2011 · Week 3

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

37·7

Rams

St. Louis

QB Sam Bradford

Edward Jones Dome · dome · astroplay

Closing spread

BAL -5.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+0.3est.

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.

Ravens

Rams

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Rams winsRavens 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

BAL lead 5–4 since 1999

Meetings average 40.9 points. STL are 4-4-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6LA @ BAL17–3RAMS
2023 · W14LA @ BAL31–37BAL
2021 · W17LA @ BAL20–19RAMS
2019 · W12BAL @ LA45–6BAL
2015 · W11STL @ BAL13–16BAL
2007 · W6STL @ BAL3–22BAL
2003 · W10BAL @ STL22–33RAMS
1999 · W1BAL @ STL10–27RAMS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultBAL–STL
LAQ1 15:00420Punt0–0
BALQ1 12:50278Touchdown7–0
LAQ1 12:2038Punt7–0
BALQ1 11:01621Missed field goal7–0
LAQ1 8:49420Punt7–0
BALQ1 6:49975Touchdown14–0
LAQ1 3:383-4Punt14–0
BALQ1 2:59355Touchdown21–0
LAQ1 1:483-9Punt21–0
BALQ1 0:161144Missed field goal21–0
LAQ2 11:311342Turnover21–0
BALQ2 6:15884Field goal24–0
LAQ2 3:0534Punt24–0
BALQ2 2:05949Field goal27–0
BALQ3 15:001152Field goal30–0
LAQ3 10:291195Touchdown30–7
BALQ3 5:14537Punt30–7
LAQ3 2:221343Punt30–7
BALQ4 11:22629Punt30–7
LAQ4 9:28511Turnover on downs30–7
BALQ4 8:16523Turnover30–7
LAQ4 5:3626Opp touchdown37–7
LAQ4 4:5838Punt37–7
BALQ4 3:1048End of half37–7

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco27/4838930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ray Rice9819.00
Ricky Williams5428.40
Joe Flacco8273.40
Torrey Smith11010.00
Anthony Allen382.70

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Torrey Smith581523
Ray Rice57830
Anquan Boldin714740
Ed Dickson59510
Ricky Williams11110
LaQuan Williams1370
Dennis Pitta0100
Tandon Doss0100

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 -5.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.7%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

1.84%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.0%

Expected total

43.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.06
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+0.35

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.