2003 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Jets

New York

QB Chad Pennington

21·23

Dolphins

Miami

QB Jay Fiedler

Pro Player Stadium · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

MIA -3.5

Total

37.5

Model margin

+2.8est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapDolphins
  • -0.013EPA / play-0.093
  • 41.4%Success rate39.3%
  • +0.040EPA / dropback-0.086
  • -0.086EPA / rush-0.100
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.6%
  • 40.0%Third-down rate33.0%
  • 51.3%Red-zone TD rate56.2%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.45
  • 2.1%Turnover rate3.3%
  • +0.022EPA / 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

MIA lead 29–26 since 1999

MIA have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.9 points. MIA are 24-28-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7MIA @ NYJ28–25MIA
2025 · W14MIA @ NYJ34–10MIA
2025 · W4NYJ @ MIA21–27MIA
2024 · W18MIA @ NYJ20–32NYJ
2024 · W14NYJ @ MIA26–32MIA
2023 · W15NYJ @ MIA0–30MIA
2023 · W12MIA @ NYJ34–13MIA
2022 · W18NYJ @ MIA6–11MIA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYJ–MIA
MIAQ1 15:001371Field goal0–3
NYJQ1 7:33821Punt0–3
MIAQ1 2:19561Field goal0–6
NYJQ2 14:453-9Punt0–6
MIAQ2 12:42654Touchdown0–13
NYJQ2 9:54780Touchdown7–13
MIAQ2 6:08548Touchdown7–20
NYJQ2 2:551372Field goal10–20
MIAQ2 0:1400End of half10–20
NYJQ3 15:001256Field goal13–20
MIAQ3 8:21951Missed field goal13–20
NYJQ3 3:2138Punt13–20
MIAQ3 1:4945Safety15–20
NYJQ3 0:221257Touchdown21–20
MIAQ4 8:58863Turnover21–20
NYJQ4 4:0640Punt21–20
MIAQ4 2:56845Field goal21–23
NYJQ4 0:0300End of half21–23

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington22/2822110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Martin24923.81
LaMont Jordan122.00

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jay Fiedler21/2932811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ricky Williams20733.61
Jay Fiedler362.00
Chris Chambers122.00
Travis Minor100.00

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 +3.53.9%2.6%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.0%2.7%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

2.54%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.5%

Expected total

43.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.30
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+2.79