2003 · WC

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

20·17

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Anthony Wright

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · sportturf · 63°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

TEN -1

Total

38

Model margin

+4.0est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

2.0%est.

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapRavens
  • +0.040EPA / play-0.093
  • 42.3%Success rate38.5%
  • +0.215EPA / dropback-0.112
  • -0.172EPA / rush-0.074
  • 9.2%Explosive rate9.7%
  • 41.2%Third-down rate31.7%
  • 62.5%Red-zone TD rate53.9%
  • 1.93Points / drive1.53
  • 1.7%Turnover rate3.5%
  • -0.083EPA / play allowed-0.194

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

BAL lead 13–9 since 1999

BAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 35.3 points. BAL are 12-9-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4TEN @ BAL18–24BAL
2023 · W6BAL @ TEN24–16BAL
2020 · playoffsBAL @ TEN20–13BAL
2020 · W11TEN @ BAL30–24TEN
2019 · playoffsTEN @ BAL28–12TEN
2018 · W6BAL @ TEN21–0BAL
2017 · W9BAL @ TEN20–23TEN
2014 · W10TEN @ BAL7–21BAL

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultTEN–BAL
BALQ1 15:0031Punt0–0
TENQ1 13:571067Touchdown7–0
BALQ1 8:5438Punt7–0
TENQ1 7:10211Opp touchdown7–7
TENQ1 6:12730Punt7–7
BALQ1 1:4336Punt7–7
TENQ2 14:50618Turnover7–7
BALQ2 11:3934Punt7–7
TENQ2 9:09425Punt7–7
BALQ2 6:18870Field goal7–10
TENQ2 1:5538Punt7–10
BALQ2 0:22316Turnover7–10
TENQ3 15:0033Punt7–10
BALQ3 13:50627Punt7–10
TENQ3 11:15679Touchdown14–10
BALQ3 7:5936Punt14–10
TENQ3 6:49621Punt14–10
BALQ3 2:243-2Punt14–10
TENQ3 1:19615Punt14–10
BALQ4 13:31524Turnover14–10
TENQ4 11:3338Field goal17–10
BALQ4 9:13976Touchdown17–17
TENQ4 4:3024Turnover17–17
BALQ4 3:4137Punt17–17
TENQ4 2:44735Field goal20–17
BALQ4 0:29212End of half20–17

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair14/2315913

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie George25883.50
Chris Brown11615.51
Steve McNair4164.00

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Anthony Wright20/3721412

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamal Lewis14352.50
Anthony Wright2199.50

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 -13.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.6%

Expected total

42.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.03
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.41
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.95