2000 Wild Card · Sun, Dec 31, 2000 · PSINet Stadium
Final
Denver Broncos 3 at Baltimore Ravens 21. Final.
Baltimore Ravens 21–3 — never really in doubt late. Played in 20.8 mph wind — weigh that when reading the passing lines.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
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
Box score
Denver Broncos
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 13/28 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 4 | −7.5 |
| Jarious Jackson | 5/10 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −3.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Anderson | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | −6.0 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | −1.2 |
| Gus Frerotte | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McCaffrey | 8 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 39% | −3.9 |
| Rod Smith | 3 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 21% | +1.5 |
| Howard Griffith | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8% | +0.8 |
| Mike Anderson | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5% | +0.1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13% | −1.2 |
| Travis McGriff | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8% | −1.2 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jenkins | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mobley | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wilson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maa Tanuvasa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harald Hasselbach | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kavika Pittman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Pryce | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Baltimore Ravens
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Dilfer | 9/14 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.1 |
| Tony Banks | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Lewis | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 2 | −1.6 |
| Priest Holmes | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Trent Dilfer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Tony Banks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.7 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Sharpe | 3 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 27% | +5.6 |
| Qadry Ismail | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 40% | +0.4 |
| Jamal Lewis | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 20% | −0.5 |
| Sam Gash | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7% | +0.3 |
| Jermaine Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lewis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Boulware | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris McAlister | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael McCrary | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Burnett | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Starks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Trapp | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Herring | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Take it with you
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_18_DEN_BAL
The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Ravens -3.5
- Closing total
- 41
- Broncos moneyline
- —
- Ravens moneyline
- —
Ravens closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 41; the game landed 24 — under by 17.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- PSINet Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Freezing, 29°F at kickoff; a real wind at 21 mph out of the west; partly cloudy.
- Referee
- Larry Nemmers
- Rest
- Broncos 8 days · Ravens 7 days
- Coaches
- Mike Shanahan vs Brian Billick
Wind at 20.8 mph is the kind that drags passing depth and kicking range — weigh it when reading the splits.