2002 · Week 12

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

32·39

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 50°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

KC -3.5

Total

44

Model margin

+1.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Chiefsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.161EPA / play+0.035
  • 47.5%Success rate44.0%
  • +0.224EPA / dropback+0.097
  • +0.083EPA / rush-0.070
  • 11.6%Explosive rate7.4%
  • 41.1%Third-down rate43.0%
  • 62.8%Red-zone TD rate47.4%
  • 2.29Points / drive1.60
  • 1.4%Turnover rate2.6%
  • +0.098EPA / play allowed+0.049

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

KC lead 7–6 since 1999

Meetings average 46.6 points. SEA are 5-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7KC @ SEA3–20SEA
2022 · W16SEA @ KC10–24KC
2018 · W16KC @ SEA31–38SEA
2014 · W11SEA @ KC20–24KC
2010 · W12KC @ SEA42–24KC
2006 · W8SEA @ KC28–35KC
2001 · W17KC @ SEA18–21SEA
2001 · W11SEA @ KC7–19KC

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultKC–SEA
KCQ1 15:00870Touchdown7–0
SEAQ1 10:5134Punt7–0
KCQ1 9:13960Field goal10–0
SEAQ1 3:291146Missed field goal10–0
KCQ2 14:09726Punt10–0
SEAQ2 9:21552Touchdown10–7
KCQ2 7:32164Touchdown17–7
SEAQ2 7:08879Touchdown17–14
KCQ2 2:36954Turnover17–14
SEAQ2 0:59880Touchdown17–21
KCQ2 0:06130End of half17–21
SEAQ3 15:00674Touchdown17–28
KCQ3 11:47639Punt17–28
SEAQ3 8:44950Punt17–28
KCQ3 4:01892Touchdown25–28
SEAQ4 14:57856Field goal25–31
KCQ4 10:42847Punt25–31
SEAQ4 5:501194Touchdown25–39
KCQ4 1:52670Touchdown32–39
SEAQ4 0:3100End of half32–39

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green26/3434321

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes231978.62
Johnnie Morton11212.00
Trent Green177.00
Mike Cloud111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Priest Holmes771101
Johnnie Morton67920
Eddie Kennison47540
Tony Gonzalez44510
Marc Boerigter11151
Dante Hall12100
Jason Dunn0100

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck25/3636230

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander231456.32
Matt Hasselbeck3237.70
Koren Robinson166.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Koren Robinson8111681
Darrell Jackson68920
Itula Mili46530
Bobby Engram33280
Jerramy Stevens22131
Shaun Alexander1260

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 -3.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

7.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.3%

Expected total

48.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.97
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.59