2006 · Week 8

Final

Steelers

Pittsburgh

QB Ben Roethlisberger

13·20

Raiders

Oakland

QB Andrew Walter

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 62°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

PIT -9

Total

39

Model margin

+1.5est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

1.0%est.

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Steelers

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsSteelers 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

PIT lead 8–7 since 1999

PIT have won 3 straight. Meetings average 44.2 points. OAK are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6PIT @ LV32–13PIT
2023 · W3PIT @ LV23–18PIT
2022 · W16LV @ PIT10–13PIT
2021 · W2LV @ PIT26–17RAIDERS
2018 · W14PIT @ OAK21–24RAIDERS
2015 · W9OAK @ PIT35–38PIT
2013 · W8PIT @ OAK18–21RAIDERS
2012 · W3PIT @ OAK31–34RAIDERS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultPIT–OAK
PITQ1 15:0035Punt0–0
LVQ1 12:5236Punt0–0
PITQ1 11:0833Turnover0–0
LVQ1 10:0952Punt0–0
PITQ1 7:4334Opp touchdown0–7
PITQ1 6:12612Punt0–7
LVQ1 2:0948Turnover on downs0–7
PITQ1 1:321142Field goal3–7
LVQ2 10:184-3Punt3–7
PITQ2 8:30522Field goal6–7
LVQ2 5:171050Field goal6–10
PITQ2 0:0400End of half6–10
LVQ3 15:00511Field goal6–13
PITQ3 12:233-3Punt6–13
LVQ3 10:4636Punt6–13
PITQ3 8:4330Punt6–13
LVQ3 6:23714Punt6–13
PITQ3 2:48752Turnover6–13
LVQ4 14:544-1Punt6–13
PITQ4 13:19770Opp touchdown6–20
PITQ4 9:32654Touchdown13–20
LVQ4 7:194-2Turnover13–20
PITQ4 5:29842Turnover on downs13–20
LVQ4 1:3837Punt13–20
PITQ4 0:36357End of half13–20

Box score

Individual performances

Steelers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ben Roethlisberger25/3730114

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Willie Parker22833.80
Ben Roethlisberger155.00
Najeh Davenport410.30
Cedrick Wilson100.00

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 -94.2%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Steelers.

Half-point at risk

1.02%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.2%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.04
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.52

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.