2001 · Week 1

Final / OT

Rams

St. Louis

QB Kurt Warner

20·17

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Veterans Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 82°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

STL -3

Total

46

Model margin

+3.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

6.8%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsRams 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

PHI lead 12–5 since 1999

Meetings average 47.8 points. PHI are 12-4-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4LA @ PHI24–20RAMS
2025 · W3LA @ PHI26–33PHI
2024 · playoffsLA @ PHI22–28PHI
2024 · W12PHI @ LA37–20PHI
2023 · W5PHI @ LA23–14PHI
2020 · W2LA @ PHI37–19RAMS
2018 · W15PHI @ LA30–23PHI
2017 · W14PHI @ LA43–35PHI

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSTL–PHI
PHIQ1 15:0010Turnover0–0
LAQ1 14:48212Touchdown7–0
PHIQ1 14:09516Punt7–0
LAQ1 11:43521Punt7–0
PHIQ1 8:3238Punt7–0
LAQ1 7:21312Punt7–0
PHIQ1 5:15832Field goal7–3
LAQ1 1:10519Punt7–3
PHIQ2 14:08617Punt7–3
LAQ2 10:42420Punt7–3
PHIQ2 8:45541Turnover7–3
LAQ2 5:583-1Punt7–3
PHIQ2 4:34217Turnover7–3
LAQ2 3:49830Touchdown14–3
PHIQ2 0:261-1End of half14–3
LAQ3 15:001677Field goal17–3
PHIQ3 7:003-9Punt17–3
LAQ3 5:57773Turnover17–3
PHIQ3 2:131898Touchdown17–10
LAQ4 10:01417Punt17–10
PHIQ4 8:11979Touchdown17–17
LAQ4 3:59623Turnover17–17
PHIQ4 1:00516End of half17–17
PHIOT520Punt17–17
LAOT761Field goal20–17

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb32/4831221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Donovan McNabb9485.30
Duce Staley991.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Todd Pinkston711990
Duce Staley1115810
Chad Lewis58450
Cecil Martin67402
Na Brown22360
James Thrash13110
Jeff Thomason0100

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%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

6.83%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.8%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.69
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.25

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.