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polling · 1800s tick · as of 12:47 AM ET · 16 to play
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1999 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 12, 1999 · Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Dallas Cowboys 41–35.
0.9 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · WAS
5/7 for 159 yds, 1 TD
21% of team targets · 9.1 expected points added
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | 28/49 | 362 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +12.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 23 | 109 | 4.7 | 1 | +6.2 |
| Chris Warren | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 8 | 14 | 149 | 1 | 29% | +3.9 |
| Michael Irvin | 5 | 11 | 122 | 2 | 22% | +9.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Coakley | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 20/33 | 382 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +12.4 |
| Brett Conway | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.4 |
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/1999_01_DAL_WAS
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Commanders closed -2.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 42; the game landed 76 — over by 34.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Troy Aikman | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | +1.5 |
| David LaFleur | 4 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 14% | +7.2 |
| Ernie Mills | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 8% | −0.1 |
| Eric Bjornson | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2% | +0.8 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4% | −1.1 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4% | −1.0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| Wane McGarity | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −2.4 |
| Emmitt Smith | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 8% | −2.2 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 2.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Williams | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Woodson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Hennings | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Davis | 24 | 109 | 4.5 | 2 | +0.9 |
| Brian Mitchell | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | −1.8 |
| Albert Connell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Skip Hicks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Westbrook | 5 | 7 | 159 | 1 | 21% | +9.1 |
| Albert Connell | 4 | 5 | 137 | 1 | 15% | +11.2 |
| Larry Centers | 6 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 36% | −2.4 |
| Irving Fryar | 3 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 12% | +0.3 |
| Stephen Davis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6% | −0.5 |
| Stephen Alexander | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | +1.1 |
| Brian Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
| James Jenkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leomont Evans | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shawn Barber | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Coleman | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Shade | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derek M. Smith | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darryl Pounds | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darrell Green | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenard Lang | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
