2005 · Week 6 · Division

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Trent Dilfer

3·16

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Anthony Wright

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · sportturf · 67°F · wind 22mph

Closing spread

BAL -4

Total

33.5

Model margin

+4.3est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

2.6%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapRavens
  • -0.131EPA / play-0.109
  • 39.5%Success rate38.7%
  • -0.097EPA / dropback-0.061
  • -0.183EPA / rush-0.179
  • 7.4%Explosive rate7.2%
  • 32.4%Third-down rate39.5%
  • 38.1%Red-zone TD rate39.7%
  • 1.22Points / drive1.20
  • 3.1%Turnover rate3.2%
  • -0.004EPA / play allowed-0.088

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

BAL lead 39–15 since 1999

BAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. BAL are 29-24-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W11BAL @ CLE2316BAL
2025 · W2CLE @ BAL1741BAL
2024 · W18CLE @ BAL1035BAL
2024 · W8BAL @ CLE2429CLE
2023 · W10CLE @ BAL3331CLE
2023 · W4BAL @ CLE283BAL
2022 · W15BAL @ CLE313CLE
2022 · W7CLE @ BAL2023BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Dilfer16/3014701

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Reuben Droughns15553.70
William Green2157.50
Trent Dilfer100.00

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Anthony Wright23/3121311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chester Taylor89211.50
Jamal Lewis24592.50
Anthony Wright1-1-1.00

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 +43.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.6%

Expected total

42.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.02
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.25
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.34