2008 Week 1 · Thu, Sep 4, 2008 · Giants Stadium
Final
Washington Commanders 7 at New York Giants 16. Final.
New York Giants 16–7.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Washington Commanders
46 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
New York Giants
48 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · NYG
19/35, 216 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
1.4 expected points added · -6.2% completion over expected
Passing · WAS
15/27, 133 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
-4.8 expected points added · -3.8% completion over expected
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
Box score
Washington Commanders
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Campbell | 15/27 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att |
|---|
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Giants -4.5
- Closing total
- 41.5
- Commanders moneyline
- —
- Giants moneyline
- —
Giants closed -4.5 and covered, winning by 9.
Total closed 41.5; the game landed 23 — under by 18.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Giants Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Warm, 82°F at kickoff; a light breeze at 9 mph out of the south-east; clear.
- Referee
- Ed Hochuli
- Rest
- Commanders 7 days · Giants 7 days
- Coaches
- Jim Zorn vs Tom Coughlin
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
