2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Alltel Stadium
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Jacksonville JaguarsWinner
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JAX -3 ✓U 37.5 ✓
Jacksonville Jaguars 21–3 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Full stat lines
Box score
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| 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 |
Rushing
| 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 | 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 |
Receiving
| 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 |
| 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 |
Defense (top contributors)
| 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 | 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 |
Jacksonville Jaguars
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- JAX -3
- Closing total
- 37.5
- PIT moneyline
- —
- JAX moneyline
- —
Jaguars closed -3 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 24 — under by 13.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Alltel Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 83°F, wind 10 mph
- Referee
- Mack Gentry
- Rest
- PIT 7 days · JAX 7 days
- Coaches
- Bill Cowher vs Tom Coughlin
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.