1999 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 31, 1999 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalTampa Bay Buccaneers 3 at Detroit Lions 20. Final.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Rushing · TB
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1999 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 31, 1999 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Rushing · TB
Detroit Lions 20–3 — never really in doubt late.
9 att, 33 yds, 0 TD
-1.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Zeier | 29/44 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −9.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Mike Alstott | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | −4.3 |
| Eric Zeier | 3 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquez Green | 7 | 12 | 96 | 0 | 27% | +4.0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 11 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 30% |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lynch | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Abraham | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronde Barber |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Batch | 10/19 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −7.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Closing number vs result
Buccaneers closed -2.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 35; the game landed 23 — under by 12.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 0 |
| +0.4 |
| Yo Murphy | 4 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 11% | −0.8 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2% | +1.1 |
| Reidel Anthony | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 9% | −0.5 |
| Darnell McDonald | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9% | −2.0 |
| Rabih Abdullah | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5% | −1.8 |
| Patrick Hape | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5% | +0.9 |
| Dave Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.9 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Damien Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Culpepper | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alshermond Singleton | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hill |
| 16 |
| 123 |
| 7.7 |
| 0 |
| +2.0 |
| Charlie Batch | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Sedrick Irvin | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | +1.0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Morton | 3 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 21% | +1.9 |
| David Sloan | 2 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 16% | +1.5 |
| Sedrick Irvin | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 16% | −1.0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5% | −0.1 |
| Germane Crowell | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16% | −1.4 |
| Brian Stablein | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21% | −4.2 |
| Greg Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −0.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Boyd | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Bailey | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Fair | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Claiborne | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Elliss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Rice | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Scroggins | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corwin Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Pritchett | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |