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polling · 1800s tick · as of 6:48 AM ET · 16 to play
Game Center
Game Center
2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Texas Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Dallas Cowboys 48–7 — never really in doubt late.
4.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 20/31 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 1 | −10.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jones | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | −3.0 |
| Jake Plummer | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Michael Pittman | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 1 | −4.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 3 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 19% | +2.2 |
| Michael Pittman | 7 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 26% | −4.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Rutledge | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 7 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Tillman | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Walz |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | 9/15 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +9.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt 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/2000_08_ARI_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 -7 and covered, winning by 41.
Total closed 41.5; the game landed 55 — over by 13.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Mac Cody | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10% | +1.5 |
| Chris Gedney | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 6% | +1.6 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3% | +0.6 |
| Thomas Jones | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6% | +0.5 |
| Frank Sanders | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 19% | −4.8 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | +1.1 |
| Terry Hardy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6% | −6.2 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Kwamie Lassiter | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jabari Issa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Knight | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Ottis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Chavous | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Sears | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |
| 112 |
| 4.7 |
| 1 |
| +2.8 |
| Chris Warren | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 2 | +4.5 |
| Robert Thomas | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Randall Cunningham | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McKnight | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 27% | +5.4 |
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 33% | +4.4 |
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 20% | −2.6 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7% | +1.2 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 13% | +2.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Wortham | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orantes Grant | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McNeil | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peppi Zellner | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izell Reese | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Williams | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Woodson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
