2005 · Week 17

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

30·21

Raiders

Oakland

QB Kerry Collins

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 57°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

NYG -7.5

Total

44

Model margin

+1.8est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsGiants 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

NYG lead 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 43 points. OAK are 3-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17NYG @ LV34–10NYG
2023 · W9NYG @ LV6–30RAIDERS
2021 · W9LV @ NYG16–23NYG
2017 · W13NYG @ OAK17–24RAIDERS
2013 · W10OAK @ NYG20–24NYG
2009 · W5OAK @ NYG7–44NYG
2001 · W11OAK @ NYG28–10RAIDERS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–OAK
LVQ1 15:00418Punt0–0
NYGQ1 12:24519Punt0–0
LVQ1 9:4736Punt0–0
NYGQ1 8:26295Touchdown7–0
LVQ1 7:591062Touchdown7–7
NYGQ1 3:331063Field goal10–7
LVQ2 12:37614Punt10–7
NYGQ2 10:35382Touchdown17–7
LVQ2 9:4144Punt17–7
NYGQ2 7:221062Field goal20–7
LVQ2 1:56962Touchdown20–14
NYGQ2 0:1911End of half20–14
NYGQ3 15:0037Punt20–14
LVQ3 13:3634Punt20–14
NYGQ3 12:38617Punt20–14
LVQ3 10:1631Punt20–14
NYGQ3 8:053-2Punt20–14
LVQ3 6:1339Punt20–14
NYGQ3 4:1623Touchdown27–14
LVQ3 3:28264Touchdown27–21
NYGQ3 2:28623Field goal30–21
LVQ4 14:4866Punt30–21
NYGQ4 12:22515Punt30–21
LVQ4 9:19732Punt30–21
NYGQ4 7:1038Punt30–21
LVQ4 5:371143Turnover on downs30–21
NYGQ4 2:31211End of half30–21

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning12/2420410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber282037.31
Brandon Jacobs3103.31
Mike Cloud100.00
Eli Manning2-2-1.00

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 -7.54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

4.11%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.9%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.75
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.81

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.