2003 · Week 5

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

21·24

Bears

Chicago

QB Kordell Stewart

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 58°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

OAK -3.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+1.3est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Bears 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

CHI lead 6–3 since 1999

CHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.1 points. CHI are 6-2-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W4CHI @ LV25–24CHI
2023 · W7LV @ CHI12–30CHI
2021 · W5CHI @ LV20–9CHI
2019 · W5CHI @ OAK21–24RAIDERS
2015 · W4OAK @ CHI20–22CHI
2011 · W12CHI @ OAK20–25RAIDERS
2007 · W10CHI @ OAK17–6CHI
1999 · W3CHI @ OAK17–24RAIDERS

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–CHI
LVQ1 15:001668Touchdown6–0
CHIQ1 6:10846Punt6–0
LVQ1 0:32513Punt6–0
CHIQ2 13:1859Field goal6–3
LVQ2 11:05976Field goal9–3
CHIQ2 7:3528Turnover9–3
LVQ2 7:1333Field goal12–3
CHIQ2 6:193-4Punt12–3
LVQ2 5:16737Field goal15–3
CHIQ2 1:51769Turnover15–3
LVQ2 0:1629Field goal18–3
CHIQ3 15:00616Turnover18–3
LVQ3 12:0232Missed field goal18–3
CHIQ3 11:08626Punt18–3
LVQ3 7:0510Turnover18–3
CHIQ3 7:003-9Field goal18–6
LVQ3 5:373-4Punt18–6
CHIQ3 4:21868Touchdown18–13
LVQ4 14:53421Punt18–13
CHIQ4 13:44417Punt18–13
LVQ4 11:32645Turnover18–13
CHIQ4 8:59445Touchdown18–21
LVQ4 6:58531Field goal21–21
CHIQ4 3:301053Field goal21–24

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kordell Stewart13/2416012

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Anthony Thomas221235.60
Kordell Stewart9525.80
Stanley Pritchett2178.51
Rabih Abdullah284.00

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 -3.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

7.18%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.6%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.17
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+1.31

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.