Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2016 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Case Keenum

0·28

49ers

San Francisco

QB Blaine Gabbert

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 66°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

LA -2.5

Total

44

Model margin

+2.0est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ramsedge map49ers
  • -0.203EPA / play-0.089
  • 36.6%Success rate39.6%
  • -0.222EPA / dropback-0.036
  • -0.170EPA / rush-0.169
  • 6.8%Explosive rate8.0%
  • -6.92CPOE-5.73
  • 32.2%Third-down rate34.6%
  • 47.6%Red-zone TD rate72.1%
  • 0.97Points / drive1.59
  • 2.8%Turnover rate2.1%

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

SF lead 31–24–1 since 1999

Meetings average 43.4 points. SF are 31-23-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1SF @ LA277SF
2025 · W10LA @ SF4226RAMS
2025 · W5SF @ LA2623SF
2024 · W15LA @ SF126RAMS
2024 · W3SF @ LA2427RAMS
2023 · W18LA @ SF2120RAMS
2023 · W2SF @ LA3023SF
2022 · W8SF @ LA3114SF

Box score

Individual performances

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Case Keenum17/3513002

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Todd Gurley17472.80
Case Keenum3103.30
Malcolm Brown155.00
Tavon Austin122.00
Benny Cunningham111.00

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blaine Gabbert22/3517010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Carlos Hyde23883.82
Blaine Gabbert9434.80
Shaun Draughn7182.61
Mike Davis310.30

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 -2.54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.05%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.3%

Expected total

42.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.58
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.35
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.96