1999 Week 15 · Sun, Dec 19, 1999 · Veterans Stadium

New England Patriots

Philadelphia EaglesWinner

NE -3.5 upsetU 37 ✓Patriots closed -3.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Philadelphia Eagles 24–9.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NE

Drew BledsoeQB

23/49, 331 yds, 0 TD, 4 INT

-25.6 expected points added

Passing · PHI

Koy DetmerQB

10/29, 181 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT

-3.0 expected points added

Rushing · PHI

Duce StaleyRB

29 att, 93 yds, 0 TD

-8.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NE

Terry AllenRB

14 att, 31 yds, 0 TD

-7.3 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NE

Troy BrownWR

5/10 for 105 yds, 0 TD

22% of team targets · 4.1 expected points added

Receiving · PHI

Torrance SmallWR

3/10 for 62 yds, 2 TD

38% of team targets · -2.3 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New England Patriots

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Bledsoe	23/49	331	0	4	6	-25.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Terry Allen	14	31	2.2	-7.3
Lamont Warren	9	22	2.4	-0.4
Drew Bledsoe	2	7	3.5	-1.2
Jerry Ellison	1	2	2.0	-0.1
Chris Floyd	1	0	0.0	-0.6

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Troy Brown	5	10	105	22%	4.1
Jerry Ellison	4	4	50	9%	3.2
Ben Coates	2	3	42	7%	2.6
Shawn Jefferson	1	7	41	16%	-8.4
Lamont Warren	3	3	31	7%	1.6
Terry Glenn	4	12	27	27%	-8.5
Terry Allen	2	2	14	4%	1.1
Rod Rutledge	1	1	12	2%	0.5
Vincent Brisby	1	3	9	7%	1.3

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	INT	PD
Willie McGinest	5	3	0	0
Ted Johnson	4	4	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	4	2	0	0
Tedy Bruschi	2	3	1	2
Brandon Mitchell	2	2	0	1
Chris Slade	1	3	0	2
Henry Thomas	1	2	0	0
Kato Serwanga	2	1	1	1
Chad Eaton	1	2	0	0
Jerry Ellison	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Eagles

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Koy Detmer	10/29	181	3	2	0	-3.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Duce Staley	29	93	3.2	-8.8
Eric Bieniemy	3	12	4.0	-0.1
Edwin Watson	3	11	3.7	-1.0
Koy Detmer	2	-2	-1.0	-0.1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Torrance Small	3	10	62	2	38%	-2.3
Na Brown	3	6	60	0	23%	1.6
Dietrich Jells	1	1	44	1	4%	5.3
Troy Smith	1	1	14	0	4%	2.2
Chad Lewis	1	2	4	0	8%	-0.8
Duce Staley	0	2	0	0	8%	-4.0
Luther Broughton	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.3
Cecil Martin	1	3	-3	0	12%	-2.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Jeremiah Trotter	10	5	0.0	1	1
Mike Mamula	4	2	3.0	0	0
William Thomas	5	1	1.0	0	1
Barry Gardner	3	1	0.0	0	0
Al Harris	2	2	0.0	1	2
Steve Martin	2	2	0.0	0	0
Damon Moore	4	0	0.0	0	0
Troy Vincent	3	1	0.0	2	5
Brian Dawkins	2	1	1.0	0	3
Tim Hauck	2	1	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NE -3.5
Closing total: 37
NE moneyline: —
PHI moneyline: —

Patriots closed -3.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 37; the game landed 33 — under by 4.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Veterans Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · astroturf
Kickoff weather: 40°F, wind 14 mph
Referee: Walt Coleman
Rest: NE 7 days · PHI 7 days
Coaches: Pete Carroll vs Andy Reid