2000 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 15, 2000 · Giants Stadium
FinalDallas Cowboys 14 at New York Giants 19. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 15, 2000 · Giants Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New York Giants 19–14.
-1.6 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 | 22/42 | 211 | 1 | 5 | 2 | −9.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 1 | −0.1 |
| Troy Aikman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Chris Warren | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | −2.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Warren | 6 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 15% | +4.7 |
| Damon Hodge | 3 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 18% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Coakley | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillippi Sparks | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Woodson | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 14/25 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Dayne |
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.

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The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Giants closed -4 and covered, winning by 5.
Total closed 40.5; the game landed 33 — under by 7.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Robert Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | +0.8 |
| Jason Tucker | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 8% | +2.1 |
| Robert Thomas | 5 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 15% | −1.4 |
| David LaFleur | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3% | +1.4 |
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 15% | −5.3 |
| Emmitt Smith | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5% | +0.2 |
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5% | −0.8 |
| Wane McGarity | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −4.0 |
| James McKnight | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10% | −3.6 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Chad Hennings | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McNeil | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |
| 108 |
| 5.1 |
| 1 |
| +0.1 |
| Tiki Barber | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | −1.6 |
| Kerry Collins | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Hilliard | 3 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16% | +1.3 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 20% | +2.0 |
| Greg Comella | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 12% | +1.2 |
| Amani Toomer | 2 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 20% | −0.5 |
| Tiki Barber | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 24% | −2.1 |
| Pete Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4% | +3.6 |
| Ron Dixon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micheal Barrow | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jessie Armstead | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Strahan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Williams | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Phillips | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McDaniel | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lyle West | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |