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Game Center
Game Center
1999 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 19, 1999 · Foxboro Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New England Patriots 31–28 — decided on the final possessions.
-6.8 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · IND
7/11 for 105 yds, 3 TD
37% of team targets · 7.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 18/30 | 223 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +9.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerrin James | 32 | 118 | 3.7 | 1 | −4.2 |
| Peyton Manning | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | — |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Harrison | 7 | 11 | 105 | 3 | 37% | +7.4 |
| E.G. Green | 5 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 30% | +5.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Bennett | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Burris | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Cota |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 27/45 | 299 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +9.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Allen |
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_02_IND_NE
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Patriots closed -4.5, won by 3 — but didn't cover.
Total closed 45; the game landed 59 — over by 14.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Marcus Pollard | 4 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 17% | −2.6 |
| Edgerrin James | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7% | −0.0 |
| Scott Greene | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | −0.1 |
| Ken Dilger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −3.9 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Mustafah Muhammad | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Royal | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tito Wooten | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Belser | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Bratzke | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |
| 74 |
| 4.9 |
| 0 |
| −6.8 |
| Lamont Warren | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | +0.4 |
| Kevin Faulk | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | −5.3 |
| Drew Bledsoe | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Glenn | 7 | 10 | 122 | 0 | 22% | +2.5 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 9% | +3.8 |
| Ben Coates | 4 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 20% | +1.0 |
| Shawn Jefferson | 3 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 11% | +2.8 |
| Tony Carter | 4 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 13% | −0.1 |
| Lamont Warren | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| Tony Simmons | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4% | −0.9 |
| Terry Allen | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7% | +3.5 |
| Rod Rutledge | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4% | +0.0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tedy Bruschi | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Law | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Carter | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Israel | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Katzenmoyer | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Thomas | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernard Russ | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
