2012 · Week 2

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Carson Palmer

13·35

Dolphins

Miami

QB Ryan Tannehill

Sun Life Stadium · outdoors · grass · 80°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

OAK -1

Total

41

Model margin

+1.3est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins 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

MIA lead 13–5 since 1999

Meetings average 44.2 points. MIA are 11-6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1MIA @ LV1327RAIDERS
2024 · W11LV @ MIA1934MIA
2023 · W11LV @ MIA1320MIA
2021 · W3MIA @ LV2831RAIDERS
2020 · W16MIA @ LV2625MIA
2018 · W3OAK @ MIA2028MIA
2017 · W9OAK @ MIA2724RAIDERS
2014 · W4MIA @ OAK3814MIA

Box score

Individual performances

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill18/3020010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Reggie Bush261726.62
Lamar Miller10656.51
Ryan Tannehill3144.71

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Brian Hartline9121110
Davone Bess36430
Reggie Bush34250
Anthony Fasano23191
Charles Clay1320
Legedu Naanee0100

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 -14.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.30
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.27

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.