2004 · Week 5 · Division

Final / OT

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

33·27

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 57°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

SEA -8

Total

44

Model margin

+3.0est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

SEA lead 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. SEA are 24-28 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA27–31SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA37–38SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA19–21RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA30–25SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA26–20RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA16–17RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA30–13RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA16–19SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSTL–SEA
SEAQ1 15:001074Touchdown0–7
LAQ1 9:5235Punt0–7
SEAQ1 8:4531Punt0–7
LAQ1 7:4836Turnover0–7
SEAQ1 6:061350Field goal0–10
LAQ2 14:17678Touchdown7–10
SEAQ2 11:29668Touchdown7–17
LAQ2 8:54312Turnover7–17
SEAQ2 7:21622Missed field goal7–17
LAQ2 5:30718Punt7–17
LAQ2 1:5000Punt7–17
SEAQ2 1:43590Touchdown7–24
LAQ2 0:5033Punt7–24
SEAQ2 0:2031End of half7–24
LAQ3 15:001041Punt7–24
SEAQ3 9:13446Punt7–24
LAQ3 6:531269Field goal10–24
SEAQ3 0:5634Punt10–24
LAQ4 14:5420Turnover10–24
SEAQ4 14:04724Field goal10–27
LAQ4 8:42851Touchdown17–27
SEAQ4 5:3439Punt23–27
LAQ4 3:37141Touchdown24–27
SEAQ4 3:3043Punt24–27
LAQ4 1:14446Field goal27–27
SEAQ4 0:0800End of half27–27
LAOT671Touchdown33–27

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck20/3521620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander231506.51
Matt Hasselbeck2136.50
Maurice Morris252.50

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 +83.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.11%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.1%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.15
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+2.98

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.