2003 · Week 7

Final

Bears

Chicago

QB Chris Chandler

17·24

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Seahawks Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 63°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

SEA -11

Total

41.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

1.4%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Bears

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsBears wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Bearsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.100EPA / play+0.070
  • 38.3%Success rate46.1%
  • -0.156EPA / dropback+0.148
  • -0.016EPA / rush-0.039
  • 7.4%Explosive rate10.5%
  • 33.9%Third-down rate46.8%
  • 54.5%Red-zone TD rate68.2%
  • 1.44Points / drive1.98
  • 2.6%Turnover rate2.4%
  • -0.013EPA / play allowed-0.012

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 8–6 since 1999

Meetings average 41.3 points. SEA are 6-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W17SEA @ CHI6–3SEA
2021 · W16CHI @ SEA25–24CHI
2018 · W2SEA @ CHI17–24CHI
2015 · W3CHI @ SEA0–26SEA
2012 · W13SEA @ CHI23–17SEA
2011 · W15SEA @ CHI38–14SEA
2010 · playoffsSEA @ CHI24–35CHI
2010 · W6SEA @ CHI23–20SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultCHI–SEA
SEAQ1 15:00426Missed field goal0–0
CHIQ1 13:253-2Punt0–0
SEAQ1 11:11741Punt0–0
CHIQ1 7:27836Field goal3–0
SEAQ1 3:081226Touchdown3–7
CHIQ2 12:4157Turnover3–7
SEAQ2 9:53325Touchdown3–14
CHIQ2 8:471360Field goal6–14
SEAQ2 1:49770Turnover6–14
CHIQ2 0:1000End of half6–14
CHIQ3 15:0035Punt6–14
SEAQ3 13:27614Punt6–14
CHIQ3 10:313-3Punt6–14
SEAQ3 8:58618Field goal6–17
CHIQ3 5:371352Field goal9–17
SEAQ4 13:28437Turnover9–17
CHIQ4 11:181457Touchdown17–17
SEAQ4 4:12967Touchdown17–24
CHIQ4 0:5830Turnover17–24
SEAQ4 0:37312End of half17–24

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chris Chandler19/3414902

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Adrian Peterson16553.40
Stanley Pritchett4194.81
Brock Forsey155.00
Rabih Abdullah341.30
Chris Chandler441.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck19/2721511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander211014.82
Matt Hasselbeck4123.00

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 +117.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Bears.

Half-point at risk

1.37%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.7%

Expected total

45.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.44
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.29
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.72