2002 · Week 1

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

17·31

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

Network Associates Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 70°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

OAK -7.5

Total

40

Model margin

+2.5est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsSeahawks 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

All square 6–6 since 1999

Meetings average 45.8 points. OAK are 8-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W12LV @ SEA40–34RAIDERS
2018 · W6SEA @ OAK27–3SEA
2014 · W9OAK @ SEA24–30SEA
2010 · W8SEA @ OAK3–33RAIDERS
2006 · W9OAK @ SEA0–16SEA
2001 · W9OAK @ SEA27–34SEA
2001 · W3SEA @ OAK14–38RAIDERS
2000 · W16OAK @ SEA24–27SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSEA–OAK
LVQ1 15:00870Touchdown0–7
SEAQ1 10:47640Touchdown7–7
LVQ1 6:5330Punt7–7
SEAQ1 6:06421Punt7–7
LVQ1 3:2758Punt7–7
SEAQ1 1:423-8Punt7–7
LVQ2 14:35333Touchdown7–14
SEAQ2 13:51410Punt7–14
LVQ2 12:15669Touchdown7–21
SEAQ2 9:3838Punt7–21
LVQ2 8:01967Touchdown7–28
SEAQ2 3:171264Missed field goal7–28
LVQ2 0:041-1End of half7–28
SEAQ3 15:003-5Punt7–28
LVQ3 14:08942Field goal7–31
SEAQ3 9:0232Punt7–31
LVQ3 8:021067Turnover7–31
SEAQ3 2:07510Field goal10–31
LVQ4 14:57734Turnover10–31
SEAQ4 11:451244Touchdown17–31
LVQ4 5:441134End of half17–31

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck23/3215520

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander13362.80
Matt Hasselbeck263.00
Darrell Jackson111.00

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 +7.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.08%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.7%

Expected total

45.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.09
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.47

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.