2005 · Week 10 · Division

Final

Broncos

Denver

QB Jake Plummer

31·17

Raiders

Oakland

QB Kerry Collins

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 61°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

DEN -2.5

Total

47

Model margin

-0.2est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Broncos

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsBroncos 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

DEN lead 31–23 since 1999

DEN have won 4 straight. Meetings average 43.1 points. OAK are 29-23-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14DEN @ LV2417DEN
2025 · W10LV @ DEN710DEN
2024 · W12DEN @ LV2919DEN
2024 · W5LV @ DEN1834DEN
2023 · W18DEN @ LV1427RAIDERS
2023 · W1LV @ DEN1716RAIDERS
2022 · W11LV @ DEN2216RAIDERS
2022 · W4DEN @ LV2332RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Broncos

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jake Plummer16/2220510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Mike Anderson17653.81
Tatum Bell16442.80
Jake Plummer372.30
Charlie Adams252.50

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 -2.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Broncos.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.6%

Expected total

45.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.18
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin-0.17

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.