1999 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 24, 1999 · Texas Stadium
FinalWashington Commanders 20 at Dallas Cowboys 38. Final.
Who moved the needle
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1999 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 24, 1999 · Texas Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Dallas Cowboys 38–20 — never really in doubt late.
1.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 23/35 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Davis | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 0 | +1.8 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Brad Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Connell | 2 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 20% | +1.4 |
| Mike Sellers | 2 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 6% | +4.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek M. Smith | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Barber | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Shade | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Bailey |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | 20/32 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +18.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith |
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.

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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 -2 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 44; the game landed 58 — over by 14.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Michael Westbrook | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 11% | +1.0 |
| Stephen Alexander | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 11% | −0.3 |
| Stephen Davis | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 14% | −0.2 |
| Larry Centers | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11% | +0.8 |
| Brian Mitchell | 3 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 14% | −2.0 |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 11% | −0.3 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Darrell Green | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sellers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenard Lang | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leomont Evans | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Gouveia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |
| 80 |
| 3.3 |
| 1 |
| −1.3 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | +1.8 |
| Chris Warren | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | −2.3 |
| Troy Aikman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | +1.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 6 | 7 | 76 | 1 | 22% | +3.7 |
| Jason Tucker | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 3% | +4.0 |
| David LaFleur | 4 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 19% | +3.0 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 6% | +2.5 |
| Ernie Mills | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 13% | +2.8 |
| Chris Warren | 2 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 22% | +0.2 |
| Tim Lester | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.2 |
| Mike Lucky | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | −0.6 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Alvin Harper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.6 |
| Eric Bjornson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Woodson | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Hennings | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavika Pittman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izell Reese | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |