2001 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 28, 2001 · Texas Stadium
FinalArizona Cardinals 3 at Dallas Cowboys 17. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 28, 2001 · Texas Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Dallas Cowboys 17–3.
-5.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 25/41 | 233 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −7.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Michael Pittman | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 0 | −5.1 |
| David Boston | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 9 | 11 | 108 | 0 | 28% | +5.4 |
| Frank Sanders | 5 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 23% | −4.3 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McKinnon | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Lucas | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Barrett | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kwamie Lassiter |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Stoerner | 9/19 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −9.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt 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.

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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
Cardinals closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 38; the game landed 20 — under by 18.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Thomas Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Thomas Jones | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 13% | +0.1 |
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 13% | −0.1 |
| Terry Hardy | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | +1.2 |
| Tywan Mitchell | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13% | −4.4 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5% | −0.2 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5% | −0.4 |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Corey Chavous | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Walz | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Burke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sekou Sanyika | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Wakefield | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |
| 83 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −2.8 |
| Clint Stoerner | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 1 | +0.1 |
| Troy Hambrick | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 3 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 39% | −2.0 |
| Joey Galloway | 3 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 39% | −3.0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6% | +0.8 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6% | +1.3 |
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11% | −0.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dat Nguyen | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Hawthorne | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Markus Steele | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Edwards | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Teague | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Woodson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peppi Zellner | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Dennis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Myers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |