2015 · Week 3 · Division

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

35·33

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 74°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

IND -3

Total

46.5

Model margin

+1.0est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

7.2%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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 mapTitans
  • -0.083EPA / play-0.103
  • 40.1%Success rate41.1%
  • -0.023EPA / dropback-0.050
  • -0.206EPA / rush-0.200
  • 7.0%Explosive rate7.8%
  • -4.10CPOE+0.30
  • 40.5%Third-down rate32.1%
  • 59.4%Red-zone TD rate67.5%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.32
  • 2.6%Turnover rate3.0%

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 34–15 since 1999

IND have won 6 straight. Meetings average 46.3 points. TEN are 20-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8TEN @ IND1438IND
2025 · W3IND @ TEN4120IND
2024 · W16TEN @ IND3038IND
2024 · W6IND @ TEN2017IND
2023 · W13IND @ TEN3128IND
2023 · W5TEN @ IND1623IND
2022 · W7IND @ TEN1019TEN
2022 · W4TEN @ IND2417TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck18/3026022

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Frank Gore14866.12
Andrew Luck6213.50
Josh Robinson284.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
T.Y. Hilton47940
Coby Fleener46510
Phillip Dorsett23431
Jack Doyle33320
Donte Moncrief47321
Frank Gore1280
Andre Johnson0100

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota27/4436722

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Antonio Andrews12494.11
Kendall Wright11313.00
Bishop Sankey5102.00
Jalston Fowler492.31
Dexter McCluster571.40

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 -34.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

7.23%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.6%

Expected total

42.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.61
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+0.96