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

Availability

The injury report

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

Colts

Titans

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 34–16 since 1999

Meetings average 46.3 points. TEN are 21-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W6TEN @ IND26–20TEN
2025 · W8TEN @ IND14–38IND
2025 · W3IND @ TEN41–20IND
2024 · W16TEN @ IND30–38IND
2024 · W6IND @ TEN20–17IND
2023 · W13IND @ TEN31–28IND
2023 · W5TEN @ IND16–23IND
2022 · W7IND @ TEN10–19TEN

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultIND–TEN
TENQ1 15:0038Punt0–0
INDQ1 13:38515Punt0–0
TENQ1 10:4838Punt0–0
INDQ1 9:25973Touchdown7–0
TENQ1 5:42536Punt7–0
INDQ1 2:2739Punt7–0
TENQ1 0:47731Opp touchdown14–0
TENQ2 12:59970Field goal14–3
INDQ2 8:2936Punt14–3
TENQ2 6:241478Touchdown14–10
INDQ2 0:19352End of half14–10
INDQ3 15:003-1Punt14–10
TENQ3 13:33886Touchdown14–17
INDQ3 9:5110Turnover14–23
TENQ3 9:4113Touchdown14–24
INDQ3 9:36844Turnover14–24
TENQ3 6:45710Field goal14–27
INDQ3 3:0436Punt14–27
TENQ3 2:10742Punt14–27
INDQ4 12:2013107Touchdown21–27
TENQ4 6:492-3Turnover27–27
INDQ4 5:59111Touchdown28–27
TENQ4 5:5330Punt28–27
INDQ4 5:29559Touchdown35–27
TENQ4 2:511164Touchdown35–33
INDQ4 0:4700End of half35–33

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