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1999 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 12, 1999 · Cleveland Browns Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 43–0 — never really in doubt late.
-2.2 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · PIT
5/6 for 67 yds, 2 TD
19% of team targets · 11.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 15/23 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +8.7 |
| Mike Tomczak | 8/8 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +10.3 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 1/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 18 | 89 | 4.9 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | −2.2 |
| Richard Huntley |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Huntley | 5 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 19% | +11.3 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 13% | +1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Kirkland | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes |
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_PIT_CLE
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Steelers closed -6 and covered, winning by 43.
Total closed 37; the game landed 43 — over by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 10 |
| 41 |
| 4.1 |
| 1 |
| +5.5 |
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 1 | +5.0 |
| Jon Witman | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | +0.4 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | −2.8 |
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 16% | +2.9 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 3 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 16% | +0.3 |
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 9% | +2.6 |
| Will Blackwell | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6% | +1.7 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3% | +2.0 |
| Jon Witman | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13% | −0.8 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3% | +0.0 |
| Mark Bruener | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −1.0 |
| 2 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Shields | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Kirby | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Ty Detmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Sedrick Shaw | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Shepherd | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 31% | +0.2 |
| Kevin Johnson | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 38% | −2.5 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8% | −0.2 |
| Terry Kirby | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23% | −1.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wali Rainer | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquez Pope | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McNeil | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Fuller | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Langham | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim McTyer | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamir Miller | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahim Abdullah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darius Holland | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
