2001 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

18·21

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Trent Dilfer

Husky Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 49°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

SEA -3.5

Total

40

Model margin

+4.3est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.014EPA / play-0.018
  • 43.9%Success rate38.9%
  • +0.002EPA / dropback+0.031
  • +0.032EPA / rush-0.080
  • 10.8%Explosive rate8.3%
  • 36.1%Third-down rate36.1%
  • 50.6%Red-zone TD rate55.9%
  • 1.54Points / drive1.20
  • 3.0%Turnover rate1.9%
  • -0.011EPA / play allowed+0.002

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

KC lead 7–5 since 1999

Meetings average 48.6 points. SEA are 4-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W16SEA @ KC1024KC
2018 · W16KC @ SEA3138SEA
2014 · W11SEA @ KC2024KC
2010 · W12KC @ SEA4224KC
2006 · W8SEA @ KC2835KC
2002 · W12KC @ SEA3239SEA
2001 · W11SEA @ KC719KC
2000 · W9KC @ SEA2419KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green15/3318411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes231175.10
Trent Green382.70

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Dilfer22/3824822

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander201276.31
Jay Graham8182.30
Trent Dilfer300.00

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 +3.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.5%

Expected total

45.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.29
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+3.03
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.30