2003 · Week 9

Final / OT

Giants

New York

QB Kerry Collins

31·28

Jets

New York

QB Chad Pennington

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 66°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

NYG -3.5

Total

40

Model margin

+4.4est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Giantsedge mapJets
  • -0.123EPA / play-0.013
  • 41.7%Success rate41.4%
  • -0.087EPA / dropback+0.040
  • -0.188EPA / rush-0.086
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.0%
  • 32.9%Third-down rate40.0%
  • 39.7%Red-zone TD rate51.3%
  • 0.93Points / drive1.47
  • 3.3%Turnover rate2.1%
  • +0.013EPA / play allowed+0.022

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

NYG lead 4–3 since 1999

NYJ have won 3 straight. Meetings average 51 points. NYJ are 3-3-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W8NYJ @ NYG13–10NYJ
2019 · W10NYG @ NYJ27–34NYJ
2015 · W13NYJ @ NYG23–20NYJ
2011 · W16NYG @ NYJ29–14NYG
2007 · W5NYJ @ NYG24–35NYG
1999 · W13NYJ @ NYG28–41NYG

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–NYJ
NYGQ1 15:0036Punt0–0
NYJQ1 13:351160Touchdown0–7
NYGQ1 7:48517Punt0–7
NYJQ1 5:2547Punt0–7
NYGQ1 3:30525Punt0–7
NYJQ1 1:11216Turnover0–7
NYGQ1 0:18415Field goal3–7
NYJQ2 13:4733Punt3–7
NYGQ2 12:31258Touchdown10–7
NYJQ2 11:5360Turnover10–7
NYGQ2 8:4648Punt10–7
NYJQ2 6:14822Turnover10–7
NYGQ2 2:00520Field goal13–7
NYJQ2 0:2200End of half13–7
NYJQ3 15:001275Touchdown13–14
NYGQ3 9:061385Touchdown20–14
NYJQ3 3:10822Turnover20–14
NYGQ4 13:31736Touchdown28–14
NYJQ4 9:58967Touchdown28–21
NYGQ4 5:59829Punt28–21
NYJQ4 3:071171Touchdown28–28
NYGQ4 0:2900End of half28–28
NYGOT845Missed field goal28–28
NYJOT421Punt28–28
NYGOT417Punt28–28
NYJOT829Missed field goal28–28
NYGOT753Field goal31–28

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins24/4030320

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber21773.70
Dorsey Levens11393.51
Kerry Collins1-1-1.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington27/4528142

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Martin281083.90
LaMont Jordan6122.00
Santana Moss2115.50
Chad Pennington210.50

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 -3.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

6.57%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.9%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.86
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.42