2001 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 6, 2002 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalDallas Cowboys 10 at Detroit Lions 15. Final.
Who moved the needle
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2001 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 6, 2002 · Pontiac Silverdome
FinalWho moved the needle
Detroit Lions 15–10.
-0.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Carter | 11/26 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −0.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 1 | +1.6 |
| Quincy Carter | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Troy Hambrick | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghib Ismail | 4 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 35% | +0.8 |
| Joey Galloway | 3 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 31% | −0.5 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Coakley | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Woodson | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Teague | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dat Nguyen |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 24/40 | 242 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +5.7 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Stewart |
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
Cowboys closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 36; the game landed 25 — under by 11.0.
Conditions and crew
| Michael Wiley | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Jackie Harris | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12% | +1.5 |
| Troy Hambrick | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12% | +0.2 |
| Michael Wiley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −1.5 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8% | −1.3 |
| 5 |
| 1 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Duane Hawthorne | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Dennis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Brooks | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orantes Grant | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demetric Evans | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |
| 69 |
| 5.3 |
| 0 |
| −0.4 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | +0.3 |
| Aveion Cason | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | −1.5 |
| Johnnie Morton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Ty Detmer | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | −5.0 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Morton | 8 | 14 | 86 | 1 | 36% | +2.7 |
| Bert Emanuel | 2 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 8% | +2.5 |
| Aveion Cason | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 10% | +1.9 |
| David Sloan | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 10% | +0.9 |
| Lamont Warren | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 15% | −1.0 |
| Stephen Trejo | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3% | +1.3 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 10% | +0.8 |
| James Stewart | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5% | −2.2 |
| Desmond Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.8 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Rogers | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Williams | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Scroggins | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Carter | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Lyght | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Claiborne | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryant Westbrook | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Aldridge | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Elliss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McElroy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |