2009 · Week 3

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Matt Cassel

14·34

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Kevin Kolb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

PHI -7.5

Total

38.5

Model margin

+3.4est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Chiefsedge mapEagles
  • -0.123EPA / play+0.046
  • 36.4%Success rate43.1%
  • -0.113EPA / dropback+0.086
  • -0.139EPA / rush-0.028
  • 8.0%Explosive rate10.4%
  • -4.70CPOE+0.05
  • 27.1%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 56.9%Red-zone TD rate54.1%
  • 1.20Points / drive2.04
  • 2.4%Turnover rate2.0%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 6–4 since 1999

PHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 52 points. PHI are 6-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W2PHI @ KC2017PHI
2024 · playoffsKC @ PHI2240PHI
2023 · W11PHI @ KC2117PHI
2022 · playoffsKC @ PHI3835KC
2021 · W4KC @ PHI4230KC
2017 · W2PHI @ KC2027KC
2013 · W3KC @ PHI2616KC
2005 · W4PHI @ KC3731PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Cassel14/189020
Mark Bradley1/12600

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Larry Johnson19382.00
Jamaal Charles6366.00
Mark Bradley12222.00
Matt Cassel2-1-0.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jamaal Charles34340
Mark Bradley44281
Sean Ryan44220
Bobby Wade24131
Brad Cottam11110
Terrance Copper1280

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kevin Kolb24/3432720
Mike Vick0/2000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy20844.21
Mike Vick177.00
Eldra Buckley144.00
Kevin Kolb111.01
Jeremy Maclin1-1-1.00
Jeff Garcia3-2-0.70

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeSean Jackson6101491
Brent Celek891041
Jeremy Maclin46330
Jason Avant24140
LeSean McCoy1290
Reggie Brown1240

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 +7.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.3%

Expected total

43.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.99
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.04
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.43