2005 · Week 12

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

14·19

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mike McMahon

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 50°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

PHI -3.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

-3.8est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapEagles
  • -0.059EPA / play-0.104
  • 42.0%Success rate39.5%
  • -0.003EPA / dropback-0.063
  • -0.158EPA / rush-0.192
  • 6.6%Explosive rate7.8%
  • 41.1%Third-down rate34.3%
  • 51.1%Red-zone TD rate58.8%
  • 1.29Points / drive1.28
  • 3.8%Turnover rate3.0%
  • -0.052EPA / play allowed-0.028

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 11–7 since 1999

PHI have won 4 straight. Meetings average 42.9 points. PHI are 11-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10PHI @ GB10–7PHI
2024 · playoffsGB @ PHI10–22PHI
2024 · W1GB @ PHI29–34PHI
2022 · W12GB @ PHI33–40PHI
2020 · W13PHI @ GB16–30GB
2019 · W4PHI @ GB34–27PHI
2016 · W12GB @ PHI27–13GB
2014 · W11PHI @ GB20–53GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–PHI
GBQ1 15:0030Punt0–0
PHIQ1 14:14529Turnover0–0
GBQ1 11:3935Punt0–0
PHIQ1 10:11623Field goal0–3
GBQ1 7:1600Touchdown0–3
PHIQ1 7:09227Touchdown0–10
GBQ1 6:54374Touchdown7–10
PHIQ1 5:4532Punt7–10
GBQ1 4:4144Punt7–10
PHIQ1 3:05412Punt7–10
GBQ1 1:18615Punt7–10
PHIQ2 13:4935Punt7–10
GBQ2 12:491346Turnover7–10
PHIQ2 6:15616Punt7–10
GBQ2 2:32739Touchdown14–10
PHIQ2 0:3529End of half14–10
PHIQ3 15:0036Punt14–10
GBQ3 13:33415Punt14–10
PHIQ3 11:41963Field goal14–13
GBQ3 6:40433Turnover14–13
PHIQ3 4:3730Punt14–13
GBQ3 4:14730Punt14–13
PHIQ4 14:5033Punt14–13
GBQ4 13:52620Punt14–13
PHIQ4 10:411160Field goal14–16
GBQ4 4:3100Field goal14–16
PHIQ4 4:23510Field goal14–19
GBQ4 1:49611Turnover14–19
PHIQ4 0:3800End of half14–19

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre15/3317112

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Samkon Gado261114.31
Tony Fisher294.50
Donald Driver144.00
Brett Favre144.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike McMahon12/289100

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook211175.61
Mike McMahon4297.30
Ryan Moats6244.00
Lamar Gordon3103.30

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 +3.53.1%4.9%3.2%7.5%6.7%3.7%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.20%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

39.0%

Expected total

42.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.67
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-4.75
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-3.78