Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2002 · Week 14 · Division

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Daunte Culpepper

22·26

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 11°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

GB -9.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+2.9est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapPackers
  • +0.060EPA / play+0.010
  • 45.1%Success rate43.5%
  • +0.054EPA / dropback+0.072
  • +0.071EPA / rush-0.081
  • 9.3%Explosive rate8.6%
  • 43.6%Third-down rate38.0%
  • 58.3%Red-zone TD rate55.1%
  • 1.93Points / drive1.67
  • 3.4%Turnover rate2.6%
  • +0.082EPA / play allowed-0.079

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

GB lead 31–24–2 since 1999

MIN have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.8 points. GB are 28-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1GB @ MIN2239MIN
2025 · W18GB @ MIN316MIN
2025 · W12MIN @ GB623GB
2024 · W17GB @ MIN2527MIN
2024 · W4MIN @ GB3129MIN
2023 · W17GB @ MIN3310GB
2023 · W8MIN @ GB2410MIN
2022 · W17MIN @ GB1741GB

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daunte Culpepper15/2813611

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Michael Bennett191206.30
Moe Williams24522.50
Daunte Culpepper4266.51

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre22/3221421

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Fisher25963.81
Donald Driver11717.00
Brett Favre188.00
Jay Graham133.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Robert Ferguson691052
Javon Walker34330
Donald Driver24250
Tony Fisher58190
Bubba Franks22150
Tyrone Davis22110
Jay Graham2260

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 +9.56.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

3.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.9%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.37
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.93