2016 · Week 3 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Blaine Gabbert

18·37

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 66°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

SEA -10.5

Total

42

Model margin

+7.0est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.089EPA / play+0.022
  • 39.6%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.036EPA / dropback+0.102
  • -0.169EPA / rush-0.126
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.7%
  • -5.73CPOE+4.81
  • 34.6%Third-down rate38.7%
  • 72.1%Red-zone TD rate41.8%
  • 1.59Points / drive1.88
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.7%

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

SEA lead 31–20 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.2 points. SEA are 29-21-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsSF @ SEA641SEA
2025 · W18SEA @ SF133SEA
2025 · W1SF @ SEA1713SF
2024 · W11SEA @ SF2017SEA
2024 · W6SF @ SEA3624SF
2023 · W14SEA @ SF1628SF
2023 · W12SF @ SEA3113SF
2022 · playoffsSEA @ SF2341SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blaine Gabbert14/2511901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Carlos Hyde211034.92
Blaine Gabbert5224.40
Shaun Draughn5102.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson15/2324310
Trevone Boykin7/96511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christine Michael201065.32
Terrence Magee3124.00
Alex Collins4123.00
Russell Wilson133.00
Trevone Boykin2-2-1.00
Doug Baldwin1-4-4.00

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 +10.55.9%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

1.64%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

67.4%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.92
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.35
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.01