Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2000 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Brock Huard

3·31

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

Network Associates Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 70°F · wind 31mph

Closing spread

OAK -7.5

Total

44

Model margin

+6.3est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsSeahawks 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

All square 6–6 since 1999

Meetings average 45.8 points. OAK are 8-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W12LV @ SEA4034RAIDERS
2018 · W6SEA @ OAK273SEA
2014 · W9OAK @ SEA2430SEA
2010 · W8SEA @ OAK333RAIDERS
2006 · W9OAK @ SEA016SEA
2002 · W1SEA @ OAK1731RAIDERS
2001 · W9OAK @ SEA2734SEA
2001 · W3SEA @ OAK1438RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jon Kitna11/188500
Brock Huard4/126401

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ricky Watters17955.60
Shaun Alexander9293.20
Jon Kitna591.80
Brock Huard144.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Ricky Watters24560
Itula Mili59330
Sean Dawkins24280
Darrell Jackson49260
Christian Fauria1160
Shaun Alexander0100

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 +7.53.2%6.1%7.3%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.2%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.23%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

65.7%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.92
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.82
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+6.30

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.