2015 · Week 10

Final

Dolphins

Miami

QB Ryan Tannehill

20·19

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Sam Bradford

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 59°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

PHI -5.5

Total

49

Model margin

+1.6est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Dolphins

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsDolphins wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Dolphinsedge mapEagles
  • -0.032EPA / play-0.044
  • 40.5%Success rate42.7%
  • +0.008EPA / dropback-0.008
  • -0.111EPA / rush-0.105
  • 9.5%Explosive rate8.7%
  • +1.20CPOE-0.86
  • 31.0%Third-down rate39.1%
  • 65.1%Red-zone TD rate66.8%
  • 1.42Points / drive1.56
  • 1.8%Turnover rate2.7%

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

PHI lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 43.6 points. PHI are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W7MIA @ PHI1731PHI
2019 · W13PHI @ MIA3137MIA
2011 · W14PHI @ MIA2610PHI
2007 · W11MIA @ PHI717PHI
2003 · W15PHI @ MIA3427PHI
1999 · W7PHI @ MIA1316MIA

Box score

Individual performances

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ryan Tannehill21/3621720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jay Ajayi6488.00
Lamar Miller16432.70
Jarvis Landry166.00
Rishard Matthews144.00
Ryan Tannehill2-2-1.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Bradford19/2523610
Mark Sanchez14/2315601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray22612.80
Ryan Mathews7182.61
Mark Sanchez242.00
Darren Sproles300.00
Sam Bradford100.00

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 +5.54.2%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Dolphins.

Half-point at risk

3.04%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.3%

Expected total

45.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.91
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.58