Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

44·17

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Chad Henne

EverBank Field · outdoors · grass · 85°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

IND -6

Total

45.5

Model margin

+1.5est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

2.8%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsColts wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Coltsedge mapJaguars
  • +0.029EPA / play-0.161
  • 45.9%Success rate37.6%
  • +0.147EPA / dropback-0.184
  • -0.221EPA / rush-0.114
  • 9.7%Explosive rate7.9%
  • +1.10CPOE-7.00
  • 42.2%Third-down rate32.0%
  • 62.3%Red-zone TD rate54.2%
  • 2.01Points / drive0.97
  • 2.7%Turnover rate2.4%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

IND lead 27–22 since 1999

JAX have won 2 straight. Meetings average 44.3 points. JAX are 31-17-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17JAX @ IND2317JAX
2025 · W14IND @ JAX1936JAX
2024 · W18JAX @ IND2326IND
2024 · W5IND @ JAX3437JAX
2023 · W6IND @ JAX2037JAX
2023 · W1JAX @ IND3121JAX
2022 · W6JAX @ IND2734IND
2022 · W2IND @ JAX024JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck31/3937040
Matt Hasselbeck2/42000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahmad Bradshaw9657.20
Trent Richardson14574.10
Andrew Luck3155.00
Donte Moncrief177.00
Dan Herron111.00
Matt Hasselbeck1-1-1.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles14/2422322
Chad Henne4/73300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Denard Robinson8334.10
Toby Gerhart9323.60
Blake Bortles23015.00
Jordan Todman11010.00

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 -64.2%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

2.78%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.2%

Expected total

41.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.56
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.51
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.52