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Game Center
Game Center
1999 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 10, 1999 · Veterans Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Philadelphia Eagles 13–10 — decided on the final possessions.
-2.4 expected points added on the ground
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 | 21/39 | 177 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −6.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 30 | 114 | 3.8 | 0 | −6.0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | +1.7 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 7 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 28% | +1.6 |
| Emmitt Smith | 5 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 15% | +2.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Hambrick | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavika Pittman | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izell Reese | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad Hennings |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Pederson | 11/29 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4.9 |
| Torrance Small | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 |
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_05_DAL_PHI
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Cowboys closed -9.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 37; the game landed 23 — under by 14.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| David LaFleur | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 8% | +1.2 |
| Ernie Mills | 2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 18% | −3.0 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3% | +0.6 |
| Jason Tucker | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10% | −1.0 |
| Chris Warren | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8% | +0.5 |
| Jeff Ogden | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −6.8 |
| Tim Lester | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.8 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Ellis | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 22 | 110 | 5.0 | 0 | −2.4 |
| James Bostic | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Doug Pederson | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 0 | −4.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Johnson | 2 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 22% | +3.5 |
| Torrance Small | 3 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 22% | +2.4 |
| Duce Staley | 4 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 26% | −2.1 |
| Luther Broughton | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11% | −1.0 |
| Jed Weaver | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% | −0.0 |
| Dameane Douglas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.6 |
| Dietrich Jells | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11% | −2.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thomas | 5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Darling | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dawkins | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Taylor | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Trotter | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Vincent | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Hauck | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Gardner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mamula | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
