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Game Center
2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Alltel Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Jacksonville Jaguars 21–3 — never really in doubt late.
2.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Brunell | 15/26 | 198 | 3 | 0 | 1 | −32.5 |
| Kordell Stewart | 21/37 | 181 | 0 | 2 | 3 | −9.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Taylor | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 0 | −5.2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | +2.3 |
| Kordell Stewart |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Smith | 8 | 9 | 126 | 2 | 15% | −13.9 |
| Hines Ward | 7 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 18% | −5.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hardy | 10 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joey Porter | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes |
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/2001_01_PIT_JAX
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Jaguars closed -3 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 24 — under by 13.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 6 |
| 31 |
| 5.2 |
| 0 |
| −2.4 |
| Jerome Bettis | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | −4.1 |
| Mark Brunell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | −2.2 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Chris Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −4.6 |
| Stacey Mack | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | −1.4 |
| Kyle Brady | 3 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 11% | −2.9 |
| Plaxico Burress | 2 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 8% | +0.7 |
| Damon Jones | 2 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 7% | −12.9 |
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7% | −0.7 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 5% | +0.2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3% | +1.1 |
| Keenan McCardell | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3% | +0.3 |
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2% | +0.6 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3% | −0.3 |
| Mark Bruener | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7% | −1.0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2% | −0.1 |
| Fred Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3% | −0.5 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2% | −0.4 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.4 |
| Sean Dawkins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −1.7 |
| 6 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Fernando Bryant | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovin Darius | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Spicer | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
