2015 · Week 11

Final

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Jameis Winston

45·17

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mark Sanchez

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 48°F · wind 15mph

Closing spread

PHI -7

Total

46

Model margin

+0.8est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

4.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Buccaneers

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsBuccaneers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Buccaneersedge mapEagles
  • +0.008EPA / play-0.044
  • 44.4%Success rate42.7%
  • +0.106EPA / dropback-0.008
  • -0.141EPA / rush-0.105
  • 9.6%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -0.02CPOE-0.86
  • 41.4%Third-down rate39.1%
  • 57.1%Red-zone TD rate66.8%
  • 1.77Points / drive1.56
  • 2.4%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

TB lead 10–9 since 1999

Meetings average 40.8 points. PHI are 10-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W4PHI @ TB3125PHI
2024 · W4PHI @ TB1633TB
2023 · playoffsPHI @ TB932TB
2023 · W3PHI @ TB2511PHI
2021 · playoffsPHI @ TB1531TB
2021 · W6TB @ PHI2822TB
2018 · W2PHI @ TB2127TB
2013 · W6PHI @ TB3120PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jameis Winston19/2924650

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Doug Martin272358.70
Charles Sims10434.30
Bobby Rainey155.00
Jameis Winston400.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez26/4126123

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray13644.90
Kenjon Barner7375.30
Darren Sproles6213.50
Mark Sanchez2147.00

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 +74.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Buccaneers.

Half-point at risk

4.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.1%

Expected total

46.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.10
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.62
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.76