2002 · Week 4

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

25·52

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

Network Associates Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 68°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

OAK -6.5

Total

45

Model margin

+0.5est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsTitans 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 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.7 points. OAK are 9-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6TEN @ LV10–20RAIDERS
2022 · W3LV @ TEN22–24TEN
2019 · W14TEN @ OAK42–21TEN
2017 · W1OAK @ TEN26–16RAIDERS
2016 · W3OAK @ TEN17–10RAIDERS
2015 · W12OAK @ TEN24–21RAIDERS
2013 · W12TEN @ OAK23–19TEN
2010 · W1OAK @ TEN13–38TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultTEN–OAK
TENQ1 15:0020Turnover0–6
LVQ1 14:46117Touchdown0–7
TENQ1 14:39617Opp touchdown0–14
LVQ1 11:0600Opp touchdown0–14
TENQ1 11:06313Opp touchdown0–21
TENQ1 9:361280Touchdown7–21
LVQ1 2:43899Field goal7–24
TENQ2 13:42637Turnover on downs7–24
LVQ2 10:02826Turnover7–24
TENQ2 6:1238Punt7–24
LVQ2 4:33986Touchdown7–31
TENQ2 0:5745End of half7–31
LVQ3 15:00738Punt7–31
TENQ3 11:22515Opp touchdown7–38
TENQ3 10:10875Touchdown13–38
LVQ3 7:081043Punt13–38
TENQ3 2:53660Touchdown19–38
LVQ3 0:3046Punt19–38
TENQ4 13:42572Touchdown25–38
LVQ4 11:39872Touchdown25–45
TENQ4 7:302-2Turnover25–45
LVQ4 6:28358Touchdown25–52
TENQ4 5:21750Turnover25–52
LVQ4 3:04512End of half25–52

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair32/4639824

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie George11262.41
John Simon4112.81
Steve McNair166.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Derrick Mason610990
Drew Bennett69751
Justin McCareins23571
Kevin Dyson78510
John Simon44500
Frank Wycheck48320
Mike Green11210
Eddie George22130

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 +6.54.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

4.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.5%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.58
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+0.54

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.