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polling · 1800s tick · as of 7:02 AM ET · 16 to play
Game Center
Game Center
2000 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 3, 2000 · Ralph Wilson Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Buffalo Bills 16–13 — decided on the final possessions.
-7.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve McNair | 17/31 | 152 | 0 | 1 | 4 | −13.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie George | 17 | 37 | 2.2 | 1 | −3.6 |
| Steve McNair | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Rodney Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wycheck | 4 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 28% | −1.4 |
| Eddie George | 6 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 28% | −2.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Bishop | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Kearse | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dainon Sidney |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 9/18 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −6.2 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 4/8 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.0 |
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_TEN_BUF
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Bills closed -1 and covered, winning by 3.
Total closed 40; the game landed 29 — under by 11.0.
Conditions and crew
| Carl Pickens | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 10% | −0.2 |
| Chris Sanders | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 7% | +0.9 |
| Michael Roan | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 10% | −0.2 |
| Yancey Thigpen | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | −0.6 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Erron Kinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −2.9 |
| Kevin Dyson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.1 |
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| Henry Ford | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Robinson | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Bulluck | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George McCullough | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Robertson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samari Rolle | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Antowain Smith | 17 | 42 | 2.5 | 0 | −7.4 |
| Shawn Bryson | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | −3.8 |
| Sammy Morris | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Moulds | 2 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 21% | −0.5 |
| Peerless Price | 4 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 38% | −1.9 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 3 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 17% | +3.5 |
| Shawn Bryson | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 8% | +1.0 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4% | +1.0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13% | −0.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cowart | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Rogers | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Jones | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Newman | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Phil Hansen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Holecek | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
