2001 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 28, 2001 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalMinnesota Vikings 14 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 28, 2001 · Raymond James Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41–14 — never really in doubt late.
1.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 13/24 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −7.1 |
| Todd Bouman | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −4.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Doug Chapman | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cris Carter | 4 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 33% | −3.9 |
| Randy Moss | 3 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 29% | +4.6 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McDaniel | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Kelly | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Thomas | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Johnstone |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 18/25 | 214 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +13.8 |
| Shaun King | 2/3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.5 |
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 -3 and covered, winning by 27.
Total closed 38.5; the game landed 55 — over by 16.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 2 |
| 8 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.1 |
| Travis Prentice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | +1.2 |
| Todd Bouman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Jake Reed | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13% | +0.7 |
| Doug Chapman | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8% | −0.9 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8% | −1.4 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.5 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −2.3 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Henry Jones | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Tate | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kailee Wong | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stalin Colinet | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winfield Garnett | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Alstott | 28 | 129 | 4.6 | 3 | +4.9 |
| Aaron Stecker | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Reidel Anthony | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| Brad Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Jameel Cook | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| Shaun King | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | −4.4 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Williams | 4 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 22% | +3.1 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 5 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 26% | +3.7 |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 7% | +6.0 |
| Dave Moore | 5 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 19% | +3.2 |
| Reidel Anthony | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 15% | +2.3 |
| Frank Murphy | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4% | +2.4 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7% | +0.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Duncan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Sapp | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabih Abdullah | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alshermond Singleton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Yoder | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |