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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 30, 2001 · Foxboro Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New England Patriots 44–13 — never really in doubt late.
-2.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 20/34 | 196 | 1 | 3 | 2 | −14.6 |
| Mark Rypien | 5/9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −0.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerrin James | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Peyton Manning |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Pollard | 4 | 5 | 63 | 1 | 12% | +6.2 |
| Jerome Pathon | 5 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 26% | −8.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idrees Bashir | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Scioli | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Cota | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Morris |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 13/23 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +8.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith |
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_IND_NE
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 -11.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 45; the game landed 57 — over by 12.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 2 |
| 14 |
| 7.0 |
| 1 |
| +2.2 |
| Jerome Pathon | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Marvin Harrison | 3 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 14% | +1.1 |
| Edgerrin James | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 16% | −6.7 |
| Terrence Wilkins | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 12% | −0.8 |
| Trevor Insley | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7% | +0.4 |
| Ken Dilger | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12% | −7.8 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2% | +0.2 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Jeff Burris | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Peterson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Macklin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Washington | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chukie Nwokorie | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |
| 94 |
| 4.3 |
| 2 |
| +0.7 |
| Kevin Faulk | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 1 | +0.6 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | +0.3 |
| David Patten | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +0.4 |
| Marc Edwards | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 3 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 13% | +4.7 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 9% | +6.0 |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 17% | +1.6 |
| Torrance Small | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 17% | +0.8 |
| David Patten | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 22% | −1.2 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9% | +0.4 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9% | −1.1 |
| Marc Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Cox | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Myers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riddick Parker | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Phifer | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Otis Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Stevens | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Je'Rod Cherry | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
