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Game Center
Game Center
2001 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 30, 2001 · Ericsson Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Arizona Cardinals 30–7 — never really in doubt late.
0.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 12/23 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +8.3 |
| Frank Sanders | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 0 | +0.5 |
| Thomas Jones | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Dennis McKinley |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 7 | 14 | 127 | 2 | 61% | +8.5 |
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 17% | +1.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Barrett | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pat Tillman | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Chavous | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Justin Lucas |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Weinke | 36/63 | 223 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −9.3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Huntley |
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_16_ARI_CAR
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Panthers closed -1 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 39.5; the game landed 37 — under by 2.5.
Conditions and crew
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.4 |
| Jake Plummer | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | −3.7 |
| Tywan Mitchell | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9% | +2.1 |
| Thomas Jones | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4% | −1.2 |
| Frank Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.8 |
| Arnold Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.4 |
| 4 |
| 2 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Adrian Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Fredrickson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronald McKinnon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coby Rhinehart | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Walz | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LeVar Woods | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |
| 62 |
| 5.2 |
| 0 |
| −7.7 |
| Chris Weinke | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | −3.7 |
| Chris Hetherington | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | +2.5 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | +0.7 |
| Nick Goings | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | +0.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Byrd | 7 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 26% | −3.8 |
| Chris Hetherington | 7 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 18% | −1.4 |
| Donald Hayes | 6 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 13% | +5.2 |
| Brad Hoover | 5 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 13% | −0.2 |
| Kris Mangum | 4 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 11% | −1.1 |
| Patrick Jeffers | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8% | −0.4 |
| Nick Goings | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2% | +0.1 |
| Richard Huntley | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5% | −1.4 |
| Luther Broughton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2% | −0.6 |
| Steve Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −4.9 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Morgan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Towns | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Hambrick | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brentson Buckner | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Williams | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deon Grant | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Evans | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Minter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Slade | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
