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polling · 1800s tick · as of 12:22 AM ET · 16 to play
Game Center
Game Center
1999 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 26, 1999 · Giants Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Minnesota Vikings 34–17 — never really in doubt late.
-5.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff George | 10/21 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +0.5 |
| Randy Moss | 1/1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smith | 16 | 146 | 9.1 | 1 | +7.9 |
| Leroy Hoard | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 2 | +3.9 |
| Jeff George |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cris Carter | 5 | 6 | 131 | 1 | 30% | +10.8 |
| Randy Moss | 3 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 35% | −0.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Wright | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Griffith | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McDaniel | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Rudd |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 31/51 | 297 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −2.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Montgomery |
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.
/football/games/1999_16_MIN_NYG
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Vikings closed -2.5 and covered, winning by 17.
Total closed 43; the game landed 51 — over by 8.0.
Conditions and crew
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −1.2 |
| Moe Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Andrew Glover | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 20% | +1.5 |
| Robert Smith | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5% | +0.8 |
| Matt Hatchette | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10% | −3.4 |
| 5 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Robert Tate | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Bass | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Randle | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Doleman | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Williams | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |
| 55 |
| 2.9 |
| 0 |
| −5.7 |
| Tiki Barber | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Kerry Collins | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amani Toomer | 9 | 15 | 99 | 0 | 29% | +6.7 |
| Ike Hilliard | 5 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 20% | −0.3 |
| Tiki Barber | 8 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 24% | −2.5 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 3 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 8% | +2.2 |
| Pete Mitchell | 3 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 8% | +3.6 |
| David Patten | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 8% | −3.1 |
| Howard Cross | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4% | −0.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Ellsworth | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Conrad Hamilton | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Lincoln | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pete Monty | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Phillips | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Strahan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie Armstead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
