2002 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

10·30

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 45°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -2.5

Total

48

Model margin

+2.6est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsRams 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. SEA are 24-28 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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSTL–SEA
SEAQ1 15:0037Punt0–0
LAQ1 14:0355Turnover0–0
SEAQ1 11:32717Field goal0–3
LAQ1 8:461046Turnover on downs0–3
SEAQ1 3:371369Field goal0–6
LAQ2 12:121249Field goal3–6
SEAQ2 5:43460Touchdown3–13
LAQ2 3:43419Punt3–13
SEAQ2 1:42740Punt3–13
LAQ2 0:1200End of half3–13
LAQ3 15:00514Turnover3–13
SEAQ3 12:4421Turnover3–13
LAQ3 12:0422Turnover3–13
SEAQ3 11:1569Touchdown3–20
LAQ3 8:581172Touchdown10–20
SEAQ3 3:17873Field goal10–23
LAQ3 0:0630Punt10–23
SEAQ4 14:43769Touchdown10–30
LAQ4 11:16522Turnover10–30
SEAQ4 9:411448Turnover on downs10–30
LAQ4 2:00843Turnover10–30
SEAQ4 0:2700End of half10–30

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck20/3230310

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander26793.02
Matt Hasselbeck382.70

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 +2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.0%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.2%

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 adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.65

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.