1999 · Week 15

Final

Giants

New York

QB Kerry Collins

10·31

Rams

St. Louis

QB Kurt Warner

TWA Dome · dome · astroturf

Closing spread

STL -10.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+3.5est.

STL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Rams winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

STL lead 8–7 since 1999

RAMS have won 5 straight. Meetings average 46.7 points. STL are 5-10 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2NYG @ LA6–28RAMS
2023 · W17LA @ NYG26–25RAMS
2021 · W6LA @ NYG38–11RAMS
2020 · W4NYG @ LA9–17RAMS
2017 · W9LA @ NYG51–17RAMS
2016 · W7NYG @ LA17–10NYG
2014 · W16NYG @ STL37–27NYG
2011 · W2STL @ NYG16–28NYG

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–STL
LAQ1 15:00640Missed field goal0–0
NYGQ1 11:3339Punt0–0
LAQ1 9:051158Field goal0–3
NYGQ1 3:2434Punt0–3
LAQ1 1:41759Touchdown0–10
NYGQ2 13:31429Punt0–10
LAQ2 11:341148Punt0–10
NYGQ2 6:00753Punt0–10
LAQ2 1:53734Punt0–10
NYGQ2 0:2100End of half0–10
NYGQ3 15:001069Field goal3–10
LAQ3 10:08565Turnover3–10
NYGQ3 6:503-1Opp touchdown3–17
LAQ3 5:2500Opp touchdown3–17
NYGQ3 5:251036Missed field goal3–17
LAQ4 14:50267Touchdown3–24
NYGQ4 13:58730Punt3–24
LAQ4 11:13735Punt3–30
NYGQ4 7:1710Opp touchdown3–31
LAQ4 7:1000Opp touchdown3–31
NYGQ4 7:10947Touchdown10–31
LAQ4 4:48813Turnover on downs10–31
NYGQ4 0:31353End of half10–31

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins21/3727312

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Joe Montgomery12413.40
Tiki Barber5336.60
Kerry Collins1-1-1.00
Ike Hilliard1-6-6.00

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 +10.56.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

1.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.5%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.95
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.51

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.