2000 Week 9 · Sun, Oct 29, 2000 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalMinnesota Vikings 13 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 9 · Sun, Oct 29, 2000 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41–13 — never really in doubt late.
0.2 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · TB
6/7 for 121 yds, 1 TD
30% of team targets · 9.2 expected points added
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 29/53 | 313 | 1 | 2 | 2 | −7.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Smith | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | +2.9 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cris Carter | 7 | 17 | 115 | 0 | 33% | −6.8 |
| Randy Moss | 7 | 14 | 65 | 1 | 27% | +2.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Rudd | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kailee Wong | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cris Dishman | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Tate |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun King | 16/23 | 267 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +18.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn |
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
Buccaneers closed -3 and covered, winning by 28.
Total closed 41; the game landed 54 — over by 13.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Robert Smith | 7 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 13% | +3.1 |
| Matt Hatchette | 4 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 13% | +2.8 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4% | +1.8 |
| John Davis | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6% | −3.7 |
| Moe Williams | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Tyrone Carter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Banks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Griffith | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McDaniel | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Randle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |
| 89 |
| 8.1 |
| 0 |
| +3.3 |
| Mike Alstott | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 0 | −2.3 |
| Shaun King | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | +0.5 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.0 |
| Eric Zeier | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyshawn Johnson | 6 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 30% | +9.2 |
| Jacquez Green | 3 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 35% | −0.9 |
| Reidel Anthony | 3 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 17% | +3.5 |
| Dave Moore | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 9% | +4.9 |
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4% | +3.0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4% | +0.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Abraham | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ronde Barber | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamie Duncan | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chidi Ahanotu | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Lynch | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony McFarland | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jones | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |