2004 · Week 15

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Billy Volek

35·40

Raiders

Oakland

QB Kerry Collins

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 54°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

OAK -3.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+4.0est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsTitans 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

All square 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.7 points. OAK are 9-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6TEN @ LV10–20RAIDERS
2022 · W3LV @ TEN22–24TEN
2019 · W14TEN @ OAK42–21TEN
2017 · W1OAK @ TEN26–16RAIDERS
2016 · W3OAK @ TEN17–10RAIDERS
2015 · W12OAK @ TEN24–21RAIDERS
2013 · W12TEN @ OAK23–19TEN
2010 · W1OAK @ TEN13–38TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultTEN–OAK
TENQ1 15:00630Punt0–0
LVQ1 12:03793Touchdown0–7
TENQ1 9:121181Touchdown7–7
LVQ1 3:08569Touchdown7–14
TENQ1 1:043-3Punt7–14
LVQ2 14:1744Punt7–14
TENQ2 12:33851Touchdown14–14
LVQ2 8:4230Punt14–14
TENQ2 7:37521Punt14–14
LVQ2 5:301063Touchdown14–21
TENQ2 1:55476Touchdown21–21
LVQ2 1:2933Punt21–21
TENQ2 0:39250Missed field goal21–21
LVQ2 0:0300End of half21–21
LVQ3 15:00612Punt21–21
TENQ3 12:32513Punt21–21
LVQ3 9:00453Touchdown21–28
TENQ3 7:283-7Turnover21–28
LVQ3 6:27421Touchdown21–35
TENQ3 4:30621Turnover21–35
LVQ3 1:3022Turnover21–35
TENQ3 0:461252Touchdown28–35
LVQ4 11:53533Punt28–35
TENQ4 9:15862Turnover on downs28–35
LVQ4 5:53657Field goal28–38
TENQ4 3:39980Touchdown35–38
LVQ4 1:2137Punt35–40
TENQ4 0:1710Safety35–40
LVQ4 0:0800End of half35–40

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Billy Volek40/6049241

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Antowain Smith16452.80
Troy Fleming2157.50
Billy Volek111.01

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 +3.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.6%

Expected total

45.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.31
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+3.95

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.