2009 · Week 17

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Vince Young

17·13

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 46°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

TEN -6

Total

45

Model margin

-0.7est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

3.0%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.010EPA / play-0.107
  • 40.8%Success rate40.9%
  • +0.042EPA / dropback-0.082
  • -0.026EPA / rush-0.150
  • 9.0%Explosive rate7.2%
  • -2.63CPOE-1.58
  • 41.0%Third-down rate34.0%
  • 60.6%Red-zone TD rate46.1%
  • 1.79Points / drive1.38
  • 2.8%Turnover rate2.8%

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

SEA lead 4–3 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 47 points. SEA are 1-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12SEA @ TEN3024SEA
2023 · W16SEA @ TEN2017SEA
2021 · W2TEN @ SEA3330TEN
2017 · W3SEA @ TEN2733TEN
2013 · W6TEN @ SEA1320SEA
2005 · W15SEA @ TEN2824SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Vince Young17/2817101

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Johnson361343.72
LenDale White111.00
Vince Young2-2-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Nate Washington68830
Justin Gage47380
Chris Johnson36200
Bo Scaife23140
Kenny Britt11140

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck15/3017511
Seneca Wallace1/11700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Justin Forsett10747.40
Julius Jones14614.40
Matt Hasselbeck252.50

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 -62.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.98%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.1%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.06
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.16
  • Expected margin-0.74