2004 · Week 3

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

31·45

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Peyton Manning

RCA Dome · dome · astroturf

Closing spread

IND -6

Total

50

Model margin

+3.1est.

IND perspective

Push chance

3.1%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Colts
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Colts 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 mapColts
  • +0.110EPA / play+0.239
  • 46.2%Success rate53.8%
  • +0.241EPA / dropback+0.412
  • -0.085EPA / rush-0.005
  • 9.4%Explosive rate11.3%
  • 46.7%Third-down rate44.4%
  • 66.5%Red-zone TD rate74.8%
  • 2.02Points / drive2.73
  • 2.6%Turnover rate1.7%
  • +0.082EPA / play allowed+0.033

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

IND lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 54.1 points. IND are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2IND @ GB10–16GB
2020 · W11GB @ IND31–34IND
2016 · W9IND @ GB31–26IND
2012 · W5GB @ IND27–30IND
2008 · W7IND @ GB14–34GB
2000 · W12IND @ GB24–26GB

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–IND
INDQ1 15:00566Touchdown0–7
GBQ1 13:15982Touchdown7–7
INDQ1 8:39460Touchdown7–14
GBQ1 6:59179Touchdown14–14
INDQ1 6:43967Touchdown14–21
GBQ1 4:1144Punt14–21
INDQ1 2:161089Touchdown14–28
GBQ2 13:43722Field goal17–28
INDQ2 9:3437Punt17–28
GBQ2 7:40935Missed field goal17–28
INDQ2 3:24740Touchdown17–35
GBQ2 0:57423Punt17–35
INDQ2 0:1000End of half17–35
GBQ3 15:001165Touchdown24–35
INDQ3 9:5938Punt24–35
GBQ3 8:521246Punt24–35
INDQ3 4:061067Field goal24–38
GBQ4 13:34227Touchdown31–38
INDQ4 13:1238Punt31–38
GBQ4 11:48412Punt31–38
INDQ4 10:2639Punt31–38
GBQ4 8:19428Turnover31–38
INDQ4 6:071034Touchdown31–45
GBQ4 1:49634Turnover31–45
INDQ4 0:2300End of half31–45

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre30/4435840
Doug Pederson4/63401

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green17673.90
Tony Fisher155.00
Nicolas Luchey122.00

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Peyton Manning28/4039350

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Edgerrin James21623.01
Dominic Rhodes100.00
Peyton Manning2-2-1.00

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 +63.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Colts; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

3.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.5%

Expected total

48.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.59
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.15