2005 · Week 8

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Kerry Collins

34·25

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

The Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

OAK -2

Total

46

Model margin

-0.3est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsRaiders 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

All square 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.7 points. TEN are 7-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6TEN @ LV10–20RAIDERS
2022 · W3LV @ TEN22–24TEN
2019 · W14TEN @ OAK42–21TEN
2017 · W1OAK @ TEN26–16RAIDERS
2016 · W3OAK @ TEN17–10RAIDERS
2015 · W12OAK @ TEN24–21RAIDERS
2013 · W12TEN @ OAK23–19TEN
2010 · W1OAK @ TEN13–38TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–TEN
LVQ1 15:00651Touchdown7–0
TENQ1 12:0438Punt7–0
LVQ1 10:31758Field goal10–0
TENQ1 6:2438Punt10–0
LVQ1 4:481172Touchdown17–0
TENQ1 0:351080Touchdown17–6
LVQ2 10:1331Punt17–6
TENQ2 8:36234Touchdown17–12
LVQ2 7:5835Punt17–12
TENQ2 6:463-9Opp touchdown24–12
TENQ2 5:471153Field goal24–15
LVQ2 0:51521Opp touchdown24–22
LVQ2 0:1200End of half24–22
TENQ3 15:001549Turnover24–22
LVQ3 5:29831Field goal27–22
TENQ3 1:291679Field goal27–25
LVQ4 7:48674Touchdown34–25
TENQ4 4:37625Punt34–25
LVQ4 3:34311Punt34–25
TENQ4 3:0740Turnover on downs34–25
LVQ4 2:1441Turnover on downs34–25
TENQ4 0:2500End of half34–25

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair26/4022910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Brown19975.11
Steve McNair5418.20
Travis Henry122.00

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 -22.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.4%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.82
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.25

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.