2004 · Week 6 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

38·10

Lions

Detroit

QB Joey Harrington

Ford Field · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

DET -3

Total

45

Model margin

+0.3est.

DET perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Lions
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Lions 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 mapLions
  • +0.110EPA / play-0.071
  • 46.2%Success rate39.8%
  • +0.241EPA / dropback-0.086
  • -0.085EPA / rush-0.046
  • 9.4%Explosive rate9.0%
  • 46.7%Third-down rate32.3%
  • 66.5%Red-zone TD rate51.0%
  • 2.02Points / drive1.23
  • 2.6%Turnover rate1.9%
  • +0.082EPA / play allowed+0.013

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

GB lead 36–19 since 1999

Meetings average 45.8 points. DET are 26-28-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7GB @ DET17–20DET
2025 · W13GB @ DET31–24GB
2025 · W1DET @ GB13–27GB
2024 · W14GB @ DET31–34DET
2024 · W9DET @ GB24–14DET
2023 · W12GB @ DET29–22GB
2023 · W4DET @ GB34–20DET
2022 · W18DET @ GB20–16DET

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–DET
DETQ1 15:003-7Punt0–0
GBQ1 13:011175Touchdown7–0
DETQ1 6:48667Touchdown7–7
GBQ1 3:47511Punt7–7
DETQ1 1:55514Punt7–7
GBQ2 14:4436Punt7–7
DETQ2 13:5139Punt7–7
GBQ2 12:02674Touchdown14–7
DETQ2 9:1032Punt14–7
GBQ2 8:013-2Punt14–7
DETQ2 7:02417Field goal14–10
GBQ2 4:4132Punt14–10
DETQ2 3:0035Punt14–10
GBQ2 1:47755Field goal17–10
GBQ3 15:00617Punt17–10
DETQ3 12:2432Opp touchdown24–10
DETQ3 10:5243Turnover on downs24–10
GBQ3 9:461263Touchdown31–10
DETQ3 3:2834Punt31–10
GBQ3 1:141177Touchdown38–10
DETQ4 10:0139Punt38–10
GBQ4 8:171158End of half38–10

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre25/3825720
Ahman Green1/12010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green21813.90
Najeh Davenport10626.21
Tony Fisher4112.80
Nicolas Luchey252.50
Brett Favre2-2-1.00

Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joey Harrington12/2310111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Joey Harrington4123.00
Artose Pinner671.20
Shawn Bryson362.00
Kevin Jones252.50
Reggie Swinton133.00

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 +32.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.5%2.7%

Positive margins favour Lions; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.38%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.9%

Expected total

46.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.33
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+0.31