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

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Raiders

Giants

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 @ LV34–10NYG
2023 · W9NYG @ LV6–30RAIDERS
2021 · W9LV @ NYG16–23NYG
2017 · W13NYG @ OAK17–24RAIDERS
2013 · W10OAK @ NYG20–24NYG
2005 · W17NYG @ OAK30–21NYG
2001 · W11OAK @ NYG28–10RAIDERS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–NYG
NYGQ1 15:001561Touchdown0–7
LVQ1 6:5739Punt0–7
NYGQ1 4:52379Touchdown0–14
LVQ1 3:1539Punt0–14
NYGQ1 1:275109Touchdown0–21
LVQ2 14:533-9Turnover0–21
NYGQ2 14:06313Touchdown0–28
LVQ2 12:3739Punt0–28
NYGQ2 10:10417Punt0–28
LVQ2 7:18830Punt0–28
LVQ2 3:2546Touchdown7–28
NYGQ2 2:19648Punt7–28
LVQ2 0:43212Turnover7–28
NYGQ2 0:27213Field goal7–31
LVQ2 0:0212End of half7–31
LVQ3 15:0036Punt7–31
NYGQ3 13:19740Touchdown7–38
LVQ3 10:0120Turnover7–38
NYGQ3 9:0834Field goal7–41
LVQ3 6:52617Punt7–41
NYGQ3 2:561056Field goal7–44
LVQ4 11:38529Punt7–44
NYGQ4 8:29943Punt7–44
LVQ4 1:5334End of half7–44

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.