Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

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 @ SEA4034RAIDERS
2018 · W6SEA @ OAK273SEA
2014 · W9OAK @ SEA2430SEA
2010 · W8SEA @ OAK333RAIDERS
2006 · W9OAK @ SEA016SEA
2001 · W9OAK @ SEA2734SEA
2001 · W3SEA @ OAK1438RAIDERS
2000 · W16OAK @ SEA2427SEA

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.