# ESPN NFL Scoreboard by Date

> ESPN NFL Scoreboard by Date is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns all NFL games for a given date with teams, scores, game status, and stadium info sourced from ESPN's public scoreboard API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/espn-nfl-scoreboard?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-nfl-scoreboard-by-date-85e2cb89
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_p5RAwtczvb1PUy6rYdGyT

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-nfl-scoreboard-by-date-85e2cb89
```

Example prompt: What were all the NFL scores on October 18th, 2026? I want each game with the teams, final score, venue, and start time.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured NFL game data for a specific date — scores, statuses, and venues — without scraping ESPN directly. Ideal for agents needing quick game results or live status checks. Prefer this over general web search when you need clean, machine-readable JSON output with consistent field names. Best for regular season and playoff dates that ESPN tracks.

## Known failure modes

- No games on the requested date returns an empty games array with count 0
- Invalid date format may return an error or default to yesterday's data
- ESPN's underlying API being unavailable causes the proxy to fail
- Dates far in the future may return only scheduled games with no scores
- Preseason or off-season dates may return no games

## How this service works

ESPN NFL scoreboard for one date: every game with home and away team, score, status (scheduled, live, final) and stadium, from ESPN's public site JSON. Regular season and playoffs as ESPN lists them; times are UTC.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the queried date, a count of games, and an array of game objects each containing: game ID, away team name/abbreviation/score, home team name/abbreviation/score, full game name, game state (pre/in/post), venue name, human-readable status (Scheduled/In Progress/Final), and UTC start time. Also includes the ESPN source URL and a checkedAt timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: yesterday UTC)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "date": "2026-10-18",
  "count": 12,
  "games": [
   {
    "id": "401872996",
    "away": {
     "name": "Houston Texans",
     "score": 34,
     "abbreviation": "HOU"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Jacksonville Jaguars",
     "score": 31,
     "abbreviation": "JAX"
    },
    "name": "Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Wembley Stadium",
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-18T13:30Z"
   },
   {
    "id": "401872999",
    "away": {
     "name": "Chicago Bears",
     "score": 31,
     "abbreviation": "CHI"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Atlanta Falcons",
     "score": 23,
     "abbreviation": "ATL"
    },
    "name": "Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Mercedes-Benz Stadium",
    "status": "Final",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-18T17:00Z"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/scoreboard?dates=20261018",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:27.545Z"
 }
}
```

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