1999 Week 11 · Sun, Nov 21, 1999 · Sun Devil Stadium
FinalDallas Cowboys 9 at Arizona Cardinals 13. Final.
Who moved the needle
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Game Center
Game Center
1999 Week 11 · Sun, Nov 21, 1999 · Sun Devil Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Arizona Cardinals 13–9.
-1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Garrett | 16/29 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −9.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 29 | 127 | 4.4 | 0 | −1.4 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | +1.1 |
| Chris Warren | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | +2.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 5 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 30% | −4.1 |
| Ernie Mills | 3 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 22% | +0.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Coakley | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Duane Hawthorne | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Randall Godfrey |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Brown | 13/29 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 2 | −9.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Murrell |
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 -1.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 35; the game landed 22 — under by 13.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Jason Garrett | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | +1.2 |
| David LaFleur | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7% | +1.7 |
| Chris Warren | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11% | −0.8 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11% | −1.8 |
| Eric Bjornson | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4% | +0.3 |
| Jeff Ogden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.1 |
| Jason Tucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.0 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Hennings | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Woodson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| 72 |
| 4.2 |
| 0 |
| −1.3 |
| Mario Bates | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Dave Brown | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | +2.2 |
| David Boston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Pat Tillman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Scott Player | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 3 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 28% | −3.1 |
| Rob Moore | 1 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 28% | −1.8 |
| Frank Sanders | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 12% | +3.1 |
| Adrian Murrell | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20% | −2.2 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | +0.5 |
| Terry Hardy | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | +0.5 |
| Johnny McWilliams | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwamie Lassiter | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashod Swinger | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Knight | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Maddox | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Drake | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. McCleskey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Chavous | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |