2005 · Week 7

Final

Chargers

San Diego

QB Drew Brees

17·20

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 53°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

PHI -4

Total

47

Model margin

+0.9est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Chargers

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsChargers 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

SD lead 4–3 since 1999

CHARGERS have won 2 straight. Meetings average 47.7 points. PHI are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14PHI @ LAC19–22CHARGERS
2021 · W9LAC @ PHI27–24CHARGERS
2017 · W4PHI @ LAC26–24PHI
2013 · W2SD @ PHI33–30CHARGERS
2009 · W10PHI @ SD23–31CHARGERS
2001 · W13SD @ PHI14–24PHI

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSD–PHI
PHIQ1 15:00715Punt0–0
LACQ1 11:5332Punt0–0
PHIQ1 9:47516Punt0–0
LACQ1 7:373-2Punt0–0
PHIQ1 6:1678Punt0–0
LACQ1 2:56441Punt0–0
PHIQ1 1:17433Punt0–0
LACQ2 14:23224Turnover0–0
PHIQ2 13:3210Turnover0–0
LACQ2 12:57429Punt0–0
PHIQ2 10:491045Touchdown0–0
PHIQ2 6:1014Touchdown0–0
PHIQ2 5:2327Touchdown0–7
LACQ2 4:47613Punt0–7
PHIQ2 3:441081End of half0–7
LACQ3 15:003-9Punt0–7
PHIQ3 13:21961Field goal0–10
LACQ3 9:421372Touchdown7–10
PHIQ3 3:2136Punt7–10
LACQ3 1:56743Touchdown14–10
PHIQ4 13:4810Turnover14–10
LACQ4 13:2977Field goal17–10
PHIQ4 9:2133Punt17–10
LACQ4 8:122-1Turnover17–10
PHIQ4 7:2631Field goal17–13
LACQ4 6:24414Punt17–13
PHIQ4 4:4249Turnover on downs17–13
LACQ4 3:29417Turnover17–20
LACQ4 1:59441Turnover17–20
PHIQ4 1:3400End of half17–20

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb35/5428712

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook10252.50
Donovan McNabb4-1-0.30

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 +44.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Chargers.

Half-point at risk

2.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.5%

Expected total

43.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.22
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+0.90

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.