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 12–4 since 1999

PHI have won 4 straight. Meetings average 48.1 points. PHI are 12-3-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W3LA @ PHI2633PHI
2024 · playoffsLA @ PHI2228PHI
2024 · W12PHI @ LA3720PHI
2023 · W5PHI @ LA2314PHI
2020 · W2LA @ PHI3719RAMS
2018 · W15PHI @ LA3023PHI
2017 · W14PHI @ LA4335PHI
2014 · W5STL @ PHI2834PHI

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.