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 @ LV24–10CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV16–20RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE16–14RAIDERS
2020 · W8LV @ CLE16–6RAIDERS
2018 · W4CLE @ OAK42–45RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE27–20RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE13–23CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK20–17CLE

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultCLE–OAK
LVQ1 15:0036Punt0–0
CLEQ1 13:2731Punt0–0
LVQ1 11:5131Punt0–0
CLEQ1 9:51946Turnover on downs0–0
LVQ1 4:56940Punt0–0
CLEQ1 0:4634Punt0–0
LVQ2 14:46726Missed field goal0–0
CLEQ2 11:1939Punt0–0
LVQ2 9:091579Touchdown0–7
CLEQ2 1:16424Field goal3–7
CLEQ3 15:00628Punt3–7
LVQ3 11:2169Punt3–7
CLEQ3 7:4230Punt3–7
LVQ3 5:55518Turnover3–7
CLEQ3 3:57745Field goal6–7
LVQ3 1:48628Punt6–7
CLEQ4 14:43549Turnover6–7
LVQ4 12:35312Punt6–7
CLEQ4 10:15521Turnover6–7
LVQ4 7:48837Missed field goal6–7
CLEQ4 3:151029Field goal9–7

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.