1999 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 7, 1999 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalSt. Louis Rams 27 at Detroit Lions 31. Final.
Who moved the needle
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1999 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 7, 1999 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Detroit Lions 31–27.
-3.7 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · DET
8/13 for 163 yds, 1 TD
37% of team targets · 9.2 expected points added
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Warner | 25/42 | 305 | 3 | 2 | 4 | +5.3 |
| Marshall Faulk | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Warner | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | +0.8 |
| Robert Holcombe | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Marshall Faulk |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 2 | 6 | 94 | 1 | 14% | +7.8 |
| Marshall Faulk | 10 | 11 | 78 | 0 | 26% | +0.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jenkins | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Lyght | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Wistrom | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Marco Farr |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 12/16 | 209 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +11.2 |
| Charlie Batch | 10/20 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1.3 |
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
Rams closed -4 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 45; the game landed 58 — over by 13.0.
Conditions and crew
| 11 |
| 15 |
| 1.4 |
| 0 |
| −4.8 |
| Ricky Proehl | 4 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 16% | +1.1 |
| Isaac Bruce | 2 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 16% | +0.4 |
| Torry Holt | 3 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 12% | −2.2 |
| Roland Williams | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 5% | +0.2 |
| Amp Lee | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2% | +0.6 |
| Jeff Robinson | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7% | −0.5 |
| Ryan Tucker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2% | +2.0 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 3.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| London Fletcher | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Lyle | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Carter | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Todd F. Collins | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Agnew | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedrick Irvin | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Gus Frerotte | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | −3.7 |
| Greg Hill | 11 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | −8.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germane Crowell | 8 | 13 | 163 | 1 | 37% | +9.2 |
| Sedrick Irvin | 4 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 11% | +5.1 |
| Johnnie Morton | 4 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 26% | +1.7 |
| Brian Stablein | 2 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 11% | +1.4 |
| Pete Chryplewicz | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6% | +0.2 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3% | +3.3 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3% | −0.6 |
| Greg Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Rice | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Boyd | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Fair | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Robert Porcher | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| J.B. Brown | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Aldridge | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lamar Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Claiborne | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |