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2000 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 3, 2000 · Texas Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Philadelphia Eagles 41–14 — never really in doubt late.
3.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan McNabb | 16/28 | 130 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −1.9 |
| Koy Detmer | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −5.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 26 | 201 | 7.7 | 1 | +11.1 |
| Brian Mitchell | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | +3.1 |
| Donovan McNabb |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 4 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 25% | +4.1 |
| Todd Pinkston | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 11% | +1.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Douglas | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dawkins | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Vincent |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Cunningham | 13/26 | 135 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.4 |
| Troy Aikman | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | −16.4 |
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/2000_01_PHI_DAL
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 -6 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 39.5; the game landed 55 — over by 15.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 5 |
| 29 |
| 5.8 |
| 1 |
| +5.0 |
| Stanley Pritchett | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | +0.5 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | +0.4 |
| Luther Broughton | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7% | +1.3 |
| Alex Van Dyke | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14% | −5.0 |
| Chad Lewis | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7% | −1.4 |
| Brian Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4% | +0.9 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7% | −0.3 |
| Cecil Martin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4% | −0.6 |
| Torrance Small | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14% | −1.8 |
| Jeff Thomason | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4% | +0.9 |
| Dameane Douglas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −5.3 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Mike Caldwell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hollis Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Emmons | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Harris | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Emmitt Smith | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Randall Cunningham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Chris Warren | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −2.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Galloway | 4 | 12 | 62 | 1 | 39% | +3.5 |
| Raghib Ismail | 3 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 16% | +2.3 |
| Wane McGarity | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10% | −3.5 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| James McKnight | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6% | −1.3 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10% | −1.1 |
| Jackie Harris | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13% | −8.5 |
| Robert Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Woodson | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McNeil | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| George Teague | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Lett | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Noble | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izell Reese | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
