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polling · 1800s tick · as of 11:23 PM ET · 13 to play · 1 final
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2001 Week 7 · Mon, Oct 29, 2001 · Heinz Field
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 34–7 — never really in doubt late.
Receiving · PIT
6/8 for 151 yds, 0 TD
33% of team targets · 12.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve McNair | 14/23 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +0.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Green | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Eddie George | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 0 | −6.3 |
| Skip Hicks | 3 | 11 | 3.7 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Mason | 2 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 13% | +2.2 |
| Frank Wycheck | 3 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 13% |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Phenix | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Robinson | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aric Morris |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 13/22 | 232 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +9.8 |
| Tommy Maddox | 1/1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Steelers closed -3 and covered, winning by 27.
Total closed 36; the game landed 41 — over by 5.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 0 |
| +0.1 |
| Steve McNair | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Drew Bennett | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 9% | +3.2 |
| Kevin Dyson | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 35% | −6.8 |
| Eddie George | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9% | +0.9 |
| Mike Green | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13% | −1.3 |
| Erron Kinney | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9% | −0.2 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Randall Godfrey | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samari Rolle | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Bulluck | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Favors | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jevon Kearse | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Ford | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| +2.9 |
| Hines Ward | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 19 | 62 | 3.3 | 2 | +0.7 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | +2.4 |
| Amos Zereoue | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | −2.9 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Kordell Stewart | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | −0.1 |
| Kris Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Tommy Maddox | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | −2.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 8 | 151 | 0 | 33% | +12.5 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 13% | −0.1 |
| Mark Bruener | 3 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 17% | +2.5 |
| Hines Ward | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 21% | +0.4 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4% | +3.1 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.3 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dewayne Washington | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Gildon | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Simmons | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Bell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
