2003 · Week 6

Final / OT

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

40·34

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 60°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

GB -2.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

+3.3est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapPackers
  • +0.124EPA / play+0.065
  • 47.9%Success rate45.9%
  • +0.163EPA / dropback+0.126
  • +0.069EPA / rush+0.001
  • 10.6%Explosive rate10.4%
  • 42.4%Third-down rate41.0%
  • 79.8%Red-zone TD rate74.0%
  • 2.38Points / drive2.11
  • 1.6%Turnover rate2.9%
  • -0.012EPA / play allowed-0.077

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

GB lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 49.9 points. GB are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W13KC @ GB19–27GB
2021 · W9GB @ KC7–13KC
2019 · W8GB @ KC31–24GB
2015 · W3KC @ GB28–38GB
2011 · W15GB @ KC14–19KC
2007 · W9GB @ KC33–22GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultKC–GB
KCQ1 15:00410Punt0–0
GBQ1 13:311185Touchdown0–7
KCQ1 7:1438Punt0–7
GBQ1 5:13674Touchdown0–14
KCQ1 2:39690Touchdown7–14
GBQ1 0:36311Punt7–14
KCQ2 13:30855Touchdown14–14
GBQ2 9:161480Touchdown14–21
KCQ2 2:14733Punt14–21
GBQ2 0:4434End of half14–21
GBQ3 15:00876Touchdown14–28
KCQ3 10:4738Punt14–28
GBQ3 9:07619Field goal14–31
KCQ3 6:0135Punt14–31
GBQ3 4:273-2Punt14–31
KCQ3 3:1469Punt14–31
GBQ3 0:3934Punt14–31
KCQ4 14:24642Touchdown21–31
GBQ4 12:20739Opp touchdown28–31
GBQ4 8:463-6Punt28–31
KCQ4 7:23468Field goal31–31
GBQ4 5:41648Field goal31–34
KCQ4 2:431162Field goal34–34
GBQ4 0:0100End of half34–34
KCOT1041Missed field goal34–34
GBOT18Turnover40–34
KCOT151Touchdown40–34

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green27/4540030

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes22813.71
Trent Green273.50
Dante Hall2-6-3.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre25/3627221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green261395.31
Najeh Davenport6437.21
Brett Favre210.50
Javon Walker100.00

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 +2.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.8%

Expected total

46.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.69
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.25