2004 · WC · Division

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

27·20

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 45°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

SEA -4

Total

51

Model margin

+2.4est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsRams 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

SEA lead 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. SEA are 24-28 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA27–31SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA37–38SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA19–21RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA30–25SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA26–20RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA16–17RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA30–13RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA16–19SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSTL–SEA
LAQ1 15:00680Touchdown7–0
SEAQ1 11:3310Turnover7–0
LAQ1 11:2029Turnover7–0
SEAQ1 10:3238Punt7–0
LAQ1 9:1166Punt7–0
SEAQ1 6:35846Field goal7–3
LAQ1 2:05675Touchdown14–3
SEAQ2 13:321179Touchdown14–10
LAQ2 8:181145Punt14–10
SEAQ2 4:17522Punt14–10
LAQ2 2:0369Punt14–10
SEAQ2 1:08629Turnover on downs14–10
LAQ2 0:0110End of half14–10
SEAQ3 15:001369Field goal14–13
LAQ3 8:521148Field goal17–13
SEAQ3 2:35776Touchdown17–20
LAQ4 13:431249Field goal20–20
SEAQ4 8:07425Punt20–20
LAQ4 5:42776Touchdown27–20
SEAQ4 2:11859Turnover on downs27–20
LAQ4 0:2100End of half27–20

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck27/4334121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander15402.70
Matt Hasselbeck22613.00
Maurice Morris294.50

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 +44.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.53%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.6%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.15
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.42

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.