2000 · Week 9 · Division

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Elvis Grbac

24·19

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Jon Kitna

Husky Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 52°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

KC -4

Total

43

Model margin

+0.2est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.025EPA / play-0.051
  • 41.2%Success rate40.0%
  • +0.123EPA / dropback-0.026
  • -0.159EPA / rush-0.089
  • 9.4%Explosive rate6.6%
  • 36.7%Third-down rate40.9%
  • 52.2%Red-zone TD rate52.9%
  • 1.42Points / drive1.33
  • 2.5%Turnover rate3.4%
  • +0.025EPA / play allowed+0.074

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

KC lead 7–5 since 1999

Meetings average 48.6 points. SEA are 4-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W16SEA @ KC1024KC
2018 · W16KC @ SEA3138SEA
2014 · W11SEA @ KC2024KC
2010 · W12KC @ SEA4224KC
2006 · W8SEA @ KC2835KC
2002 · W12KC @ SEA3239SEA
2001 · W17KC @ SEA1821SEA
2001 · W11SEA @ KC719KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Elvis Grbac22/3534233

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kimble Anders19542.80
Frank Moreau341.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Derrick Alexander471372
Tony Gonzalez8141010
Kevin Lockett48771
Kimble Anders44170

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jon Kitna26/4222423

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ricky Watters21904.30
Shaun Alexander45313.30

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 -42.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.44%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.6%

Expected total

46.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.35
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.21