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Game Center
2000 Week 15 · Sun, Dec 10, 2000 · 3Com Park
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 31–27.
2.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 12/29 | 203 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −0.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 0 | +11.4 |
| Terry Allen | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 1 | +2.7 |
| Terrelle Smith | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 5 | 11 | 105 | 0 | 38% | +2.4 |
| Andrew Glover | 3 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 14% | +3.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin Smith | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 25/38 | 305 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +10.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Garner |
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_15_NO_SF
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
49ers closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 47.5; the game landed 58 — over by 10.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Chad Morton | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | +1.7 |
| Joe Horn | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Keith Poole | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3% | +1.6 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 28% | −1.1 |
| Chad Morton | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10% | +0.3 |
| Terrelle Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Lamont Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Perry | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Mathis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |
| 50 |
| 4.5 |
| 0 |
| −3.9 |
| Jeff Garcia | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 2 | +5.3 |
| Fred Beasley | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Paul Smith | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Owens | 6 | 9 | 129 | 1 | 24% | +5.9 |
| Jerry Rice | 6 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 18% | +5.5 |
| Charlie Garner | 4 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 16% | −3.0 |
| Greg Clark | 4 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 16% | +3.0 |
| J.J. Stokes | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11% | +2.1 |
| Fred Beasley | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 13% | +0.4 |
| Tai Streets | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | −0.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfred Tubbs | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Norton | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bronson | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brentson Buckner | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Young | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Plummer | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Heard | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Webster | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Artie Ulmer | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chike Okeafor | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
