Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2012 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Terrelle Pryor

21·24

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass · 50°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

SD -9.5

Total

41

Model margin

+2.5est.

SD perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Chargers 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

SD lead 33–21 since 1999

CHARGERS have won 4 straight. Meetings average 43.9 points. SD are 31-22-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13LV @ LAC1431CHARGERS
2025 · W2LAC @ LV209CHARGERS
2024 · W18LAC @ LV3420CHARGERS
2024 · W1LV @ LAC1022CHARGERS
2023 · W15LAC @ LV2163RAIDERS
2023 · W4LV @ LAC1724CHARGERS
2022 · W13LAC @ LV2027RAIDERS
2022 · W1LV @ LAC1924CHARGERS

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 +9.57.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

3.01%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.8%

Expected total

44.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)0.00
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.49

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.