2013 · Week 9

Final / OT

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

24·30

Commanders

Washington

QB Robert Griffin

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 57°F · wind 20mph

Closing spread

WAS -1

Total

49.5

Model margin

+0.8est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Chargers

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsChargers 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 5–2 since 1999

Meetings average 40.9 points. WAS are 2-4-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5WAS @ LAC2710WAS
2021 · W1LAC @ WAS2016CHARGERS
2017 · W14WAS @ LAC1330CHARGERS
2009 · W17WAS @ SD2023CHARGERS
2005 · W12SD @ WAS2317CHARGERS
2001 · W1WAS @ SD330CHARGERS

Box score

Individual performances

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Robert Griffin III23/3229101

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alfred Morris251214.81
Roy Helu22311.50
Santana Moss11818.00
Jordan Reed11818.00
Robert Griffin III6172.80

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 +14.3%2.8%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Chargers.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.3%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.10
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin+0.83

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.