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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 28, 2001 · Dome at America's Center
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 34–31 — decided on the final possessions.
-3.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 20/31 | 254 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +6.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 0 | −2.4 |
| Terrelle Smith | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Aaron Brooks | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | −4.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 8 | 12 | 121 | 2 | 39% | +10.2 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 6% | +3.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Bellamy | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Mathis | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Mitchell |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Warner | 29/47 | 385 | 1 | 4 | 2 | −5.9 |
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 1/1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4.2 |
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_07_NO_STL
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Rams closed -12 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 48.5; the game landed 65 — over by 16.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Cameron Cleeland | 4 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 13% | −2.9 |
| Ricky Williams | 4 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19% | −5.2 |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6% | −0.0 |
| Boo Williams | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13% | −2.5 |
| Albert Connell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.2 |
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| Darrin Smith | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Newsome | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Hodge | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Trung Canidate | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 1 | −3.7 |
| Robert Holcombe | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | +0.8 |
| Ernie Conwell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | +2.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Bruce | 7 | 10 | 179 | 1 | 21% | +11.9 |
| Trung Canidate | 10 | 14 | 107 | 0 | 29% | −10.2 |
| Torry Holt | 5 | 11 | 72 | 1 | 23% | −4.4 |
| Ernie Conwell | 6 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 13% | +3.1 |
| Ricky Proehl | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 10% | −3.4 |
| Robert Holcombe | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2% | +0.8 |
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Wistrom | 7 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aeneas Williams | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Zgonina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerametrius Butler | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim Herring | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Archuleta | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| London Fletcher | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter McCleon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
