2000 · Week 4

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Tim Couch

10·36

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

Network Associates Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 76°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

OAK -10.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+4.0est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsBrowns 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

OAK lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 38.6 points. OAK are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12CLE @ LV24–10CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV16–20RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE16–14RAIDERS
2020 · W8LV @ CLE16–6RAIDERS
2018 · W4CLE @ OAK42–45RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE27–20RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE13–23CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK20–17CLE

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultCLE–OAK
CLEQ11167Touchdown7–0
LVQ1 10:17735Touchdown7–7
CLEQ1 7:21726Punt7–7
LVQ1 3:17880Touchdown7–14
CLEQ2 13:27313Punt7–14
LVQ2 11:56514Punt7–14
CLEQ2 9:49450Missed field goal7–14
LVQ2 7:4134Punt7–14
CLEQ2 6:3821Turnover7–14
LVQ2 5:43837Touchdown7–21
CLEQ2 1:1726Opp touchdown7–28
LVQ2 0:4200Opp touchdown7–28
CLEQ2 0:4220End of half7–28
LVQ3 15:0042Punt7–28
CLEQ3 13:00710Punt7–28
LVQ3 8:47314Punt7–28
CLEQ3 6:22834Field goal10–28
LVQ3 2:49961Field goal10–31
CLEQ4 13:1455Punt10–31
LVQ4 10:32842Field goal10–34
CLEQ4 5:5120Safety10–36
LVQ4 5:3434Punt10–36
CLEQ4 3:4233Punt10–36
LVQ4 2:4332Punt10–36
CLEQ4 1:48415Turnover on downs10–36
LVQ4 1:072-3End of half10–36

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tim Couch16/2914112
Spergon Wynn2/51500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Errict Rhett15855.70
Tim Couch331.00
Travis Prentice310.30

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 +10.56.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

1.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.9%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.60
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.12
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.04

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.