2001 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 21, 2001 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalPittsburgh Steelers 17 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 21, 2001 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 17–10.
1.8 expected points added on the ground
Receiving · TB
10/16 for 159 yds, 0 TD
40% of team targets · 7.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 10/16 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −0.9 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1/1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 1 | +7.7 |
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | +1.8 |
| Troy Edwards |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 18% | +4.2 |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 6% | +4.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewayne Washington | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 24/40 | 283 | 1 | 1 | 10 | −1.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn |
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
Buccaneers closed -5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 33.5; the game landed 27 — under by 6.5.
Conditions and crew
| 1 |
| 12 |
| 12.0 |
| 0 |
| +0.1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | −6.6 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +0.8 |
| Plaxico Burress | 3 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 41% | −4.1 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 6% | +2.0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6% | +1.0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6% | −1.2 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18% | −1.1 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Joey Porter | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deshea Townsend | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Logan | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |
| 31 |
| 2.4 |
| 0 |
| −3.5 |
| Brad Johnson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | +2.8 |
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyshawn Johnson | 10 | 16 | 159 | 0 | 40% | +7.6 |
| Jacquez Green | 4 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 13% | +4.2 |
| Karl Williams | 3 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 13% | +1.0 |
| Frank Murphy | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 13% | +2.5 |
| Warrick Dunn | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5% | +1.3 |
| Dave Moore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5% | −1.2 |
| Reidel Anthony | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8% | −2.6 |
| Mike Alstott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Howell | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Duncan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Abraham | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nate Webster | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Jones | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony McFarland | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Sapp | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |