2004 · Week 15

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

14·37

Jets

New York

QB Chad Pennington

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 45°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

NYJ -6.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+3.0est.

NYJ perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Jets
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Jets winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapJets
  • +0.035EPA / play+0.040
  • 44.4%Success rate45.5%
  • +0.090EPA / dropback+0.023
  • -0.040EPA / rush+0.058
  • 9.3%Explosive rate10.3%
  • 37.2%Third-down rate42.9%
  • 65.2%Red-zone TD rate64.3%
  • 1.81Points / drive1.86
  • 2.6%Turnover rate1.5%
  • +0.004EPA / play allowed-0.048

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

SEA lead 6–2 since 1999

SEA have won 6 straight. Meetings average 36.6 points. NYJ are 2-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W13SEA @ NYJ26–21SEA
2022 · W17NYJ @ SEA6–23SEA
2020 · W14NYJ @ SEA3–40SEA
2016 · W4SEA @ NYJ27–17SEA
2012 · W10NYJ @ SEA7–28SEA
2008 · W16NYJ @ SEA3–13SEA
1999 · W17SEA @ NYJ9–19NYJ

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSEA–NYJ
NYJQ1 15:001071Field goal0–3
SEAQ1 9:54971Touchdown7–3
NYJQ1 5:271075Touchdown7–10
SEAQ2 14:57613Punt7–10
NYJQ2 12:00869Touchdown7–17
SEAQ2 7:44942Turnover7–17
NYJQ2 3:08454Touchdown7–24
SEAQ2 1:481271Touchdown14–24
NYJQ2 0:0300End of half14–24
SEAQ3 15:0039Punt14–24
NYJQ3 13:29882Touchdown14–30
SEAQ3 9:221468Turnover14–30
NYJQ3 2:131068Missed field goal14–30
SEAQ4 12:193-2Turnover14–30
NYJQ4 11:18523Touchdown14–37
SEAQ4 8:1433Punt14–37
NYJQ4 7:06941End of half14–37

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck22/3020121
Trent Dilfer0/2000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander19774.10
Maurice Morris166.00
Matt Hasselbeck100.00

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington18/2425330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Martin241345.62
LaMont Jordan15845.60
Santana Moss11212.00
Chad Pennington1-1-1.00

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 +6.53.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Jets; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

4.79%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.1%

Expected total

44.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.42
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.98