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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 30, 2001 · Veterans Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Philadelphia Eagles 40–18 — never really in doubt late.
-3.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Stoerner | 4/7 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +6.1 |
| Anthony Wright | 7/23 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −21.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Hambrick | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Emmitt Smith | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 0 | −3.0 |
| Michael Wiley |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wiley | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 13% | +1.7 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 13% | −1.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppi Zellner | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Myers |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan McNabb | 14/28 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +3.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correll Buckhalter |
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_03_DAL_PHI
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Eagles closed -13.5 and covered, winning by 22.
Total closed 34.5; the game landed 58 — over by 23.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 2 |
| 8 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.5 |
| Robert Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Anthony Wright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10% | +2.8 |
| Mike Lucky | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13% | −2.2 |
| Wane McGarity | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7% | −0.3 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7% | −0.4 |
| J.J. Huggins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7% | −1.3 |
| Reggie Swinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Ken-Yon Rambo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.8 |
| Joey Galloway | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23% | −6.8 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Izell Reese | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darren Hambrick | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dimitrius Underwood | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Woodson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |
| 99 |
| 5.0 |
| 1 |
| −3.8 |
| Donovan McNabb | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | +0.7 |
| Cecil Martin | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Koy Detmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −1.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Pinkston | 3 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 11% | +6.6 |
| Chad Lewis | 4 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 15% | +6.3 |
| James Thrash | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 26% | −2.4 |
| Cecil Martin | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 22% | −1.4 |
| Correll Buckhalter | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7% | +1.0 |
| Brian Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.4 |
| Jeff Thomason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.7 |
| Na Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.3 |
| Freddie Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Simon | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Caldwell | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Damon Moore | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Trotter | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Reese | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Thomason | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dawkins | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Dameane Douglas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Douglas | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Harris | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
