2012 · Week 2

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Jake Locker

10·38

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass · 85°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

SD -6.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+3.6est.

SD perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Chargers 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.

The rivalry

SD lead 12–3 since 1999

CHARGERS have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.7 points. SD are 9-3-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W9LAC @ TEN2720CHARGERS
2024 · W10TEN @ LAC1727CHARGERS
2023 · W2LAC @ TEN2427TEN
2022 · W15TEN @ LAC1417CHARGERS
2019 · W7LAC @ TEN2023TEN
2018 · W7TEN @ LAC1920CHARGERS
2016 · W9TEN @ SD3543CHARGERS
2013 · W3SD @ TEN1720TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jake Locker15/3017411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jake Locker22110.50
Chris Johnson8172.10

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 +6.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

4.84%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.7%

Expected total

42.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.19
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+3.60

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.