Austin BubbsRyan Mindell6-858.9#6 that season
102009Run and HideNathan Hanna6-758.9#8 that season

Single-game team records

Recovered team-level weekly scoreboards cover 2005 onward. Regular-season and championship-bracket games count; consolation placement games do not.

Highest score

Austin Bubbs

206.0 points

2014 week 14 vs. W. Durham Silly Nannies · postseason

Lowest score

Team 2

17.0 points

2007 week 5 vs. 99% Domination

Highest-scoring loss

Your Worst Nightmares

154.9–180.1

2019 week 5 vs. The Penthouse Panda Bear

Lowest-scoring win

Boston Baked Beans

53.0–43.0

2006 week 10 vs. King Ding A Lings

Highest combined score

The Penthouse Panda Bear

180.1–154.9 (335.0 combined)

2019 week 5 vs. Your Worst Nightmares

Biggest blowout

Your Worst Nightmares

198.1–48.9 (+149.2)

2015 week 3 vs. Boston Double Rainbows

Closest finish

P RIVERS NAS NAS

75.0–75.0 (0.0 points)

2005 week 13 vs. The Penguins · postseason

Highest team scores

#TeamPointsWeekOpponent
1Austin Bubbs206.02014 wk 14postseasonW. Durham Silly NanniesW 206.0-80.7
2Your Worst Nightmares198.12015 wk 3Boston Double RainbowsW 198.1-48.9
3The Penguins194.52025 wk 4Run and HideW 194.5-108.9
4New York Bubbs183.42012 wk 11W. Durham Silly NanniesW 183.4-79.7
5Austin Bubbs180.22014 wk 10The PenguinsW 180.2-135.3
6The Penthouse Panda Bear180.12019 wk 5Your Worst NightmaresW 180.1-154.9
7Austin Bubbs179.22018 wk 11CTE DeniersW 179.2-98.2
8Durham Bubbs179.02005 wk 3Team 2W 179.0-68.0
9The Penthouse Panda Bear178.12017 wk 6Austin BubbsW 178.1-82.9
10Taco MacArthur177.32024 wk 14The PenguinsW 177.3-109.9

Draft history

Draft ratings

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Power-ranking champions

The team ranked #1 after the final regular-season week, using the same current 40/30/20/10 formula in every recoverable settled season.

SeasonTeamManagerPower
2025The PenguinsMichael Chepul73.9
2024Austin BubbsRyan Mindell77.1
2023The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire79.5
2022P RIVERS NAS NASSamuel Nye75.4
2021CTE DeniersJordan Chin75.0
2019Austin BubbsRyan Mindell75.2
2018Austin BubbsRyan Mindell85.5
2017Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp75.8
2016The PenguinsMichael Chepul74.2
2015Run and HideNathan Hanna75.5
2014The PenguinsMichael Chepul75.4
2013Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew80.7
2012New York BubbsRyan Mindell79.0
2011W. Durham Silly NanniesAlan Marks77.7
2010The PenguinsMichael Chepul76.4
2009New York BubbsRyan Mindell71.7
2008The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire78.7
2007Durham BubbsRyan Mindell76.4
2006The PenguinsMichael Chepul76.0
2005Durham BubbsRyan Mindell86.8

Schedule luck

Actual regular-season wins minus all-play expected wins. Positive means the schedule helped; negative means it hurt.

Luckiest seasons

#SeasonTeamActual WExpected WDelta
12019Taco MacArthurGary Camero106.67+3.33
22023Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp128.67+3.33
32009Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp96.00+3.00
42019Austin BubbsRyan Mindell118.22+2.78
52017Brightleaf YuppiesJonathan Crisp118.33+2.67
62025P RIVERS NAS NASSamuel Nye85.67+2.33
72012New York BubbsRyan Mindell118.89+2.11
82012W. Durham Silly NanniesAlan Marks85.89+2.11
92017W. Durham Silly NanniesAlan Marks85.89+2.11
102008Run and HideNathan Hanna63.96+2.04

Unluckiest seasons

#SeasonTeamActual WExpected WDelta
12016Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew36.67-3.67
22015The PenguinsMichael Chepul58.22-3.22
32011Boston Double RainbowsTrafton Drew35.78-2.78
42024Raleigh Silly NanniesAlan Marks46.78-2.78
52022The Penthouse Panda BearBen Wildfire46.56-2.56
62012Run and HideNathan Hanna46.44-2.44
72023Your Worst NightmaresJoe Presley24.33-2.33
82026Run and HideNathan Hanna13.33-2.33
92011Run and HideNathan Hanna24.22-2.22
102019The PenguinsMichael Chepul46.22-2.22