2008 · Week 1

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

3·38

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 80°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

PHI -8

Total

44

Model margin

+5.0est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Eagles 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

PHI lead 12–5 since 1999

Meetings average 47.8 points. PHI are 12-4-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W4LA @ PHI24–20RAMS
2025 · W3LA @ PHI26–33PHI
2024 · playoffsLA @ PHI22–28PHI
2024 · W12PHI @ LA37–20PHI
2023 · W5PHI @ LA23–14PHI
2020 · W2LA @ PHI37–19RAMS
2018 · W15PHI @ LA30–23PHI
2017 · W14PHI @ LA43–35PHI

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–PHI
PHIQ1 15:00665Touchdown0–7
LAQ1 12:16725Punt0–7
PHIQ1 8:131182Touchdown0–14
LAQ1 1:5333Punt0–14
PHIQ1 0:4834Punt0–14
LAQ2 14:47726Punt0–14
PHIQ2 10:28451Punt0–14
LAQ2 8:0939Punt0–14
PHIQ2 5:58414Punt0–14
LAQ2 4:18620Punt0–14
PHIQ2 1:41392Touchdown0–21
LAQ2 0:4734Punt0–21
PHIQ2 0:16423End of half0–21
LAQ3 15:0038Punt0–21
PHIQ3 12:4739Punt0–21
LAQ3 11:2235Punt0–21
PHIQ3 10:28956Touchdown0–28
LAQ3 5:4532Punt0–28
PHIQ3 3:2639Field goal0–31
LAQ3 2:2937Punt0–31
PHIQ3 0:57856Touchdown0–38
LAQ4 12:06557Field goal3–38
PHIQ4 9:001264End of half3–38

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb21/3336130
Kevin Kolb5/65300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook19914.81
Lorenzo Booker591.80
Correll Buckhalter252.50
Donovan McNabb133.00
Tony Hunt231.51
Kevin Kolb3-3-1.00

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 +83.5%6.4%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.20%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.5%

Expected total

42.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.56
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.05

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.