2015 · Week 4

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

20·22

Bears

Chicago

QB Jay Cutler

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 55°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

OAK -3

Total

44.5

Model margin

+1.3est.

CHI 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.

Raiders

Bears

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsRaiders 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

CHI lead 6–3 since 1999

CHI have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.1 points. CHI are 6-2-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W4CHI @ LV25–24CHI
2023 · W7LV @ CHI12–30CHI
2021 · W5CHI @ LV20–9CHI
2019 · W5CHI @ OAK21–24RAIDERS
2011 · W12CHI @ OAK20–25RAIDERS
2007 · W10CHI @ OAK17–6CHI
2003 · W5OAK @ CHI21–24CHI
1999 · W3CHI @ OAK17–24RAIDERS

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–CHI
CHIQ1 15:00880Touchdown0–6
LVQ1 10:5730Punt0–6
CHIQ1 10:01830Punt0–6
LVQ1 6:20622Punt0–6
CHIQ1 3:30615Punt0–6
LVQ2 14:48751Touchdown7–6
CHIQ2 11:10524Turnover7–6
LVQ2 8:17325Touchdown14–6
CHIQ2 7:12771Touchdown14–13
LVQ2 3:3010Turnover14–13
CHIQ2 3:18624Field goal14–16
LVQ2 1:263-6Punt14–16
CHIQ2 0:211-5End of half14–16
LVQ3 15:003-5Punt14–16
CHIQ3 13:3010Turnover14–16
LVQ3 13:21730Field goal17–16
CHIQ3 10:53928Punt17–16
LVQ3 7:55827Punt17–16
CHIQ3 3:021037Field goal17–19
LVQ4 13:01731Turnover17–19
CHIQ4 9:38619Turnover17–19
LVQ4 6:411068Field goal20–19
CHIQ4 2:051148Field goal20–22
LVQ4 0:0200End of half20–22

Box score

Individual performances

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jay Cutler28/4328121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Forte25913.60
Jeremy Langford144.00
Jacquizz Rodgers231.50
Jay Cutler100.00

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 -34.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

7.19%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.4%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.23
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.25

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.