2009 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

27·17

Rams

St. Louis

QB Kyle Boller

Edward Jones Dome · dome · fieldturf

Closing spread

SEA -3.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+5.4est.

STL 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.

Seahawks

Rams

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Rams winsSeahawks 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. STL are 28-24 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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSEA–STL
SEAQ1 15:003-5Punt0–0
LAQ1 13:38546Missed field goal0–0
SEAQ1 11:27864Touchdown7–0
LAQ1 7:543-7Punt7–0
SEAQ1 6:26830Turnover7–0
LAQ1 3:211158Touchdown7–7
SEAQ2 13:3435Punt7–7
LAQ2 12:02829Punt7–7
SEAQ2 7:44417Punt7–7
LAQ2 5:391044Opp touchdown14–7
LAQ2 1:38943Field goal14–10
LAQ3 15:0066Punt14–10
SEAQ3 12:183-4Punt14–10
LAQ3 10:47512Turnover14–10
SEAQ3 7:541064Field goal17–10
LAQ3 3:374-1Punt17–10
SEAQ3 1:18744Touchdown24–10
LAQ4 13:5736Punt24–10
SEAQ4 12:21531Field goal27–10
LAQ4 9:241248Turnover on downs27–10
SEAQ4 5:51620Punt27–10
LAQ4 2:50880Touchdown27–17
SEAQ4 0:4400End of half27–17

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck14/2510200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Justin Forsett221305.92
Matt Hasselbeck3186.00
Louis Rankin5122.40
Seneca Wallace11010.00

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 -3.53.4%6.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

6.32%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.5%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.94
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.43

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.