2001 · Week 14

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

20·26

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

Adelphia Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 62°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

GB -2.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+0.2est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapTitans
  • +0.054EPA / play-0.011
  • 42.5%Success rate39.7%
  • +0.197EPA / dropback+0.112
  • -0.149EPA / rush-0.193
  • 9.5%Explosive rate8.0%
  • 35.7%Third-down rate42.1%
  • 63.7%Red-zone TD rate56.2%
  • 1.76Points / drive1.49
  • 2.6%Turnover rate2.4%
  • -0.110EPA / play allowed+0.045

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 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 54 points. TEN are 4-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W3GB @ TEN30–14GB
2022 · W11TEN @ GB27–17TEN
2020 · W16TEN @ GB14–40GB
2016 · W10GB @ TEN25–47TEN
2012 · W16TEN @ GB7–55GB
2008 · W9GB @ TEN16–19TEN
2004 · W5TEN @ GB48–27TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–TEN
GBQ1 15:00411Punt0–0
TENQ1 12:3936Punt0–2
GBQ1 11:411-1Safety0–2
TENQ1 11:373-1Punt0–2
GBQ1 9:32936Field goal3–2
TENQ1 5:2735Punt3–2
GBQ1 3:4838Punt3–2
TENQ1 2:301-9Turnover3–2
GBQ1 2:21421Touchdown10–2
TENQ1 1:191060Touchdown10–8
GBQ2 11:3036Punt10–8
TENQ2 9:49957Missed field goal10–8
GBQ2 3:403-8Turnover10–14
TENQ2 2:43135Touchdown10–15
GBQ2 2:3610Turnover10–15
TENQ2 2:227-2Turnover on downs10–15
GBQ2 0:53525Field goal13–15
TENQ3 15:001050Turnover13–15
GBQ3 11:01811Punt13–15
TENQ3 8:321174Field goal13–18
GBQ3 1:1535Punt13–18
TENQ4 14:47781Touchdown13–26
GBQ4 10:42995Touchdown20–26
TENQ4 6:4239Punt20–26
GBQ4 4:11514Punt20–26
TENQ4 2:06658End of half20–26

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre20/3819921

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brett Favre5204.00
Ahman Green10111.10

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair25/3528320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Skip Hicks171428.41
Eddie George15261.70
Steve McNair2-1-0.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Derrick Mason8121071
Frank Wycheck67960
Kevin Dyson35430
Eddie George34100
Erron Kinney12100
Skip Hicks2290
Mike Green2281
Eddie Berlin0100

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 -2.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.11%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.6%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.37
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.20