2015 · Week 4

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

17·3

49ers

San Francisco

QB Colin Kaepernick

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 74°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

GB -7.5

Total

48

Model margin

+1.1est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge map49ers
  • +0.002EPA / play-0.091
  • 42.3%Success rate38.8%
  • +0.075EPA / dropback-0.060
  • -0.134EPA / rush-0.150
  • 8.1%Explosive rate8.0%
  • -0.77CPOE-3.50
  • 33.6%Third-down rate30.2%
  • 62.9%Red-zone TD rate54.2%
  • 1.72Points / drive1.32
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.5%

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

GB lead 13–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.8 points. SF are 8-11-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W12SF @ GB1038GB
2023 · playoffsGB @ SF2124SF
2021 · playoffsSF @ GB1310SF
2021 · W3GB @ SF3028GB
2020 · W9GB @ SF3417GB
2019 · playoffsGB @ SF2037SF
2019 · W12GB @ SF837SF
2018 · W6SF @ GB3033GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers22/3222410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie Lacy18905.00
Aaron Rodgers33311.00
James Starks9283.10
Ty Montgomery2105.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
James Jones56980
Richard Rodgers56451
Randall Cobb58440
Ty Montgomery36150
James Starks22110
Eddie Lacy1330

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Colin Kaepernick13/2516001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Colin Kaepernick10575.70
Carlos Hyde8202.50
Reggie Bush100.00

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 -7.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

4.24%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.9%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.01
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.49
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+1.05