2002 · Week 7 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Trent Dilfer

20·37

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

Edward Jones Dome · dome · astroturf

Closing spread

STL -6.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

+5.4est.

STL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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

SEA lead 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. STL are 28-24 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA27–31SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA37–38SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA19–21RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA30–25SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA26–20RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA16–17RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA30–13RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA16–19SEA

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–STL
LAQ1 15:0030Punt0–0
SEAQ1 13:21522Missed field goal0–0
LAQ1 10:411062Touchdown0–7
SEAQ1 6:003-7Punt0–7
LAQ1 4:44445Punt0–7
SEAQ1 2:40826Punt0–7
LAQ2 14:061377Field goal0–10
SEAQ2 7:11179Touchdown7–10
LAQ2 6:51549Punt7–10
SEAQ2 3:56622Punt7–10
LAQ2 1:41957Field goal13–13
SEAQ2 0:2900Touchdown14–13
LAQ2 0:1610Turnover14–13
SEAQ2 0:08215End of half14–13
SEAQ3 15:00616Punt14–13
LAQ3 13:021380Touchdown14–20
SEAQ3 5:083-7Turnover14–20
LAQ3 4:423-9Field goal14–23
SEAQ3 3:23583Turnover14–23
LAQ3 1:20780Touchdown14–30
SEAQ4 12:123-2Turnover14–30
LAQ4 10:44839Touchdown14–37
SEAQ4 6:05416Punt20–37
LAQ4 3:4111Opp touchdown20–37
SEAQ4 3:2810Opp touchdown20–37
LAQ4 3:2832Punt20–37
SEAQ4 2:13627Turnover on downs20–37
LAQ4 1:253-5End of half20–37

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Dilfer8/2523212
Matt Hasselbeck2/52300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander12302.50
Maurice Morris22110.50
Matt Hasselbeck144.00
Koren Robinson1-5-5.00

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 +6.53.4%6.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

4.95%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.4%

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 adjustment+2.85
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+5.40

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.