1999 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 31, 1999 · Cinergy Field

Jacksonville JaguarsWinner

Cincinnati Bengals

JAX -12.5 ✓O 38 ✓Jaguars closed -12.5 and covered, winning by 31.

Jacksonville Jaguars 41–10 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CIN

Jeff BlakeQB

13/23, 155 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

5.5 expected points added

Passing · JAX

Mark BrunellQB

11/19, 145 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

10.7 expected points added

Rushing · JAX

Fred TaylorRB

15 att, 128 yds, 1 TD

7.9 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CIN

Corey DillonRB

14 att, 32 yds, 0 TD

-11.4 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · JAX

Jimmy SmithWR

8/11 for 89 yds, 1 TD

39% of team targets · 7.7 expected points added

Receiving · JAX

Tavian BanksRB

2/4 for 50 yds, 0 TD

14% of team targets · 4.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Jacksonville Jaguars

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Mark Brunell	11/19	145	2	0	1	10.7
Jay Fiedler	6/9	69	0	0	1	1.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Fred Taylor	15	128	8.5	1	7.9
James Stewart	10	32	3.2	2	3.7
Tavian Banks	6	12	2.0	0	-4.5
Mark Brunell	2	11	5.5	0	1.1
Jay Fiedler	1	0	0.0	0	-0.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Jimmy Smith	8	11	89	1	39%	7.7
Tavian Banks	2	4	50	0	14%	4.1
Kyle Brady	2	3	29	0	11%	0.4
Keenan McCardell	1	6	23	1	21%	0.8
Damon Jones	1	1	11	0	4%	0.9
Reggie Barlow	1	1	11	0	4%	1.8
Fred Taylor	1	1	3	0	4%	0.6
James Stewart	1	1	-2	0	4%	-1.0

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Kevin Hardy	6	0	1.0	0	0
Aaron Beasley	4	1	1.0	1	1
Donovin Darius	4	1	0.0	1	2
Blaine McElmurry	3	1	0.0	0	0
Dave Thomas	4	0	0.0	0	0
Fernando Bryant	4	0	0.0	0	3
Lonnie Marts	3	0	0.0	0	0
Bryce Paup	2	1	0.0	0	0
Tony Brackens	3	0	1.0	0	0
Seth Payne	2	0	0.0	0	0

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jeff Blake	13/23	155	1	0	0	5.5
Akili Smith	6/12	67	0	2	4	-11.6
Carl Pickens	1/1	6	0	0	0	1.2

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Akili Smith	3	40	13.3	3.3
Corey Dillon	14	32	2.3	-11.4
Michael Basnight	4	11	2.8	-0.7
Jeff Blake	2	10	5.0	1.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Michael Basnight	3	4	47	0	11%	2.1
Carl Pickens	2	4	31	0	11%	1.8
Corey Dillon	2	3	25	0	9%	0.2
Marco Battaglia	1	1	23	0	3%	0.7
Willie Jackson	2	3	22	1	9%	-1.7
Craig Yeast	3	4	20	0	11%	0.4
Tony McGee	2	5	18	0	14%	-1.3
Nicolas Luchey	1	2	16	0	6%	0.7
Darnay Scott	2	7	11	0	20%	-5.8
Clif Groce	1	1	9	0	3%	0.7
Akili Smith	1	1	6	0	3%	1.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks
Steve Foley	5	1	0.5
Artrell Hawkins	6	0	0.0
Brian Simmons	5	0	0.0
Takeo Spikes	5	0	0.0
Myron Bell	4	1	0.5
Roosevelt Blackmon	3	1	0.0
John Copeland	3	0	0.0
Darnay Scott	2	0	0.0
Greg Myers	1	1	0.0
Jevon Langford	2	0	0.0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: JAX -12.5
Closing total: 38
JAX moneyline: —
CIN moneyline: —

Jaguars closed -12.5 and covered, winning by 31.

Total closed 38; the game landed 51 — over by 13.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Cinergy Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · astroturf
Kickoff weather: 69°F, wind 5 mph
Referee: Bernie Kukar
Rest: JAX 14 days · CIN 7 days
Coaches: Tom Coughlin vs Bruce Coslet

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.