2001 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Neil O'Donnell

6·13

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Mark Brunell

Alltel Stadium · outdoors · grass · 84°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

JAX -2

Total

36

Model margin

+4.0est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapJaguars
  • -0.011EPA / play-0.282
  • 39.7%Success rate40.8%
  • +0.112EPA / dropback-0.233
  • -0.193EPA / rush-0.375
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.2%
  • 42.1%Third-down rate34.6%
  • 56.2%Red-zone TD rate26.3%
  • 1.49Points / drive0.28
  • 2.4%Turnover rate2.5%
  • +0.045EPA / play allowed-0.021

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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. JAX are 25-28-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX741JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN253JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX1320JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN106JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN2028TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX1434JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX1620JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN3622JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Brunell17/2723500
Neil O'Donnell21/3621500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Stacey Mack18804.41
Eddie George20794.00
Fred Taylor6203.30
Mark Brunell6193.20
Mike Green284.00

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 +23.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.9%

Expected total

42.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.59
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.07
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.04