2004 · Week 8

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Kyle Boller

10·15

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 22mph

Closing spread

PHI -7.5

Total

37

Model margin

+3.2est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ravensedge mapEagles
  • -0.113EPA / play+0.072
  • 38.4%Success rate44.4%
  • -0.127EPA / dropback+0.143
  • -0.096EPA / rush-0.060
  • 7.6%Explosive rate10.1%
  • 35.0%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 51.3%Red-zone TD rate68.0%
  • 1.22Points / drive1.97
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.2%
  • -0.136EPA / play allowed-0.027

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

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 44.8 points. PHI are 3-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W13PHI @ BAL2419PHI
2020 · W6BAL @ PHI3028BAL
2016 · W15PHI @ BAL2627BAL
2012 · W2BAL @ PHI2324PHI
2008 · W12PHI @ BAL736BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyle Boller24/3822311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chester Taylor18784.30
Musa Smith5255.00
Kyle Boller177.00
B.J. Sams122.00
Alan Ricard210.50

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb18/3321910
Mike Bartrum0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dorsey Levens12403.30
Donovan McNabb6366.00
Reno Mahe5224.40

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 +7.53.9%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.6%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.61
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.18