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polling · 1800s tick · as of 12:19 AM ET · 16 to play
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1999 Wild Card · Sun, Jan 9, 2000 · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
FinalWho moved the needle
Minnesota Vikings 27–10 — never really in doubt late.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | 22/38 | 286 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 15 | 99 | 6.6 | 1 | +1.9 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 8 | 12 | 163 | 0 | 32% | +8.7 |
| Jason Tucker | 4 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 16% | −2.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Woodson | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Myers | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff George | 12/25 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +7.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smith |
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_18_DAL_MIN
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 -7 and covered, winning by 17.
Total closed 46.5; the game landed 37 — under by 9.5.
Conditions and crew
| David LaFleur | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11% | −1.4 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 5% | +0.3 |
| Chris Brazzell | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 18% | −2.4 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8% | −2.1 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5% | −1.6 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −4.3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Chad Hennings | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Lett | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Noble | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 |
| 140 |
| 5.0 |
| 0 |
| −2.8 |
| Leroy Hoard | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Jeff George | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Randall Cunningham | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Moss | 5 | 6 | 127 | 1 | 25% | +10.9 |
| Robert Smith | 3 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 13% | +7.7 |
| Leroy Hoard | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13% | −0.7 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| Cris Carter | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29% | −3.2 |
| Andrew Glover | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −1.4 |
| Jake Reed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −2.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Wright | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Rudd | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McDaniel | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Bass | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Clemons | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harold Morrow | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Banks | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Tate | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
