2001 Week 10 · Sun, Nov 18, 2001 · Heinz Field
FinalJacksonville Jaguars 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers 20. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 10 · Sun, Nov 18, 2001 · Heinz Field
FinalWho moved the needle
Pittsburgh Steelers 20–7.
38% of team targets · 9.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 21/33 | 266 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +8.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 21 | 52 | 2.5 | 0 | −9.1 |
| Kordell Stewart | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | +4.9 |
| Amos Zereoue | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 9 | 12 | 112 | 1 | 38% | +9.2 |
| Bobby Shaw | 4 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 25% | +2.1 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chad Scott | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers |
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 -5.5 and covered, winning by 13.
Total closed 36; the game landed 27 — under by 9.0.
Conditions and crew
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
| Hines Ward | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Troy Edwards | 3 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 16% | −0.7 |
| Mark Bruener | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6% | +0.5 |
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3% | +0.8 |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6% | +0.2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | +0.3 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −1.7 |
| 1 |
| 4 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Kendrell Bell | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |