2001 Week 8 · Sun, Nov 4, 2001 · Giants Stadium
FinalDallas Cowboys 24 at New York Giants 27. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 8 · Sun, Nov 4, 2001 · Giants Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New York Giants 27–24 — decided on the final possessions.
-7.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Stoerner | 13/23 | 177 | 1 | 4 | 2 | −5.0 |
| Ryan Leaf | 4/8 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Hambrick | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 0 | −9.8 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Clint Stoerner |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 6 | 8 | 107 | 0 | 26% | +2.9 |
| Joey Galloway | 4 | 10 | 73 | 1 | 32% | +3.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dat Nguyen | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Markus Steele | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Coakley | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Woodson |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 24/34 | 280 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −8.6 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Dayne |
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
Giants closed -10.5, won by 3 — but didn't cover.
Total closed 35.5; the game landed 51 — over by 15.5.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.9 |
| Jackie Harris | 2 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 10% | +3.2 |
| Mike Lucky | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6% | +0.7 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10% | −5.2 |
| J.J. Huggins | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6% | −0.5 |
| Troy Hambrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3% | −0.5 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | −3.7 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Teague | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Hawthorne | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peppi Zellner | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Noble | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Myers | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| 52 |
| 3.1 |
| 0 |
| −7.7 |
| Tiki Barber | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Kerry Collins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amani Toomer | 3 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 21% | −6.6 |
| Ike Hilliard | 7 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 26% | +3.6 |
| Tiki Barber | 8 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 29% | +1.4 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 3 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 12% | +5.8 |
| Ron Dayne | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 6% | +2.1 |
| Greg Comella | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3% | +0.5 |
| Dan Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −7.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micheal Barrow | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaun Williams | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Garnes | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Strahan | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornelius Griffin | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Sehorn | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Short | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jessie Armstead | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel McDaniel | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |