2004 · Week 15

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Byron Leftwich

28·25

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 12°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

GB -3.5

Total

37

Model margin

+4.5est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapPackers
  • -0.036EPA / play+0.110
  • 39.9%Success rate46.2%
  • +0.014EPA / dropback+0.241
  • -0.111EPA / rush-0.085
  • 7.3%Explosive rate9.4%
  • 36.7%Third-down rate46.7%
  • 48.2%Red-zone TD rate66.5%
  • 1.27Points / drive2.02
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.6%
  • -0.011EPA / play allowed+0.082

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 5–2 since 1999

GB have won 4 straight. Meetings average 46.9 points. GB are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W8GB @ JAX30–27GB
2020 · W10JAX @ GB20–24GB
2016 · W1GB @ JAX27–23GB
2012 · W8JAX @ GB15–24GB
2008 · W15GB @ JAX16–20JAX
2001 · W12GB @ JAX28–21GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultJAX–GB
JAXQ1 15:00478Touchdown7–0
GBQ1 12:56514Punt7–0
GBQ1 9:34219Turnover7–0
JAXQ1 8:58720Punt7–0
GBQ1 5:15428Punt7–0
JAXQ1 2:4133Punt7–0
GBQ1 1:41746Field goal7–3
JAXQ2 13:3538Punt7–3
GBQ2 11:191140Missed field goal7–3
JAXQ2 5:312-4Opp touchdown7–10
JAXQ2 4:44730Touchdown14–10
GBQ2 2:28647Turnover14–10
JAXQ2 1:10516Punt14–10
GBQ2 0:071-8End of half14–10
GBQ3 15:00676Touchdown14–17
JAXQ3 11:44464Touchdown21–17
GBQ3 10:15966Turnover21–17
JAXQ3 5:27922Punt21–17
GBQ3 1:3635Punt21–17
JAXQ3 0:401058Touchdown28–17
GBQ4 9:4910Turnover28–17
JAXQ4 9:35614Punt28–17
GBQ4 5:29666Turnover28–17
JAXQ4 3:4035Punt28–17
GBQ4 2:32846Touchdown28–25
JAXQ4 1:0800End of half28–25

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Byron Leftwich9/2012120

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Fred Taylor221657.51
Byron Leftwich393.00
Troy Edwards122.00
LaBrandon Toefield111.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre30/4436723

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green17945.50
Najeh Davenport210.50
Brett Favre2-1-0.50

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 +3.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.0%

Expected total

46.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.90
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.47