2005 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Kurt Warner

12·37

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 60°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

SEA -6.5

Total

42

Model margin

+4.9est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Cardinals

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsCardinals wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Cardinalsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.074EPA / play+0.156
  • 40.7%Success rate49.3%
  • +0.031EPA / dropback+0.205
  • -0.308EPA / rush+0.100
  • 8.0%Explosive rate11.2%
  • 38.3%Third-down rate40.1%
  • 42.5%Red-zone TD rate78.4%
  • 1.36Points / drive2.39
  • 3.1%Turnover rate1.4%
  • -0.050EPA / play allowed-0.046

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 31–17–1 since 1999

SEA have won 10 straight. Meetings average 43.4 points. SEA are 27-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2SEA @ ARI31–7SEA
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA22–44SEA
2025 · W4SEA @ ARI23–20SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI30–18SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA6–16SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI21–20SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA10–20SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI31–21SEA

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultARI–SEA
ARIQ1 15:00832Field goal3–0
SEAQ1 9:461085Touchdown3–7
ARIQ1 4:20967Field goal6–7
SEAQ2 14:07627Punt6–7
ARIQ2 10:473-8Punt6–7
SEAQ2 8:48535Field goal6–10
ARIQ2 6:43756Field goal9–10
SEAQ2 3:4134Punt9–10
ARIQ2 2:17410Punt9–10
SEAQ2 1:13419Punt9–10
ARIQ2 0:25318End of half9–10
SEAQ3 15:00779Touchdown9–17
ARIQ3 11:513-16Turnover9–23
SEAQ3 11:2511Touchdown9–24
ARIQ3 11:2135Punt9–24
SEAQ3 9:485-1Punt9–24
ARIQ3 8:19636Field goal12–24
SEAQ3 5:061075Touchdown12–31
ARIQ4 14:56632Punt12–31
SEAQ4 13:04975Field goal12–34
ARIQ4 8:5036Punt12–34
SEAQ4 7:481148Field goal12–37
ARIQ4 1:28528Turnover12–37

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kurt Warner8/1310500
Josh McCown10/239701

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marcel Shipp10414.10
Anquan Boldin2189.00
Kurt Warner11313.00
Josh McCown11010.00
J.J. Arrington591.80
Larry Fitzgerald2-1-0.50

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck20/3124200
Seneca Wallace1/14200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander221406.44
Maurice Morris1140.40

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 +6.53.5%6.4%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%3.0%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

4.93%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.2%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.37
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.93