2000 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 1, 2000 · Mile High Stadium

New England PatriotsWinner

Denver Broncos

DEN -8.5 upsetO 41 ✓Broncos closed -8.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

New England Patriots 28–19.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · DEN

Brian GrieseQB

31/50, 361 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

1.4 expected points added

Passing · NE

Drew BledsoeQB

18/27, 271 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT

15.3 expected points added

Rushing · NE

Kevin FaulkRB

9 att, 40 yds, 0 TD

-0.6 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · DEN

Brian GrieseQB

6 att, 29 yds, 0 TD

0.1 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · DEN

Rod SmithWR

13/19 for 160 yds, 0 TD

40% of team targets · 3.1 expected points added

Receiving · NE

Troy BrownWR

5/6 for 108 yds, 2 TD

23% of team targets · 10.4 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New England Patriots

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Bledsoe	18/27	271	4	1	3	15.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Kevin Faulk	9	40	4.4	-0.6
J.R. Redmond	6	15	2.5	-1.8
Harold Shaw	3	3	1.0	-1.5
Chris Floyd	1	0	0.0	-0.4
Michael Bishop	2	0	0.0	-1.6
Lee Johnson	1	-1	-1.0	1.4
Tony Carter	1	-1	-1.0	-0.7
Drew Bledsoe	4	-2	-0.5	-1.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Troy Brown	5	6	108	2	23%	10.4
Terry Glenn	6	9	76	1	35%	1.1
Kevin Faulk	1	2	26	0	8%	3.5
Eric Bjornson	2	3	20	0	12%	-0.4
J.R. Redmond	2	2	17	1	8%	3.7
Chris Calloway	1	2	13	0	8%	-0.3
Tony Simmons	1	1	11	0	4%	0.8
Chris Floyd	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Antonio Langham	8	0	0.0	0	1
Ty Law	4	3	0.0	0	0
Chris Slade	6	1	1.0	0	0
Willie McGinest	4	1	1.0	0	1
Tedy Bruschi	3	2	0.0	0	1
Tebucky Jones	4	0	0.0	1	1
Ted Johnson	4	0	0.0	0	1
Otis Smith	2	2	0.0	0	0
Lawyer Milloy	3	0	0.0	0	1
Chad Eaton	1	2	0.0	0	0

Denver Broncos

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Brian Griese	31/50	361	1	1	4	1.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Brian Griese	6	29	4.8	0.1
Mike Anderson	6	26	4.3	-2.6
Terrell Davis	9	24	2.7	-1.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Rod Smith	13	19	160	0	40%	3.1
Ed McCaffrey	9	15	91	0	32%	6.8
Travis McGriff	1	1	43	1	2%	5.1
Byron Chamberlain	2	3	35	0	6%	-0.2
Dwayne Carswell	3	4	21	0	9%	1.3
Mike Anderson	1	1	6	0	2%	-0.2
Desmond Clark	1	2	4	0	4%	0.7
Howard Griffith	1	2	1	0	4%	-1.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
John Mobley	7	2	0.0	2
Billy Jenkins	7	0	0.0	0
Eric Brown	5	1	0.0	0
Bill Romanowski	4	0	0.0	0
Al Wilson	2	2	0.5	0
Trevor Pryce	2	1	1.5	0
Keith Traylor	3	0	1.0	0
Ray Crockett	3	0	0.0	0
Maa Tanuvasa	2	0	0.0	0
Rod Smith	1	0	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: DEN -8.5
Closing total: 41
NE moneyline: —
DEN moneyline: —

Broncos closed -8.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 41; the game landed 47 — over by 6.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Mile High Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 80°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Ron Blum
Rest: NE 7 days · DEN 7 days
Coaches: Bill Belichick vs Mike Shanahan