2015 · Week 14

Final

Bills

Buffalo

QB Tyrod Taylor

20·23

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Sam Bradford

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 66°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

PHI -1

Total

48

Model margin

+1.2est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Bills

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsBills wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Billsedge mapEagles
  • +0.025EPA / play-0.044
  • 40.7%Success rate42.7%
  • +0.074EPA / dropback-0.008
  • -0.039EPA / rush-0.105
  • 10.5%Explosive rate8.7%
  • +2.97CPOE-0.86
  • 38.1%Third-down rate39.1%
  • 65.3%Red-zone TD rate66.8%
  • 1.83Points / drive1.56
  • 1.5%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 6–2 since 1999

PHI have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.8 points. PHI are 5-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17PHI @ BUF1312PHI
2023 · W12BUF @ PHI3437PHI
2019 · W8PHI @ BUF3113PHI
2011 · W5PHI @ BUF2431BUF
2007 · W17BUF @ PHI917PHI
2003 · W4PHI @ BUF2313PHI
1999 · W3PHI @ BUF026BUF

Box score

Individual performances

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tyrod Taylor19/3626811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy20743.70
Tyrod Taylor8536.60
Mike Gillislee3248.01
Sammy Watkins111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Robert Woods571060
Sammy Watkins512811
LeSean McCoy47350
Chris Hogan25200
Chris Gragg12110
Charles Clay1290
Mike Gillislee1160

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Bradford23/3824711

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Darren Sproles7415.91
Ryan Mathews13382.90
DeMarco Murray11343.10
Sam Bradford331.00

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 +14.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Bills.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.3%

Expected total

45.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.29
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.19