Sentences with phrase «margin of defeat»

The average margin of defeat in those three games was 21 points.

«In the November 7, 2006 election, Santorum lost by over 700,000 votes, receiving 41 % of the vote to Casey's 59 %, the largest margin of defeat for an incu - mbent senator since 1980 and the largest losing margin for an incu - mbent Republican senator ever (Wiki).»

«The ballot question appears on pace to fail by more than 1.5 million votes, according to projections by the Associated Press — which would make it the largest margin of defeat for any referendum the state has ever seen.»

It was the slimmest margin of defeat for a losing candidate in a Trustee race since 2001, when Republican candidate Henry Smith was defeated by just 294 votes for a third open seat.

Texas A&M's stunning 86 - 65 demolition of North Carolina on Sunday was the largest margin of defeat ever for a Williams coached team in the Big Dance.

The call, that should have ended the second inning, ended up costing the Tigers three runs, the same margin of defeat for the Tigers.

The Gunners, however, struggled to live up to the high pressing and high tempo game plan from their German opponents and, had it not been for some profligacy in front of goal from Klopp's frontline and midfielders, Arsenal were looking at a much bigger margin of defeat.

Key Numbers — This represents the most common margins of defeat, and is used frequently in football where many games end with one team winning by a multiple of 3 or 7.

Without five - time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, Argentina suffered a 6 - 1 loss to Spain, equalling its heaviest margin of defeat.

Leicester obliged last time out at Everton for us by securing a draw but I see a two goal margin of defeat as the best they can hope for at the Etihad.

With 32 votes required, the final Senate vote of 30 - 29 on Monday represented a narrow margin of defeat along partisan lines — and a stinging setback for advocates.

But her 18 - point margin of defeat was no worse than what befell several fellow Democrats, many of them veteran politicians, who spent tens of millions of dollars more than Curtis in their failed quest to keep their party in control of the Senate.

That's exactly what happened Thursday, when the Wildcats gave an inexplicably listless performance in an 89 - 68 loss to Buffalo that matched the largest margin of defeat in a 13/4 upset in the history of the NCAA tournament.

Long does own the distinction of losing a U.S. Senate race by the largest margin of defeat for any statewide office in New York History, having been clobbered by Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand by 46 percentage points (72 % -26 %).

The slim margin of defeat, a majority of just four, leaves the government wavering as to whether it accepts the change or not.

She lost to incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand four years ago, by 46 points, the largest margin of defeat for any statewide candidate in New York, ever.

It's not showing up in the Standings just yet but you can look at the margin of defeat and know they are getting closer with each passing week.

The table below displays the performance of ranked teams following a loss as we gradually increase the margin of defeat.

It matched the most goals allowed by the Blackhawks and their largest margin of defeat this season.

Despite the margin of the defeat Everton manager Ronald Koeman claimed he saw signs of improvement from his players and the scoreline flattered United.

Starting with the most painful memory first it is a year ago tomorrow that Harry Kane scored two as West Ham slid to a humbling 4 - 1 defeat at White Hart Lane (at least the manner and margin of defeat were different this time even if the pain is the same).

In every game so far this season, Arsenal have been competitive, their largest margin of defeat has been just two goals, only suffered once against Spartak and they have only conceded more than two goals in a game once, against Anzhi in a 3 - 2 away defeat.

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The higher the profile of the game and the larger the margin of defeat the quicker gamblers will push the panic button.

They have never previously lost 4 - 2 away in the first leg, but on the four occasions that the margin of defeat has been by two goals, they have prevailed only once, recovering to win 3 - 0 at home against Sporting CP in the third round of the 1993/94 UEFA Cup — they went on to finish as runners - up in the competition.

-- Should neither pick up a point on the final, goal difference and the margin of their defeat would come into affect to determine who goes down.

The margin of defeat is devastating.

Home Office minister Baroness Scotland told peers that the margin of the defeat of the Lords» amendment was «a powerful message on which this house will want to reflect carefully».

On Election Day, Owens appeared to defeat Hoffman, with the margin of defeat initially reported as 49.0 % to 45.5 %.

That was why the margin of defeat was so huge... I don't see anything new from Mahama and all these things will determine his comeback.

`' I don't see what has changed or the new message that he [Mahama] is bringing back to convince political scientists for him to win - looking at the margin of defeat in 2016.

The surprising aspect of the result, however, was that their margin of defeat was so narrow.