2001 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Tim Couch

41·38

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

Adelphia Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 28°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

TEN -5

Total

37.5

Model margin

+4.6est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

2.0%est.

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapTitans
  • -0.113EPA / play-0.011
  • 36.9%Success rate39.7%
  • -0.086EPA / dropback+0.112
  • -0.148EPA / rush-0.193
  • 7.1%Explosive rate8.0%
  • 31.3%Third-down rate42.1%
  • 47.3%Red-zone TD rate56.2%
  • 1.05Points / drive1.49
  • 3.1%Turnover rate2.4%
  • -0.096EPA / 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 11–7 since 1999

Meetings average 46.8 points. TEN are 8-9-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14TEN @ CLE3129TEN
2023 · W3TEN @ CLE327CLE
2020 · W13CLE @ TEN4135CLE
2019 · W1TEN @ CLE4313TEN
2017 · W7TEN @ CLE129TEN
2016 · W6CLE @ TEN2628TEN
2015 · W2TEN @ CLE1428CLE
2014 · W5CLE @ TEN2928CLE

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tim Couch20/2733631

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Benjamin Gay7466.60
Jamel White21422.02
Tim Couch1-1-1.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair16/2527420
Mike Green0/1001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie George261305.02
Steve McNair5346.80
Mike Green4246.01

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Kevin Dyson35921
Derrick Mason35811
Erron Kinney45430
Frank Wycheck33280
Eddie George22200
Drew Bennett13100

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 +53.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

1.97%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.2%

Expected total

43.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.92
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+4.56