2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Paul Brown Stadium

Denver Broncos

Cincinnati BengalsWinner

DEN -10 upsetO 43 ✓Broncos closed -10 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Cincinnati Bengals 31–21.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · DEN

Brian GrieseQB

30/45, 365 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

8.2 expected points added

Passing · CIN

Akili SmithQB

2/9, 34 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT

-2.0 expected points added

Rushing · CIN

Corey DillonRB

22 att, 278 yds, 2 TD

14.6 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · DEN

Mike AndersonRB

19 att, 92 yds, 1 TD

-0.1 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · DEN

Ed McCaffreyWR

10/12 for 136 yds, 0 TD

27% of team targets · 9.4 expected points added

Receiving · DEN

Rod SmithWR

7/12 for 110 yds, 1 TD

27% of team targets · 4.7 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Denver Broncos

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Brian Griese	30/45	365	2	1	2	8.2

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Mike Anderson	19	92	4.8	1	-0.1
KaRon Coleman	10	34	3.4	0	2.8
Brian Griese	3	16	5.3	0	1.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ed McCaffrey	10	12	136	0	27%	9.4
Rod Smith	7	12	110	1	27%	4.7
Dwayne Carswell	4	4	68	0	9%	3.9
Desmond Clark	6	10	44	0	23%	0.4
Mike Anderson	2	2	6	0	5%	-0.4
Detron Smith	1	2	1	1	5%	0.5
KaRon Coleman	0	2	0	0	5%	-4.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Billy Jenkins	6	0	0.0	1
Bill Romanowski	5	0	0.0	0
Al Wilson	5	0	1.0	1
John Mobley	4	0	0.0	1
Keith Traylor	3	1	0.0	0
Eric Brown	4	0	0.0	0
Montae Reagor	2	0	1.0	1
Harald Hasselbach	2	0	0.0	0
Ed McCaffrey	1	0	0.0	0
Detron Smith	1	0	0.0	0

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Akili Smith	2/9	34	0	0	1	-2.0
Scott Mitchell	0/5	0	0	0	1	-4.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Corey Dillon	22	278	12.6	2	14.6
Peter Warrick	3	90	30.0	1	6.2
Brandon Bennett	7	19	2.7	1	-2.1
Akili Smith	3	12	4.0	0	0.7
Scott Mitchell	2	8	4.0	0	0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Tony McGee	1	4	25	31%	-0.8
Peter Warrick	1	5	9	38%	0.4
Brandon Bennett	0	1	0	8%	-0.6
Craig Yeast	0	1	0	8%	-0.5
Marco Battaglia	0	2	0	15%	-0.9

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Takeo Spikes	7	1	0.0	0	1
Tom Carter	6	2	0.0	0	0
Rodney Heath	7	0	0.0	0	1
Darryl Williams	5	1	0.0	0	1
Chris Carter	4	2	0.0	1	1
Armegis Spearman	4	0	0.0	0	1
Michael Bankston	3	1	0.0	0	0
John Copeland	3	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Foley	2	1	1.0	0	0
Brandon Bennett	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: DEN -10
Closing total: 43
DEN moneyline: —
CIN moneyline: —

Broncos closed -10 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 43; the game landed 52 — over by 9.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Paul Brown Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 73°F, wind 2 mph
Referee: Jeff Triplette
Rest: DEN 7 days · CIN 7 days
Coaches: Mike Shanahan vs Dick LeBeau