1999 · Week 6

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Doug Pederson

20·16

Bears

Chicago

QB Cade McNown

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 51°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

CHI -6.5

Total

35

Model margin

+0.7est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Eaglesedge mapBears
  • -0.192EPA / play-0.102
  • 33.4%Success rate38.6%
  • -0.199EPA / dropback-0.043
  • -0.181EPA / rush-0.228
  • 6.4%Explosive rate7.4%
  • 31.2%Third-down rate37.0%
  • 46.7%Red-zone TD rate44.0%
  • 0.90Points / drive1.03
  • 3.6%Turnover rate3.1%
  • -0.098EPA / play allowed-0.001

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 12–5 since 1999

Meetings average 41 points. CHI are 8-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13CHI @ PHI2415CHI
2022 · W15PHI @ CHI2520PHI
2019 · W9CHI @ PHI1422PHI
2018 · playoffsPHI @ CHI1615PHI
2017 · W12CHI @ PHI331PHI
2016 · W2PHI @ CHI2914PHI
2013 · W16CHI @ PHI1154PHI
2011 · W9CHI @ PHI3024CHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Doug Pederson22/3822820
Torrance Small0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Duce Staley231014.40
Cecil Martin100.00
Doug Pederson2-2-1.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Cade McNown17/3325512

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Enis24863.60
Cade McNown4235.80
Glyn Milburn144.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +6.54.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

4.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.8%

Expected total

42.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.11
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.80
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.65