2001 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 11, 2001 · Cleveland Browns Stadium
FinalPittsburgh Steelers 15 at Cleveland Browns 12. Final.
Who moved the needle
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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 9 · Sun, Nov 11, 2001 · Cleveland Browns Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 15–12 — decided on the final possessions.
0.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 18/32 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2.2 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 29 | 163 | 5.6 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.6 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 9% | +7.2 |
| Hines Ward | 8 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 34% | −0.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Gildon | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Flowers |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Couch | 18/33 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −6.8 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jackson |
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
Steelers closed -3 and it landed exactly on the number — a push.
Total closed 33; the game landed 27 — under by 6.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Plaxico Burress | 4 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 31% | +1.1 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6% | −0.4 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6% | −0.9 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.7 |
| Dan Kreider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.4 |
| Troy Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | −2.4 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Dewayne Washington | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kendrell Bell | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Haggans | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |
| 57 |
| 3.2 |
| 0 |
| −1.5 |
| Tim Couch | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Jamel White | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Johnson | 8 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 48% | −2.8 |
| Quincy Morgan | 3 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12% | +2.6 |
| Jamel White | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 6% | +0.6 |
| Jammi German | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 9% | +1.5 |
| O.J. Santiago | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 9% | +2.1 |
| Mike Sellers | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6% | −0.9 |
| Aaron Shea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −1.2 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant Boyer | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylon McCutcheon | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Percy Ellsworth | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamir Miller | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Bush | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Rogers | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Rudd | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Brown | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Fuller | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |