2009 · Week 5

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB JaMarcus Russell

7·44

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 61°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

NYG -15.5

Total

38

Model margin

+0.8est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsRaiders 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

NYG lead 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 43 points. NYG are 5-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17NYG @ LV3410NYG
2023 · W9NYG @ LV630RAIDERS
2021 · W9LV @ NYG1623NYG
2017 · W13NYG @ OAK1724RAIDERS
2013 · W10OAK @ NYG2024NYG
2005 · W17NYG @ OAK3021NYG
2001 · W11OAK @ NYG2810RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning8/1017320
David Carr9/149000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahmad Bradshaw1111010.02
Brandon Jacobs21673.20
David Carr4276.81
Gartrell Johnson5163.20

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 +15.57.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

1.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.1%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.73
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.76

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.