2005 · Week 4

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

37·31

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Trent Green

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 87°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

KC -2.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+6.2est.

KC perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Eaglesedge mapChiefs
  • -0.104EPA / play+0.097
  • 39.5%Success rate45.7%
  • -0.063EPA / dropback+0.143
  • -0.192EPA / rush+0.042
  • 7.8%Explosive rate10.6%
  • 34.3%Third-down rate43.7%
  • 58.8%Red-zone TD rate59.7%
  • 1.28Points / drive2.01
  • 3.0%Turnover rate1.9%
  • -0.028EPA / play allowed+0.004

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

PHI lead 6–4 since 1999

PHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 52 points. KC are 4-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W2PHI @ KC20–17PHI
2024 · playoffsKC @ PHI22–40PHI
2023 · W11PHI @ KC21–17PHI
2022 · playoffsKC @ PHI38–35KC
2021 · W4KC @ PHI42–30KC
2017 · W2PHI @ KC20–27KC
2013 · W3KC @ PHI26–16KC
2009 · W3KC @ PHI14–34PHI

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultPHI–KC
KCQ1 15:00963Touchdown0–7
PHIQ1 9:59730Punt0–7
KCQ1 6:31776Field goal0–10
PHIQ1 2:0000Touchdown0–10
KCQ1 1:51627Touchdown0–17
PHIQ2 13:4334Punt0–17
KCQ2 11:5930Punt0–17
PHIQ2 10:07653Missed field goal0–17
KCQ2 7:07417Opp touchdown6–23
KCQ2 4:4100Touchdown6–24
PHIQ2 4:2736Punt6–24
KCQ2 2:4820Turnover6–24
PHIQ2 2:40645Touchdown13–24
KCQ2 1:14323End of half13–24
PHIQ3 15:00726Field goal16–24
KCQ3 12:143-1Punt16–24
PHIQ3 10:03736Turnover16–24
KCQ3 6:33619Punt16–24
PHIQ3 3:35460Touchdown24–24
KCQ3 1:54422Punt24–24
PHIQ3 0:27871Field goal27–24
KCQ4 11:3800Touchdown27–24
PHIQ4 11:30625Touchdown34–24
KCQ4 8:57522Turnover34–24
PHIQ4 7:10943Field goal37–24
KCQ4 3:22985Touchdown37–31
PHIQ4 1:2400End of half37–31

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb33/4836931

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook9151.70
Lamar Gordon4143.50
Donovan McNabb4-1-0.30

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Green19/3022122

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Priest Holmes18844.71
Larry Johnson7344.90
Eddie Kennison12323.00
Trent Green133.00

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 +2.53.2%6.1%7.3%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.2%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

7.35%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

65.4%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.71
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+6.19