2012 · Week 9

Final

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Josh Freeman

42·32

Raiders

Oakland

QB Carson Palmer

O.co Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 71°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

OAK -1

Total

47

Model margin

+4.0est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Buccaneers

Raiders

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Buccaneers

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsBuccaneers 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

All square 4–4 since 1999

TB have won 2 straight. Meetings average 56.6 points. OAK are 4-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W14LV @ TB13–28TB
2020 · W7TB @ LV45–20TB
2016 · W8OAK @ TB30–24RAIDERS
2008 · W17OAK @ TB31–24RAIDERS
2004 · W3TB @ OAK20–30RAIDERS
2002 · playoffsOAK @ TB21–48TB
1999 · W15TB @ OAK0–45RAIDERS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultTB–OAK
LVQ1 15:0032Punt0–0
TBQ1 14:1047Punt0–0
LVQ1 12:15312Punt0–0
TBQ1 10:27943Missed field goal0–0
LVQ1 4:53928Field goal0–3
TBQ1 0:457105Touchdown7–3
LVQ2 12:541129Turnover on downs7–3
TBQ2 7:59416Punt7–3
LVQ2 5:31414Punt7–3
TBQ2 2:393-7Punt7–3
LVQ2 1:42471Touchdown7–10
TBQ2 1:20848Missed field goal7–10
TBQ3 15:00685Touchdown14–10
LVQ3 12:0938Punt14–10
TBQ3 10:38755Touchdown21–10
LVQ3 7:12842Turnover21–10
TBQ3 3:07268Touchdown28–10
LVQ3 2:15980Touchdown28–17
TBQ4 14:11170Touchdown35–17
LVQ4 13:51971Touchdown35–24
TBQ4 9:48412Turnover35–24
LVQ4 7:431362Touchdown35–32
TBQ4 3:51311Punt35–32
LVQ4 2:4220Turnover35–32
TBQ4 2:27322Touchdown42–32
LVQ4 1:4925Turnover42–32
TBQ4 1:383-14Turnover on downs42–32

Box score

Individual performances

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Freeman18/3024720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Doug Martin2525110.04
Josh Freeman5224.40
LeGarrette Blount252.50

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 +13.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Buccaneers.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.7%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.74
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+3.99

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.