2005 · Week 15

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Charlie Frye

9·7

Raiders

Oakland

QB Kerry Collins

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 56°F · wind 18mph

Closing spread

OAK -3

Total

40.5

Model margin

+6.1est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Raiders 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.

The rivalry

OAK lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 38.6 points. OAK are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12CLE @ LV2410CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV1620RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE1614RAIDERS
2020 · W8LV @ CLE166RAIDERS
2018 · W4CLE @ OAK4245RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE2720RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE1323CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK2017CLE

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Charlie Frye21/3219801

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Reuben Droughns18532.90
Charlie Frye6122.00
Lee Suggs166.00

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 +33.3%6.1%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

7.36%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

65.2%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.51
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.04
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+6.11

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.