2000 Week 8 · Sun, Oct 22, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium

St. Louis Rams

Kansas City ChiefsWinner

STL -7 upsetO 56 ✓Rams closed -7 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Kansas City Chiefs 54–34 — never really in doubt late.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · KC

Elvis GrbacQB

18/30, 266 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

6.9 expected points added

Passing · STL

Trent GreenQB

15/21, 205 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

9.8 expected points added

Rushing · KC

Kimble AndersRB

13 att, 102 yds, 2 TD

5.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · STL

Marshall FaulkRB

17 att, 67 yds, 1 TD

2.3 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · STL

Isaac BruceWR

8/9 for 129 yds, 2 TD

20% of team targets · 13.7 expected points added

Receiving · KC

Derrick AlexanderWR

5/9 for 117 yds, 1 TD

26% of team targets · 5.9 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

St. Louis Rams

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Trent Green	15/21	205	3	1	2	9.8
Kurt Warner	15/25	185	1	2	2	-0.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Marshall Faulk	17	67	3.9	1	2.3
Robert Holcombe	1	1	1.0	0	-0.6
Kurt Warner	1	0	0.0	0	-3.5
Trent Green	1	-2	-2.0	0	-0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Isaac Bruce	8	9	129	2	20%	13.7
Torry Holt	5	10	93	1	22%	3.2
Az-Zahir Hakim	4	6	54	0	13%	2.8
Roland Williams	2	4	34	1	9%	3.0
Marshall Faulk	6	9	32	0	20%	-5.2
Justin Watson	2	2	21	0	4%	-0.6
Ricky Proehl	2	3	20	0	7%	0.4
Robert Holcombe	1	1	7	0	2%	0.3
Tony Horne	0	1	0	0	2%	-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	PD
Lorenzo Styles	5	0	0
London Fletcher	4	1	0
Keith Lyle	4	0	0
Devin Bush	3	1	0
Dre' Bly	2	1	1
Mike A. Jones	2	1	0
Justin Watson	2	0	0
Dexter McCleon	2	0	0
Tom Nutten	2	0	0
Jeff Zgonina	2	0	0

Kansas City Chiefs

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	Sacked	EPA
Elvis Grbac	18/30	266	2	2	6.9
Warren Moon	3/3	78	1	0	8.6
Sylvester Morris	1/1	31	0	0	2.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Kimble Anders	13	102	7.8	2	5.0
Frank Moreau	4	6	1.5	1	1.2
Tony Richardson	2	2	1.0	0	-0.7
Elvis Grbac	3	-4	-1.3	0	-1.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Derrick Alexander	5	9	117	1	26%	5.9
Tony Gonzalez	5	8	117	1	24%	7.5
Sylvester Morris	5	8	64	0	24%	0.6
Kevin Lockett	3	3	49	0	9%	3.5
Tony Richardson	1	1	16	0	3%	2.2
Troy Drayton	2	2	12	1	6%	3.3
Kimble Anders	1	2	0	0	6%	-0.8
Marcus Spears	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.9

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Donnie Edwards	13	1	0.0	0	0
Pat Dennis	6	0	0.0	0	1
Jerome Woods	5	0	1.0	0	0
James Hasty	4	0	0.0	1	1
Duane Clemons	4	0	0.0	0	1
Dan Williams	3	0	1.0	0	0
John Browning	3	0	1.0	1	1
William Bartee	3	0	0.0	0	0
Eric Hicks	1	1	0.0	0	0
Lewis Bush	2	0	1.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: STL -7
Closing total: 56
STL moneyline: —
KC moneyline: —

Rams closed -7 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 56; the game landed 88 — over by 32.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Arrowhead Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 64°F, wind 14 mph
Referee: Mike Carey
Rest: STL 7 days · KC 7 days
Coaches: Mike Martz vs Gunther Cunningham