2006 · Week 5

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

23·20

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 22mph

Closing spread

STL -2.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+3.2est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsRams 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

GB lead 11–4 since 1999

GB have won 5 straight. Meetings average 47.2 points. GB are 12-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W5GB @ LA24–19GB
2023 · W9LA @ GB3–20GB
2022 · W15LA @ GB12–24GB
2021 · W12LA @ GB28–36GB
2020 · playoffsLA @ GB18–32GB
2018 · W8GB @ LA27–29RAMS
2015 · W5STL @ GB10–24GB
2012 · W7GB @ STL30–20GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSTL–GB
GBQ1 15:00414Turnover0–0
LAQ1 12:50637Touchdown7–0
GBQ1 9:491868Touchdown7–7
LAQ1 1:383-1Punt7–7
GBQ2 15:00439Field goal7–10
LAQ2 13:12516Punt7–10
GBQ2 10:25623Missed field goal7–10
LAQ2 8:281049Touchdown14–10
GBQ2 3:27956Field goal14–13
LAQ3 15:00929Punt14–13
GBQ3 10:35628Punt14–13
LAQ3 6:38732Field goal17–13
GBQ3 3:0432Punt17–13
LAQ3 2:06641Field goal20–13
GBQ4 14:5333Punt20–13
LAQ4 13:50878Field goal23–13
GBQ4 9:25564Touchdown23–20
LAQ4 6:42544Punt23–20
GBQ4 4:0330Punt23–20
LAQ4 3:1033Punt23–20
GBQ4 2:461039Turnover23–20
LAQ4 0:3600End of half23–20

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre22/3922010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Noah Herron201065.31
Vernand Morency6152.50

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 -2.53.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.00%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.5%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.67
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+3.16

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.