2006 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Byron Leftwich

14·21

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Peyton Manning

RCA Dome · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

IND -6.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+1.1est.

IND perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Colts
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Colts winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapColts
  • +0.011EPA / play+0.153
  • 42.5%Success rate51.4%
  • -0.026EPA / dropback+0.294
  • +0.053EPA / rush-0.043
  • 10.6%Explosive rate8.8%
  • +0.26CPOE+4.70
  • 39.0%Third-down rate56.7%
  • 61.4%Red-zone TD rate70.9%
  • 1.59Points / drive2.54
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.7%

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

IND lead 27–22 since 1999

JAX have won 2 straight. Meetings average 44.3 points. IND are 17-31-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17JAX @ IND2317JAX
2025 · W14IND @ JAX1936JAX
2024 · W18JAX @ IND2326IND
2024 · W5IND @ JAX3437JAX
2023 · W6IND @ JAX2037JAX
2023 · W1JAX @ IND3121JAX
2022 · W6JAX @ IND2734IND
2022 · W2IND @ JAX024JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Byron Leftwich16/2810712

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Jones-Drew131037.90
Fred Taylor21743.50
Byron Leftwich6142.31

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Peyton Manning14/3121910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dominic Rhodes14483.40
Joseph Addai3155.00
Peyton Manning300.01

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 +6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%2.8%

Positive margins favour Colts; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

4.56%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.9%

Expected total

47.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.08
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.50
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.06