2003 · Week 11

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

20·13

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Brad Johnson

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 80°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

TB -3.5

Total

41

Model margin

+1.0est.

TB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapBuccaneers
  • +0.065EPA / play-0.043
  • 45.9%Success rate41.6%
  • +0.126EPA / dropback+0.014
  • +0.001EPA / rush-0.134
  • 10.4%Explosive rate7.3%
  • 41.0%Third-down rate35.7%
  • 74.0%Red-zone TD rate68.3%
  • 2.11Points / drive1.38
  • 2.9%Turnover rate2.8%
  • -0.077EPA / play allowed-0.116

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

TB lead 10–9 since 1999

Meetings average 40.8 points. TB are 11-7-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4GB @ TB17–14GB
2023 · W15TB @ GB34–20TB
2022 · W3GB @ TB14–12GB
2020 · playoffsTB @ GB31–26TB
2020 · W6GB @ TB10–38TB
2017 · W13TB @ GB20–26GB
2014 · W16GB @ TB20–3GB
2011 · W11TB @ GB26–35GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–TB
GBQ1 15:0034Punt0–0
TBQ1 13:4339Punt0–0
GBQ1 11:35952Touchdown7–0
TBQ1 7:313-3Punt7–0
GBQ1 5:5934Punt7–0
TBQ1 4:5648Punt7–0
GBQ1 1:3737Punt7–0
TBQ2 14:4412Turnover7–0
GBQ2 14:3539Field goal10–0
TBQ2 13:04465Field goal10–3
GBQ2 10:36524Field goal13–3
TBQ2 7:52838Punt13–3
GBQ2 3:4935Punt13–3
TBQ2 2:523-12Turnover13–3
GBQ2 1:5436Punt13–3
TBQ2 0:14221Field goal13–6
TBQ3 15:00465Touchdown13–13
GBQ3 12:29520Punt13–13
TBQ3 9:51529Punt13–13
GBQ3 7:2720Turnover13–13
TBQ3 6:52721Punt13–13
GBQ3 3:3617101Touchdown20–13
TBQ4 8:5435Punt20–13
GBQ4 7:31521Punt20–13
TBQ4 4:1938Punt20–13
GBQ4 3:16629Punt20–13
TBQ4 0:25329Turnover20–13

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre13/289211

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green211095.21
Najeh Davenport13705.40
Tony Fisher4112.80

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brad Johnson17/2814912

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones913414.90
Michael Pittman8182.30
Brad Johnson122.00

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 +3.54.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.7%

Expected total

43.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.68
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+0.96