Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2002 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

10·20

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 39°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

OAK -2.5

Total

55.5

Model margin

+3.6est.

KC perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsRaiders 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

KC lead 35–19 since 1999

Meetings average 44.3 points. KC are 26-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18KC @ LV1214RAIDERS
2025 · W7LV @ KC031KC
2024 · W13LV @ KC1719KC
2024 · W8KC @ LV2720KC
2023 · W16LV @ KC2014RAIDERS
2023 · W12KC @ LV3117KC
2022 · W18KC @ LV3113KC
2022 · W5LV @ KC2930KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green18/3020812

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes23914.01
Trent Green23216.00
Johnnie Morton166.00
Dante Hall122.00

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 -2.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

1.98%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.8%

Expected total

46.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.06
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.63

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.