2000 Week 9 · Sun, Oct 29, 2000 · Sun Devil Stadium

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Arizona Cardinals

NO -6 ✓U 41 ✓Saints closed -6 and covered, winning by 11.

New Orleans Saints 21–10.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · ARI

Jake PlummerQB

26/47, 289 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-9.7 expected points added

Passing · NO

Jeff BlakeQB

16/26, 167 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

0.9 expected points added

Rushing · ARI

Michael PittmanRB

20 att, 86 yds, 0 TD

1.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Ricky WilliamsRB

21 att, 54 yds, 1 TD

-1.2 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Ricky WilliamsRB

9/10 for 92 yds, 0 TD

38% of team targets · 5.3 expected points added

Receiving · ARI

Frank SandersWR

2/4 for 54 yds, 0 TD

9% of team targets · 3.2 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jeff Blake	16/26	167	1	1	2	0.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Ricky Williams	21	54	2.6	1	-1.2
Jeff Blake	6	16	2.7	0	0.1
Joe Horn	1	16	16.0	0	1.9
Terrelle Smith	1	3	3.0	0	-0.3

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ricky Williams	9	10	92	0	38%	5.3
Andrew Glover	1	3	24	0	12%	0.9
Chad Morton	1	1	21	0	4%	1.4
Willie Jackson	2	4	19	0	15%	-1.6
Joe Horn	2	6	10	0	23%	-3.1
Lamont Hall	1	1	1	1	4%	0.9
Keith Poole	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Mark Fields	6	2	0.0	0	0
La'Roi Glover	7	1	2.0	0	0
Sammy Knight	5	2	0.0	1	1
Keith Mitchell	3	4	0.0	1	1
Darrin Smith	5	1	0.0	0	1
Fred Weary	4	1	0.0	0	1
Kevin Mathis	3	1	0.0	0	0
Darren Perry	3	0	0.0	0	1
Alex Molden	2	0	0.0	0	2
Fred McAfee	1	0	0.0	0	0

Arizona Cardinals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jake Plummer	26/47	289	1	2	3	-9.7

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Michael Pittman	20	86	4.3	1.8
Thomas Jones	6	26	4.3	1.7
Jake Plummer	1	13	13.0	0.8

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Frank Sanders	2	4	54	0	9%	3.2
David Boston	5	9	49	0	21%	2.6
Terry Hardy	7	9	45	1	21%	2.4
Michael Pittman	3	7	40	0	16%	-1.8
MarTay Jenkins	1	2	31	0	5%	1.6
Mac Cody	2	3	24	0	7%	1.2
Thomas Jones	3	4	19	0	9%	-0.1
Tywan Mitchell	1	2	18	0	5%	0.4
Joel Makovicka	1	1	5	0	2%	0.1
Jay Tant	1	2	4	0	5%	0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Pat Tillman	4	4	1.0	1
Ronald McKinnon	5	3	1.0	0
Zack Walz	2	3	0.0	1
Raynoch Thompson	1	2	0.0	0
Russell Davis	2	1	0.0	0
Mark Maddox	3	0	0.0	0
Aeneas Williams	2	0	0.0	1
Justin Lucas	2	0	0.0	0
Tom Knight	2	0	0.0	0
Brad Ottis	1	1	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NO -6
Closing total: 41
NO moneyline: —
ARI moneyline: —

Saints closed -6 and covered, winning by 11.

Total closed 41; the game landed 31 — under by 10.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Sun Devil Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 70°F, wind 9 mph
Referee: Larry Nemmers
Rest: NO 7 days · ARI 7 days
Coaches: Jim Haslett vs Vince Tobin