2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Alltel Stadium
FinalPittsburgh Steelers 3 at Jacksonville Jaguars 21. Final.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Rushing · PIT
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2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Alltel Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Rushing · PIT
Jacksonville Jaguars 21–3 — never really in doubt late.
9 att, 60 yds, 0 TD
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 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Smith | 8 | 9 | 126 | 2 | 15% | −13.9 |
| Hines Ward | 7 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 18% |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hardy | 10 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joey Porter |
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.
| Kordell Stewart | 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 |
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| Earl Holmes | 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 |