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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 8 · Sun, Nov 4, 2001 · Qualcomm Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Kansas City Chiefs 25–20.
-2.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 13/25 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −7.7 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 1/1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Holmes | 30 | 181 | 6.0 | 1 | +9.4 |
| Tony Richardson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 2 | +4.8 |
| Trent Green |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snoop Minnis | 2 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 12% | +2.6 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 31% | −0.2 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wesley | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Edwards | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marvcus Patton | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Warfield |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 15/27 | 221 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +10.6 |
| Doug Flutie | 6/16 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −8.4 |
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_08_KC_SD
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Chargers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 41; the game landed 45 — over by 4.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 4.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.7 |
| Mikhael Ricks | 1 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 19% | −0.7 |
| Tony Richardson | 4 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 19% | −0.3 |
| Larry Parker | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12% | +1.4 |
| Priest Holmes | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | +0.1 |
| Kendall Gammon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −4.1 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Jerome Woods | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Maslowski | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Bartee | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Duane Clemons | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Atkins | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hicks | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 1 | −2.5 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Doug Flutie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Curtis Conway | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Graham | 5 | 8 | 94 | 0 | 19% | +4.5 |
| Curtis Conway | 5 | 10 | 71 | 0 | 24% | +3.8 |
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 19% | −5.4 |
| Freddie Jones | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 7% | +5.1 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 12% | +0.3 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 10% | −1.0 |
| Steve Heiden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.6 |
| Reggie Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −1.6 |
| Fred McCrary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Beckett | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan McNeil | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Seau | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Wiley | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Leonardo Carson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Dixon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Parrella | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Ruff | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tay Cody | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
