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Tom Bessant – NCAA Football Official

Tom Bessant has officiated 20 games in the RefMetrics NCAA Football database from 2022 through 2023. View recorded assignments and season-by-season officiating history.

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Completed games2
Penalties / game20.0
Penalty yards / game226.0
Home ATS cover50.0%
Over rate100.0%

Game and crew results with Tom Bessant assigned. Penalties are charged to teams; these totals do not identify who threw each flag.

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Games by season

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Penalty rates by season

Home and away penalties per game

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Season results with Tom Bessant
SeasonGamesPenalties / gameYards / gameHome ATSOver / Under
20232 20.0 2 games226.0 2 games50.0% 1–1–0 W–L–P100.0% 2–0–0 O–U–P
Career positions
Side Judge20

Game history

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GameMatchup / scorePositionPenalties / yardsHome ATSTotal
2023-11-242023 · Week 13 · Regular Season
Side Judge
Down Judge
George Shoup
Line Judge
Bill Gannaway
Field Judge
Mark Brull
Side Judge
Tom Bessant
Back Judge
David Baldwin
Center Judge
Marcus Thornton
University Stadium (NM)Attendance 12,094
H 15 / 155 ydA 13 / 183 yd 4.5 Cover · +1.5 59.0 Over · +26.0
2023-11-182023 · Week 12 · Regular Season
Side Judge
Down Judge
George Shoup
Line Judge
Bill Gannaway
Field Judge
Kenny Wilson
Side Judge
Tom Bessant
Back Judge
David Baldwin
Center Judge
Marcus Thornton
Canvas StadiumAttendance 20,121
H 5 / 44 ydA 7 / 70 yd -12.5 Miss · -2.5 44.5 Over · +5.5
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Penalty breakdown

Penalty types: home and away

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Penalty typeTotal callsCalls / gameTotal yardsYards / gameHome / Away callsShare
False Start4 2.00 2 games10 5.00 2 games2 / 2 33.3%
Pass Interference3 1.50 2 games44 22.00 2 games1 / 2 25.0%
Holding1 0.50 2 games0 0.00 2 games0 / 1 8.3%
Offside / Neutral Zone1 0.50 2 games4 2.00 2 games1 / 0 8.3%
Other1 0.50 2 games5 2.50 2 games0 / 1 8.3%
Personal Foul1 0.50 2 games15 7.50 2 games0 / 1 8.3%
Unsportsmanlike Conduct1 0.50 2 games0 0.00 2 games1 / 0 8.3%
Delay of Game0 0.00 2 games0 0.00 2 games0 / 0 0.0%
Facemask0 0.00 2 games0 0.00 2 games0 / 0 0.0%
Roughing0 0.00 2 games0 0.00 2 games0 / 0 0.0%
Targeting0 0.00 2 games0 0.00 2 games0 / 0 0.0%

Category coverage varies. Rates use games with both teams' values recorded; penalty-type totals may differ from the full-game totals above.

Betting results

MarketRecordHit rateLined gamesAvg. margin vs line
Home ATS1–1–0W–L–P50.0% 2 -0.5 pts
Over / Under2–0–0O–U–P100.0% 2 15.8 pts

Pushes appear in the records and lined-game counts; hit rates exclude pushes. A negative home spread means the home team was favored.

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Cumulative results

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Team results with Tom Bessant

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TeamGamesW–L–TTeam ATSOver / UnderPenalties / gameYards / gameHistory
Colorado St 1 1–0–00.0% 0–1–0 W–L–P100.0% 1–0–0 O–U–P5.0 Opp 7.0 44.0 Opp 70.0 View games
Nevada 1 0–1–0100.0% 1–0–0 W–L–P100.0% 1–0–0 O–U–P7.0 Opp 5.0 70.0 Opp 44.0 View games
New Mexico 1 0–1–0100.0% 1–0–0 W–L–P100.0% 1–0–0 O–U–P15.0 Opp 13.0 155.0 Opp 183.0 View games
Utah State 1 1–0–00.0% 0–1–0 W–L–P100.0% 1–0–0 O–U–P13.0 Opp 15.0 183.0 Opp 155.0 View games

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Career assignment counts include recorded assignments in any position. Performance tables and charts use completed games with valid scores within your selected filters. Duplicate game records count once. Missing lines and nonpositive totals are unavailable.

Team results use that team's perspective, including its own spread. Home and away penalty figures refer to the designated teams, including neutral-site games. Small samples describe recorded history and may not be representative. These results describe past games, not predictions.

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About Tom Bessant in NCAA Football

This official profile brings together NCAA Football officiating records for Tom Bessant. RefMetrics has coverage from 2022 through 2023. Recorded assignment roles include Side Judge. These dates describe the records available here, rather than a complete career history.

Penalties in a game describe team and crew outcomes; they do not identify which official threw each flag. Compare season, position, and game type when interpreting officiating trends. Detailed game history and statistical breakdowns follow the access level shown on this page.

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