Matt Stover

K · BAL/IND · 1999–2009

Born January 27, 1968 · College Louisiana Tech · Drafted 1990, round 12, pick 329 (NYG) · 5-11, 180 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2000) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2006) · Pro Bowl (2000)

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
1999	BAL	4	4	–	–	–
2000	BAL	2	2	–	–	–
2001	BAL	2	2	–	–	–
2002	BAL	2	2	–	–	–
2003	BAL	1	1	–	–	–
2005	BAL	1	1	–	–	–
2006	BAL	1	1	0	–	–
2008	BAL	1	1	0	–	–
Career	BAL	14	14	0	0	0

Kicking

Over expected: against the season’s average kicker from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen FG model).

Season	Team	G	FG	FG %	Expected FG %	FG points over expected	Stabilised per attempt	Long	XP	XP points over expected
1999	BAL	15	27/30	90.0	78.7	+10.1	+0.04−0.07 to +0.14	50	30/30	+0.4
2000	BAL	16	35/39	89.7	78.7	+13.0	+0.05−0.05 to +0.16	51	30/30	+0.3
2000 playoffs	BAL	4	6/8	75.0	81.5	−1.6		47	11/11	+0.1
2001	BAL	15	29/33	87.9	83.5	+4.3	+0.00−0.10 to +0.11	49	22/22	+0.4
2001 playoffs	BAL	2	3/4	75.0	78.3	−0.4		40	3/3	+0.1
2002	BAL	15	21/25	84.0	78.8	+3.9	+0.02−0.09 to +0.13	51	33/33	+0.4
2003	BAL	16	33/38	86.8	81.7	+5.8	+0.02−0.09 to +0.13	49	34/34	+0.5
2003 playoffs	BAL	1	1/1	100.0	71.8	+0.8		43	2/2	+0.0
2004	BAL	16	29/32	90.6	83.0	+7.3	+0.02−0.09 to +0.13	50	30/30	+0.2
2005	BAL	16	30/34	88.2	82.4	+6.0	+0.02−0.09 to +0.13	49	23/23	+0.3
2006	BAL	16	28/30	93.3	86.5	+6.2	+0.01−0.10 to +0.12	52	37/37	+0.3
2006 playoffs	BAL	1	2/2	100.0	66.9	+2.0		51	–	0.0
2007	BAL	15	27/32	84.4	84.5	−0.1	+0.01−0.10 to +0.11	49	26/26	+0.3
2008	BAL	16	27/33	81.8	88.0	−6.2	−0.02−0.13 to +0.09	47	41/41	+0.3
2008 playoffs	BAL	3	4/4	100.0	92.0	+1.0		43	6/6	+0.0
2009	IND	10	9/11	81.8	84.9	−1.0	+0.02−0.10 to +0.13	43	33/33	+0.5
2009 playoffs	IND	3	6/7	85.7	85.1	+0.1		44	7/7	+0.1
Career		166	295/337	87.5	82.7	+49.4		52	339/339	+4.1

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2002	BAL	1	1	+13.76	+0.21−1.77 to +2.20	+8.17	100.0	0.0
2003	BAL	1	2	−1.05	−0.08−2.06 to +1.90	+1.57	50.0	50.0
2004	BAL	1	1	−5.18	−0.02−2.01 to +1.97	–	0.0	100.0

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2000	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2006	2nd-team All-Pro

Game logs

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
7	2009-10-25	@ LA	W 42–6	–	–	0.0	6/6
8	2009-11-01	vs SF	W 18–14	4/4	40	+1.6	–
9	2009-11-08	vs HOU	W 20–17	2/2	37	+0.6	2/2
10	2009-11-15	vs NE	W 35–34	–	–	0.0	5/5
11	2009-11-22	@ BAL	W 17–15	1/1	25	+0.1	2/2
12	2009-11-29	@ HOU	W 35–27	0/1	–	−2.7	5/5
13	2009-12-06	vs TEN	W 27–17	2/3	43	−0.6	3/3
14	2009-12-13	vs DEN	W 28–16	–	–	0.0	4/4
15	2009-12-17	@ JAX	W 35–31	–	–	0.0	5/5
17	2010-01-03	@ BUF	L 7–30	–	–	0.0	1/1
P19	2010-01-16	vs BAL	W 20–3	2/2	44	+1.0	2/2
P20	2010-01-24	vs NYJ	W 30–17	3/3	25	+0.2	3/3
P21	2010-02-07	vs NO	L 17–31	1/2	38	−1.1	2/2

2008 game log (19 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2008-09-07	vs CIN	W 17–10	–	–	–	–	1/2	21	−2.2	2/2
3	2008-09-21	vs CLE	W 28–10	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.3	4/4
4	2008-09-29	@ PIT	L 20–23 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	33	+0.3	2/2
5	2008-10-05	vs TEN	L 10–13	–	–	–	–	1/2	38	−2.0	1/1
6	2008-10-12	@ IND	L 3–31	–	–	–	–	1/1	37	+0.4	–
7	2008-10-19	@ MIA	W 27–13	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+0.9	3/3
8	2008-10-26	vs LV	W 29–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	38	+0.6	3/3
9	2008-11-02	@ CLE	W 37–27	–	–	–	–	3/3	41	+0.8	4/4
10	2008-11-09	@ HOU	W 41–13	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.0	4/4
11	2008-11-16	@ NYG	L 10–30	–	–	–	–	1/2	38	−2.3	1/1
12	2008-11-23	vs PHI	W 36–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	44	+1.2	4/4
13	2008-11-30	@ CIN	W 34–3	–	–	–	–	2/2	27	+0.2	4/4
14	2008-12-07	vs WAS	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	32	+0.3	3/3
15	2008-12-14	vs PIT	L 9–13	–	–	–	–	3/3	28	+0.4	–
16	2008-12-20	@ DAL	W 33–24	1	0.0	0	0	4/4	37	+0.8	3/3
17	2008-12-28	vs JAX	W 27–7	–	–	–	–	2/3	41	−1.3	3/3
P18	2009-01-04	@ MIA	W 27–9	–	–	–	–	2/2	31	+0.3	3/3
P19	2009-01-10	@ TEN	W 13–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	43	+0.7	1/1
P20	2009-01-18	@ PIT	L 14–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2

2007 game log (15 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2007-09-10	@ CIN	L 20–27	2/2	36	+0.5	2/2
2	2007-09-16	vs NYJ	W 20–13	2/3	43	−1.5	2/2
3	2007-09-23	vs ARI	W 26–23	4/4	46	+1.8	2/2
4	2007-09-30	@ CLE	L 13–27	2/4	29	−4.3	1/1
5	2007-10-07	@ SF	W 9–7	3/3	49	+1.4	–
6	2007-10-14	vs LA	W 22–3	5/5	43	+2.1	1/1
7	2007-10-21	@ BUF	L 14–19	–	–	0.0	2/2
9	2007-11-05	@ PIT	L 7–38	–	–	0.0	1/1
10	2007-11-11	vs CIN	L 7–21	–	–	0.0	1/1
11	2007-11-18	vs CLE	L 30–33 OT	3/3	47	+2.1	3/3
12	2007-11-25	@ LAC	L 14–32	–	–	0.0	2/2
13	2007-12-03	vs NE	L 24–27	1/1	29	+0.3	3/3
14	2007-12-09	vs IND	L 20–44	–	–	0.0	2/2
15	2007-12-16	@ MIA	L 16–22 OT	3/5	39	−2.9	1/1
17	2007-12-30	vs PIT	W 27–21	2/2	31	+0.4	3/3

2006 game log (17 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2006-09-10	@ TB	W 27–0	–	–	–	–	2/2	42	+0.8	3/3
2	2006-09-17	vs LV	W 28–6	–	–	–	–	4/4	37	+1.0	2/2
3	2006-09-24	@ CLE	W 15–14	–	–	–	–	3/3	52	+2.6	–
4	2006-10-01	vs LAC	W 16–13	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2
5	2006-10-09	@ DEN	L 3–13	–	–	–	–	1/1	24	+0.1	–
6	2006-10-15	vs CAR	L 21–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
8	2006-10-29	@ NO	W 35–22	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	5/5
9	2006-11-05	vs CIN	W 26–20	–	–	–	–	4/4	43	+1.5	2/2
10	2006-11-12	@ TEN	W 27–26	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+0.9	3/3
11	2006-11-19	vs ATL	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/2	29	−2.1	3/3
12	2006-11-26	vs PIT	W 27–0	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+1.0	3/3
13	2006-11-30	@ CIN	L 7–13	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.8	1/1
14	2006-12-10	@ KC	W 20–10	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	41	+0.9	2/2
15	2006-12-17	vs CLE	W 27–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	38	+0.6	3/3
16	2006-12-24	@ PIT	W 31–7	–	–	–	–	1/1	26	+0.1	4/4
17	2006-12-31	vs BUF	W 19–7	–	–	–	–	4/4	39	+1.4	1/1
P19	2007-01-13	vs IND	L 6–15	–	–	–	–	2/2	51	+2.0	–

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2005-09-11	vs IND	L 7–24	–	–	–	–	0/3	–	−6.8	1/1
2	2005-09-18	@ TEN	L 10–25	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	30	+0.3	1/1
4	2005-10-02	vs NYJ	W 13–3	–	–	–	–	2/2	42	+0.8	1/1
5	2005-10-09	@ DET	L 17–35	–	–	–	–	1/1	46	+0.8	2/2
6	2005-10-16	vs CLE	W 16–3	–	–	–	–	3/3	39	+1.6	1/1
7	2005-10-23	@ CHI	L 6–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+1.0	–
8	2005-10-31	@ PIT	L 19–20	–	–	–	–	4/5	49	+0.4	1/1
9	2005-11-06	vs CIN	L 9–21	–	–	–	–	3/3	34	+1.0	–
10	2005-11-13	@ JAX	L 3–30	–	–	–	–	1/1	41	+0.8	–
11	2005-11-20	vs PIT	W 16–13 OT	–	–	–	–	3/3	47	+1.8	1/1
12	2005-11-27	@ CIN	L 29–42	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
13	2005-12-04	vs HOU	W 16–15	–	–	–	–	1/1	38	+0.6	1/1
14	2005-12-11	@ DEN	L 10–12	–	–	–	–	1/1	29	+0.2	1/1
15	2005-12-19	vs GB	W 48–3	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+1.0	6/6
16	2005-12-25	vs MIN	W 30–23	–	–	–	–	3/3	38	+1.1	3/3
17	2006-01-01	@ CLE	L 16–20	–	–	–	–	3/3	43	+1.3	1/1

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2004-09-12	@ CLE	L 3–20	1/1	42	+0.8	–	–	–	–
2	2004-09-19	vs PIT	W 30–13	3/3	35	+1.0	3/3	–	–	–
3	2004-09-26	@ CIN	W 23–9	1/1	21	+0.1	2/2	–	–	–
4	2004-10-04	vs KC	L 24–27	1/1	50	+1.2	3/3	–	–	–
5	2004-10-10	@ WAS	W 17–10	1/1	33	+0.4	2/2	–	–	–
7	2004-10-24	vs BUF	W 20–6	2/3	24	−1.5	2/2	–	–	–
8	2004-10-31	@ PHI	L 10–15	1/1	44	+1.0	1/1	–	–	–
9	2004-11-07	vs CLE	W 27–13	4/4	44	+2.5	1/1	–	–	–
10	2004-11-14	@ NYJ	W 20–17 OT	2/2	42	+0.8	2/2	–	–	–
11	2004-11-21	vs DAL	W 30–10	1/1	50	+1.1	3/3	–	–	–
12	2004-11-28	@ NE	L 3–24	1/1	22	+0.1	–	–	–	–
13	2004-12-05	vs CIN	L 26–27	4/4	45	+1.5	2/2	1	−5.2	0
14	2004-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–14	3/3	46	+2.0	4/4	–	–	–
15	2004-12-19	@ IND	L 10–20	1/2	42	−2.1	1/1	–	–	–
16	2004-12-26	@ PIT	L 7–20	0/1	–	−2.0	1/1	–	–	–
17	2005-01-02	vs MIA	W 30–23	3/3	33	+0.5	3/3	–	–	–

2003 game log (17 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2003-09-07	@ PIT	L 15–34	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/1	–	–	–
2	2003-09-14	vs CLE	W 33–13	–	–	–	–	3/4	40	−1.3	3/3	–	–	–
3	2003-09-21	@ LAC	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	49	+1.3	3/3	–	–	–
4	2003-09-28	vs KC	L 10–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	29	+0.2	1/1	–	–	–
6	2003-10-12	@ ARI	W 26–18	1	0.0	0	0	4/4	37	+1.1	2/2	2	−2.1	1
7	2003-10-19	@ CIN	L 26–34	–	–	–	–	1/1	25	+0.1	1/1	–	–	–
8	2003-10-26	vs DEN	W 26–6	–	–	–	–	4/5	39	−0.7	2/2	–	–	–
9	2003-11-02	vs JAX	W 24–17	–	–	–	–	3/3	32	+0.5	–	–	–	–
10	2003-11-09	@ LA	L 22–33	–	–	–	–	3/3	41	+1.4	1/1	–	–	–
11	2003-11-16	@ MIA	L 6–9 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	45	+1.7	–	–	–	–
12	2003-11-23	vs SEA	W 44–41 OT	–	–	–	–	3/3	42	+1.5	5/5	–	–	–
13	2003-11-30	vs SF	W 44–6	–	–	–	–	3/3	47	+2.1	5/5	–	–	–
14	2003-12-07	vs CIN	W 31–13	–	–	–	–	1/1	22	+0.1	4/4	–	–	–
15	2003-12-14	@ LV	L 12–20	–	–	–	–	2/3	32	−1.1	–	–	–	–
16	2003-12-21	@ CLE	W 35–0	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−1.8	5/5	–	–	–
17	2003-12-28	vs PIT	W 13–10 OT	–	–	–	–	2/3	47	+0.6	1/1	–	–	–
P18	2004-01-03	vs TEN	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	43	+0.8	2/2	–	–	–

2002 game log (15 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2002-09-08	@ CAR	L 7–10	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−1.8	1/1	1	+13.8	1
4	2002-09-30	vs DEN	W 34–23	–	–	–	–	2/2	41	+0.9	4/4	–	–	–
5	2002-10-06	@ CLE	W 26–21	–	–	–	–	4/4	43	+1.6	2/2	–	–	–
6	2002-10-13	@ IND	L 20–22	–	–	–	–	2/2	51	+2.1	2/2	–	–	–
7	2002-10-20	vs JAX	W 17–10	–	–	–	–	1/2	30	−1.5	2/2	–	–	–
8	2002-10-27	vs PIT	L 18–31	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	28	+0.2	1/1	–	–	–
9	2002-11-03	@ ATL	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	32	+0.3	2/2	–	–	–
10	2002-11-10	vs CIN	W 38–27	–	–	–	–	1/1	33	+0.5	5/5	–	–	–
11	2002-11-17	@ MIA	L 7–26	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/1	–	–	–
12	2002-11-24	vs TEN	W 13–12	–	–	–	–	2/2	43	+1.2	1/1	–	–	–
13	2002-12-01	@ CIN	W 27–23	–	–	–	–	0/2	–	−3.4	3/3	–	–	–
14	2002-12-08	vs NO	L 25–37	–	–	–	–	1/1	26	+0.2	2/2	–	–	–
15	2002-12-15	@ HOU	W 23–19	–	–	–	–	3/3	47	+1.3	2/2	–	–	–
16	2002-12-22	vs CLE	L 13–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	43	+1.3	1/1	–	–	–
17	2002-12-29	@ PIT	L 31–34	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	43	+1.1	4/4	–	–	–

2001 game log (17 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2001-09-09	vs CHI	W 17–6	–	–	–	–	1/2	37	−1.4	2/2
2	2001-09-23	@ CIN	L 10–21	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	38	+0.6	1/1
3	2001-09-30	@ DEN	W 20–13	–	–	–	–	2/2	29	+0.4	2/2
4	2001-10-07	vs TEN	W 26–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	26	+0.4	2/2
5	2001-10-14	@ GB	L 23–31	–	–	–	–	1/1	28	+0.3	2/2
6	2001-10-21	@ CLE	L 14–24	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	38	+0.8	–
7	2001-10-28	vs JAX	W 18–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	49	+1.7	–
8	2001-11-04	@ PIT	W 13–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	39	+0.8	1/1
9	2001-11-12	@ TEN	W 16–10	–	–	–	–	3/3	33	+1.1	1/1
10	2001-11-18	vs CLE	L 17–27	–	–	–	–	1/1	42	+0.9	2/2
12	2001-12-02	vs IND	W 39–27	–	–	–	–	4/5	30	−0.9	3/3
14	2001-12-16	vs PIT	L 21–26	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−1.7	3/3
15	2001-12-23	vs CIN	W 16–0	–	–	–	–	3/4	43	−0.0	1/1
16	2001-12-29	@ TB	L 10–22	–	–	–	–	1/1	24	+0.1	1/1
17	2002-01-07	vs MIN	W 19–3	–	–	–	–	4/4	38	+1.2	1/1
P18	2002-01-13	@ MIA	W 20–3	–	–	–	–	2/3	40	−0.6	2/2
P19	2002-01-20	@ PIT	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	1/1	26	+0.2	1/1

2000 game log (20 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2000-09-03	@ PIT	W 16–0	–	–	–	–	3/3	33	+0.8	1/1
2	2000-09-10	vs JAX	W 39–36	–	–	–	–	1/1	44	+0.9	4/4
3	2000-09-17	@ MIA	L 6–19	–	–	–	–	2/3	33	−1.9	–
4	2000-09-24	vs CIN	W 37–0	–	–	–	–	3/3	37	+1.1	4/4
5	2000-10-01	@ CLE	W 12–0	–	–	–	–	4/5	45	+1.0	–
6	2000-10-08	@ JAX	W 15–10	–	–	–	–	5/5	47	+2.8	–
7	2000-10-15	@ WAS	L 3–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	51	+1.5	–
8	2000-10-22	vs TEN	L 6–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	38	+0.8	–
9	2000-10-29	vs PIT	L 6–9	–	–	–	–	2/2	51	+3.0	–
10	2000-11-05	@ CIN	W 27–7	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	38	+1.1	3/3
11	2000-11-12	@ TEN	W 24–23	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	45	+0.9	3/3
12	2000-11-19	vs DAL	W 27–0	–	–	–	–	2/3	25	−1.6	3/3
13	2000-11-26	vs CLE	W 44–7	–	–	–	–	3/3	39	+1.6	5/5
15	2000-12-10	vs LAC	W 24–3	–	–	–	–	1/1	32	+0.4	3/3
16	2000-12-17	@ ARI	W 13–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	42	+1.6	1/1
17	2000-12-24	vs NYJ	W 34–20	–	–	–	–	1/2	42	−1.0	3/3
P18	2000-12-31	vs DEN	W 21–3	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
P19	2001-01-07	@ TEN	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	38	+0.7	3/3
P20	2001-01-14	@ LV	W 16–3	–	–	–	–	3/4	31	−1.6	1/1
P21	2001-01-28	@ NYG	W 34–7	–	–	–	–	2/3	47	−0.6	4/4

1999 game log (15 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
2	1999-09-19	vs PIT	L 20–23	–	–	–	–	2/2	45	+1.4	2/2
3	1999-09-26	vs CLE	W 17–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	44	+1.1	2/2
4	1999-10-03	@ ATL	W 19–13 OT	–	–	–	–	2/3	38	−1.9	1/1
5	1999-10-10	@ TEN	L 11–14	–	–	–	–	3/3	50	+3.4	–
7	1999-10-21	vs KC	L 8–35	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.3	–
8	1999-10-31	vs BUF	L 10–13	–	–	–	–	1/2	37	−0.8	1/1
9	1999-11-07	@ CLE	W 41–9	–	–	–	–	2/2	44	+1.4	4/4
10	1999-11-14	@ JAX	L 3–6	–	–	–	–	1/1	23	+0.2	–
11	1999-11-21	@ CIN	W 34–31	–	–	–	–	2/2	50	+1.6	4/4
12	1999-11-28	vs JAX	L 23–30	–	–	–	–	3/3	46	+2.3	2/2
13	1999-12-05	vs TEN	W 41–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	27	+0.3	5/5
14	1999-12-12	@ PIT	W 31–24	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	19	+0.1	4/4
15	1999-12-19	vs NO	W 31–8	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	36	+0.7	4/4
16	1999-12-26	vs CIN	W 22–0	1	0.0	0	0	5/5	48	+2.4	1/1
17	2000-01-02	@ NE	L 3–20	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	19	+0.1	–