In losing to Halifax on Dec. 28, 2019, the Bandits lost the loose ball battle by 30. The Thunderbirds picked up 102 of them, while Buffalo had 72.
The question came to mind: Is the 30-ball difference any sort of team record? It was time to find out.
Let's go back into history and see the biggest differences in loose ball collections by game in the regular season. By the way, they only go back to 2006. We start with Buffalo's biggest edge in this department, which had a new addition this season:
Team - Date - LB-LBA - Diff.
Minnesota - 2/4/11 - 88/44 - +44
@Vancouver - 1/17/15 - 79-39 - +40
Philadelphia - 4/14/06 - 89-50 - +39
New England - 4/30/16 - 101-66 - +35
Toronto - 4/16/16 - 96-62 - +34
Philadelphia - 1/18/25 - 100-67 - +33
Minnesota - 3/4/06 - 84-53 - +31
@Georgia - 2/14/16 - 73-44 - +29
Vancouver - 3/29/25 - 89-60 - +29
Rochester - 2/14/15 - 62-34 - +28
And now for the worst numbers in recent team history; there's nothing new to report from 2024-25:
Team - Date - LB-LBA - Diff.
Washington - 4/28/12 - 49-97 - -48
@Philadelphia - 2/17/07 - 73-117 - -44
@Halifax - 3/27/22 - 67-103 - -36
@Toronto - 12/17/22 - 64-100 - -36
Halifax - 12/28/19 - 72-102 - -30
Boston - 4/18/09 - 52-82 - -30
Arizona - 4/7/07 - 43-73 - -30
Albany - 2/24/24 - 56-86 - -30
@San Diego - 4/27/19 - 57-83 - -26
Toronto - 1/18/20 - 35-61 - -26
Calgary - 12/4/21 - 58-84 - -26
LB is loose balls, LBA is loose balls against.
Updated on May 23, 2025
