2001 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 23, 2001 · RCA Dome
FinalBuffalo Bills 26 at Indianapolis Colts 42. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 2 · Sun, Sep 23, 2001 · RCA Dome
FinalWho moved the needle
Indianapolis Colts 42–26.
1.5 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · IND
7/12 for 146 yds, 3 TD
41% of team targets · -1.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 24/37 | 257 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +4.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | +1.5 |
| Travis Henry | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 1 | −1.4 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | +2.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peerless Price | 2 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 14% | +5.0 |
| Larry Centers | 7 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 22% | +2.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Irvin | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Foreman | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Spoon |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 23/29 | 421 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +16.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerrin James |
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
Colts closed -10 and covered, winning by 16.
Total closed 44.5; the game landed 68 — over by 23.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Larry Centers | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Shawn Bryson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 4 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 14% | +0.1 |
| Travis Henry | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 8% | +2.0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 5 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 19% | +0.5 |
| Eric Moulds | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 14% | −3.1 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | +1.7 |
| Avion Black | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | −0.7 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenyatta Wright | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travares Tillman | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keion Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leif Larsen | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |
| 111 |
| 4.8 |
| 1 |
| +0.2 |
| Peyton Manning | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 | +3.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Pathon | 9 | 9 | 168 | 1 | 31% | +13.9 |
| Marvin Harrison | 7 | 12 | 146 | 3 | 41% | −1.2 |
| Ken Dilger | 2 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 10% | −1.5 |
| Edgerrin James | 4 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 14% | +4.1 |
| Marcus Pollard | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3% | +0.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Peterson | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Morris | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Bratzke | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Cota | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Williams | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Burris | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Macklin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Wells | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idrees Bashir | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |