A301379
Number of close American football games: number of ways for the game to have n scoring plays and never be separated by more than one score after each play.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 14, 128, 1378, 13932, 144300, 1480376, 15245184, 156756896, 1612836306, 16589928984, 170664508406, 1755592926518, 18059752212038, 185779058543356, 1911097952732140, 19659326724616886, 202234169412143472, 2080368880383488938, 21400612097499844490, 220146623069820835050
Offset: 0
For n=1, any step is valid. For n=2, any walk with steps of opposite direction is valid while [[1,3],[1,6]] is an example of an invalid walk.
A301380
Number of tied close American football games: number of ways for the game to have n scoring plays, never be separated by more than one score after each play, and be tied at the end.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 0, 14, 90, 1114, 10718, 113216, 1152540, 11906042, 122269186, 1258639394, 12943924960, 133168371652, 1369830663678, 14091618522696, 144958402357534, 1491181759508514, 15339664777115086, 157798158205312580, 1623258461571800764, 16698349602838663718, 171774768145224952472
Offset: 0
There are no tied games with 1 scoring play. To have tied games after 2 scoring plays requires each team to score the same number of points (7 possibilities) in each play (2 orderings): hence 14 walks.
A301381
Number of tied close American football games: number of ways for the game to end at the score of n to n and never be separated by more than one score after each play.
Original entry on oeis.org
1, 0, 2, 2, 6, 24, 80, 208, 922, 2310, 8794, 26000, 86632, 274120, 893552, 2837882, 9254642, 29470852, 95567342, 306155908, 987994256, 3174707284, 10228816628, 32893256236, 105937526030, 340778467916, 1097194416030, 3530389210580, 11364292475448, 36571646955122, 117713073900332
Offset: 0
There is no way to score 1 point so a(1)=0.
The number of ways to be tied at 4-4 is 6: there must be 2 safeties scored by each team which could be ordered in 4 choose 2 ways.
a(5)=24 since there must be 1 safety and 1 field goal for each team and there are 4! ways to order them.
a(n<=8) is fairly easy to compute since the bounds do not come into effect.
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taylor((16*t^29-16*t^28-56*t^27+52*t^26+100*t^25-52*t^24-136*t^23+108*t^22+66*t^21-71*t^20+134*t^19-5*t^18-320*t^17+50*t^16+78*t^15-47*t^14+60*t^13+78*t^12-158*t^11-8*t^10+31*t^8+t^7+37*t^6-t^5-10*t^4+2*t^3+6*t^2+t-1)/(32*t^33-112*t^32+24*t^31+324*t^30-300*t^29-40*t^28+52*t^27-542*t^26+784*t^25+766*t^24-1610*t^23+166*t^22+792*t^21-563*t^20+420*t^19+681*t^18-1320*t^17+190*t^16+246*t^15-87*t^14+74*t^13+304*t^12-380*t^11+6*t^10-10*t^9+25*t^8-25*t^7+85*t^6-3*t^5-22*t^4+2*t^3+8*t^2+t-1),t=0,N);
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