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Game Center
Game Center
1999 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 17, 1999 · Cinergy Field
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 17–3.
-0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 17/29 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −4.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 26 | 111 | 4.3 | 2 | +5.8 |
| Richard Huntley | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | −3.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 32% | +2.7 |
| Will Blackwell | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 14% | +0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Emmons | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levon Kirkland | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orpheus Roye | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Chad Scott |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akili Smith | 19/38 | 207 | 0 | 2 | 4 | −9.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon |
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_06_PIT_CIN
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 -5 and covered, winning by 14.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 20 — under by 17.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Hines Ward | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18% | −1.0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 3 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 18% | +0.0 |
| Richard Huntley | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7% | −1.1 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4% | −0.1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7% | −0.7 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| Earl Holmes | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Shields | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne Washington | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Gildon | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Davis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |
| 78 |
| 4.9 |
| 0 |
| −0.9 |
| Akili Smith | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Michael Basnight | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Pickens | 4 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 23% | −7.0 |
| Damon Griffin | 4 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 20% | +3.3 |
| Willie Jackson | 3 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 14% | +1.4 |
| Corey Dillon | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 9% | +0.2 |
| Marco Battaglia | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11% | +0.7 |
| Darnay Scott | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6% | +0.7 |
| Clif Groce | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9% | −0.5 |
| Tony McGee | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9% | −1.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Simmons | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Bell | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Blackmon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Copeland | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Gibson | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Spikes | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Foley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cory Hall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Langford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
