2001 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

27·24

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 64°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

OAK -3

Total

43

Model margin

+3.7est.

KC perspective

Push chance

6.7%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsRaiders 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

KC lead 36–19 since 1999

Meetings average 44.5 points. KC are 26-28-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4KC @ LV30–27KC
2025 · W18KC @ LV12–14RAIDERS
2025 · W7LV @ KC0–31KC
2024 · W13LV @ KC17–19KC
2024 · W8KC @ LV27–20KC
2023 · W16LV @ KC20–14RAIDERS
2023 · W12KC @ LV31–17KC
2022 · W18KC @ LV31–13KC

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–KC
LVQ1 15:00420Opp touchdown0–7
KCQ1 13:3300Opp touchdown0–7
LVQ1 13:333-1Punt0–7
KCQ1 12:273-3Turnover0–7
LVQ1 11:42431Field goal3–7
KCQ1 9:2934Punt3–7
LVQ1 7:451256Field goal6–7
KCQ1 1:26532Touchdown6–14
LVQ2 14:1437Punt6–14
KCQ2 12:3531Punt6–14
LVQ2 11:34848Turnover6–14
KCQ2 6:41743Turnover6–14
LVQ2 3:39638Punt6–14
KCQ2 0:161-1End of half6–14
KCQ3 15:00613Punt6–14
LVQ3 11:08824Turnover6–14
KCQ3 7:22446Field goal6–17
LVQ3 5:50760Touchdown14–17
KCQ3 1:53612Punt14–17
LVQ4 14:401145Field goal17–17
KCQ4 9:35631Missed field goal17–17
LVQ4 7:2838Punt17–17
KCQ4 6:0231Punt17–17
LVQ4 4:56555Touchdown24–17
KCQ4 3:191075Touchdown24–24
LVQ4 1:21436Field goal27–24
KCQ4 0:1510Turnover27–24

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green16/3722211

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes7213.00
Trent Green4112.80

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 -33.8%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

6.74%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.0%

Expected total

44.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.13
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.70

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.