2003 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

38·0

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Jeff Blake

Sun Devil Stadium · outdoors · grass · 98°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

SEA -5

Total

44.5

Model margin

-1.9est.

ARI perspective

Push chance

1.9%est.

Win probability

  • Cardinals
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Cardinals winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapCardinals
  • +0.070EPA / play-0.154
  • 46.1%Success rate39.4%
  • +0.148EPA / dropback-0.108
  • -0.039EPA / rush-0.236
  • 10.5%Explosive rate7.0%
  • 46.8%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 68.2%Red-zone TD rate46.3%
  • 1.98Points / drive0.93
  • 2.4%Turnover rate3.4%
  • -0.012EPA / play allowed+0.075

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

SEA lead 30–17–1 since 1999

SEA have won 9 straight. Meetings average 43.5 points. ARI are 21-26-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA2244SEA
2025 · W4SEA @ ARI2320SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI3018SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA616SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI2120SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA1020SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI3121SEA
2022 · W6ARI @ SEA919SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck8/1917520
Trent Dilfer2/22000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Morris11676.10
Shaun Alexander13513.91
Matt Hasselbeck122.01
Trent Dilfer1-1-1.00

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh McCown18/3215002
Jeff Blake7/145502

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Emmitt Smith14543.90
Josh McCown6335.50
Marcel Shipp461.50

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 -52.9%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Cardinals; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

1.92%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.0%

Expected total

46.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.44
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.88