2003 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

23·24

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 63°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

SEA -3

Total

47

Model margin

+3.8est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

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 15:00634Touchdown0–7
LAQ1 11:59624Punt0–7
SEAQ1 7:2926Turnover0–7
LAQ1 6:49638Touchdown7–7
SEAQ1 3:293-3Punt7–7
LAQ1 2:021458Touchdown14–7
SEAQ2 9:10516Punt14–7
LAQ2 6:15761Field goal17–7
SEAQ2 2:21851Field goal17–10
LAQ2 0:1200End of half17–10
LAQ3 15:00960Field goal20–10
SEAQ3 10:48613Punt20–10
LAQ3 7:56749Field goal23–10
SEAQ3 3:52975Touchdown23–17
LAQ4 14:1020Turnover23–17
SEAQ4 13:491247Missed field goal23–17
LAQ4 7:52310Punt23–17
SEAQ4 5:2749Turnover on downs23–17
LAQ4 4:1237Turnover23–17
SEAQ4 3:151169Touchdown23–24
LAQ4 1:0042Turnover on downs23–24
SEAQ4 0:2800End of half23–24

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck22/3925621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander14584.10
Matt Hasselbeck5285.60
Koren Robinson144.00

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 +33.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.8%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

7.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.3%

Expected total

45.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.27
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.84

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.