2008 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Marc Bulger

13·37

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 59°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -8

Total

44.5

Model margin

-1.9est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

1.8%est.

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks 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

SEA lead 28–24 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 43.7 points. SEA are 24-28 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsLA @ SEA27–31SEA
2025 · W16LA @ SEA37–38SEA
2025 · W11SEA @ LA19–21RAMS
2024 · W18SEA @ LA30–25SEA
2024 · W9LA @ SEA26–20RAMS
2023 · W11SEA @ LA16–17RAMS
2023 · W1LA @ SEA30–13RAMS
2022 · W18LA @ SEA16–19SEA

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–SEA
SEAQ1 15:00857Field goal0–3
LAQ1 11:1934Turnover0–3
SEAQ1 9:55624Touchdown0–10
LAQ1 6:4434Punt0–10
SEAQ1 5:35760Touchdown0–17
LAQ1 1:1638Punt0–17
LAQ2 14:443-2Field goal3–17
SEAQ2 13:261267Touchdown3–24
LAQ2 8:391145Field goal6–24
SEAQ2 2:5235Punt6–24
LAQ2 1:5134Punt6–24
SEAQ2 1:04354Field goal6–27
LAQ2 0:0300End of half6–27
LAQ3 15:001190Touchdown13–27
SEAQ3 9:07730Punt13–27
LAQ3 5:52524Punt13–27
SEAQ3 2:381791Touchdown13–34
LAQ4 8:39311Turnover13–34
SEAQ4 7:11414Field goal13–37
LAQ4 4:46932Turnover on downs13–37
SEAQ4 2:3935Punt13–37
LAQ4 0:20320End of half13–37

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck12/2017210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Julius Jones221406.41
T.J. Duckett19794.22
Matt Hasselbeck2199.50

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 +84.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

1.76%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.0%

Expected total

44.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.91
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.45
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.88

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.