2006 · Week 15

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

20·0

Raiders

Oakland

QB Aaron Brooks

McAfee Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 52°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

OAK -3

Total

40

Model margin

+2.6est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Raiders 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

STL lead 7–1 since 1999

RAMS have won 5 straight. Meetings average 39.1 points. OAK are 1-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7LA @ LV35–21RAMS
2024 · W7LV @ LA15–20RAMS
2022 · W14LV @ LA16–17RAMS
2018 · W1LA @ OAK33–13RAMS
2014 · W13OAK @ STL0–52RAMS
2010 · W2STL @ OAK14–16RAIDERS
2002 · W6OAK @ STL13–28RAMS

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–OAK
LVQ1 15:00519Turnover0–0
LAQ1 12:0632Punt0–0
LVQ1 10:11824Punt0–0
LAQ1 5:411775Field goal3–0
LVQ2 13:07615Punt3–0
LAQ2 8:531257Field goal6–0
LVQ2 1:5631Punt6–0
LAQ2 1:04311Punt6–0
LVQ2 0:0200End of half6–0
LAQ3 15:00619Punt6–0
LAQ3 12:00424Touchdown13–0
LVQ3 10:1438Punt13–0
LAQ3 8:4243Turnover on downs13–0
LVQ3 8:08723Turnover13–0
LAQ3 4:553-4Punt13–0
LVQ3 3:28642Turnover on downs13–0
LAQ3 0:533-2Punt13–0
LVQ4 14:23618Turnover19–0
LAQ4 10:11119Touchdown20–0
LVQ4 10:11634Turnover20–0
LAQ4 8:05947Punt20–0
LVQ4 2:421377End of half20–0

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 +34.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.0%2.7%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

56.2%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)0.00
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+2.64

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.