2003 · Week 1

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

20·25

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

The Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 75°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

TEN -3.5

Total

46

Model margin

+4.4est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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

All square 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.7 points. TEN are 7-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6TEN @ LV10–20RAIDERS
2022 · W3LV @ TEN22–24TEN
2019 · W14TEN @ OAK42–21TEN
2017 · W1OAK @ TEN26–16RAIDERS
2016 · W3OAK @ TEN17–10RAIDERS
2015 · W12OAK @ TEN24–21RAIDERS
2013 · W12TEN @ OAK23–19TEN
2010 · W1OAK @ TEN13–38TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–TEN
LVQ1 15:00536Punt0–0
TENQ1 11:05949Touchdown0–6
LVQ1 6:4738Punt0–6
TENQ1 5:102-6Turnover0–6
LVQ1 4:22424Field goal3–6
TENQ1 1:29516Punt3–6
LVQ2 14:1236Punt3–6
TENQ2 12:38824Field goal3–9
LVQ2 8:3268Punt3–9
TENQ2 5:4537Punt3–9
LVQ2 3:55876Touchdown10–9
TENQ2 1:06341Field goal10–12
TENQ3 15:0023Turnover10–12
TENQ3 14:03933Punt10–12
LVQ3 9:2530Punt10–12
TENQ3 8:011064Field goal10–15
LVQ3 2:52839Field goal13–15
TENQ4 13:513-2Punt13–15
LVQ4 12:4445Punt13–15
TENQ4 11:57754Touchdown13–22
LVQ4 7:513-2Punt13–22
TENQ4 6:3434Punt13–22
LVQ4 4:57565Touchdown20–22
TENQ4 3:30947Field goal20–25
LVQ4 0:32315End of half20–25

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair25/3826921

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie George20422.10
Steve McNair2199.50

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 +3.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.9%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.86
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.42

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.