2000 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 17, 2000 · 3Com Park
FinalChicago Bears 0 at San Francisco 49ers 17. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2000 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 17, 2000 · 3Com Park
FinalWho moved the needle
San Francisco 49ers 17–0 — never really in doubt late.
-2.5 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · SF
20/22 for 283 yds, 1 TD
51% of team targets · 21.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade McNown | 9/29 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −12.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Allen | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | −2.5 |
| Marty Booker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Cade McNown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Booker | 5 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 21% | +3.4 |
| Eddie Kennison | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 21% | −3.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brown | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Harris | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Urlacher | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 36/44 | 402 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +16.4 |
| 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.

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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
49ers closed -6 and covered, winning by 17.
Total closed 45.5; the game landed 17 — under by 28.5.
Conditions and crew
| D'Wayne Bates | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7% | −1.4 |
| Dustin Lyman | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4% | −0.1 |
| Kaseem Sinceno | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21% | −3.7 |
| James Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.3 |
| Dez White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.2 |
| Macey Brooks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −0.7 |
| Scott Dragos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.8 |
| Curtis Enis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.4 |
| 7 |
| 2 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Jerry Azumah | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| R.W. McQuarters | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Parrish | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Flanigan | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Van Tuinei | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |
| 43 |
| 3.1 |
| 0 |
| −3.7 |
| Jeff Garcia | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | −3.7 |
| Fred Beasley | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| Terrell Owens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | — |
| Paul Smith | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Owens | 20 | 22 | 283 | 1 | 51% | +21.5 |
| Jerry Rice | 7 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 23% | −0.7 |
| Greg Clark | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7% | +1.8 |
| Charlie Garner | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 9% | +0.6 |
| J.J. Stokes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2% | −2.7 |
| Fred Beasley | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7% | −1.0 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Peterson | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brentson Buckner | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Norton | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Heard | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chike Okeafor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Webster | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winfred Tubbs | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonas Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Jennings | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed Plummer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |