2016 · Week 4

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

28·27

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 65°F · wind 2mph

Closing spread

BAL -3.5

Total

45

Model margin

+0.5est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Raiders

Ravens

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsRaiders wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

BAL lead 7–5 since 1999

RAIDERS have won 2 straight. Meetings average 47.1 points. BAL are 6-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2LV @ BAL26–23RAIDERS
2021 · W1BAL @ LV27–33RAIDERS
2018 · W12OAK @ BAL17–34BAL
2017 · W5BAL @ OAK30–17BAL
2015 · W2BAL @ OAK33–37RAIDERS
2012 · W10OAK @ BAL20–55BAL
2009 · W17BAL @ OAK21–13BAL
2008 · W8OAK @ BAL10–29BAL

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultOAK–BAL
LVQ1 15:0036Punt0–0
BALQ1 13:16634Punt0–0
LVQ1 10:2336Punt0–0
BALQ1 8:58413Punt0–0
LVQ1 6:46736Punt0–0
BALQ1 2:3731Punt6–0
LVQ1 1:3216Touchdown7–0
BALQ1 1:25842Field goal7–3
LVQ2 12:5142Punt7–3
BALQ2 11:01828Punt7–3
LVQ2 8:09980Touchdown14–3
BALQ2 4:0933Punt14–3
LVQ2 3:05413Punt14–3
BALQ2 1:37863Field goal14–6
LVQ2 0:0300End of half14–6
BALQ3 15:00836Punt14–6
LVQ3 10:3835Punt14–6
BALQ3 9:411465Touchdown14–12
LVQ3 2:4130Punt14–12
BALQ3 1:1446Turnover14–12
LVQ4 14:48840Touchdown21–12
BALQ4 11:11723Punt21–12
LVQ4 8:0831Punt21–18
BALQ4 6:38152Touchdown21–19
LVQ4 6:2732Turnover21–19
BALQ4 5:35417Touchdown21–27
LVQ4 3:36666Touchdown28–27
BALQ4 2:12829Turnover on downs28–27
LVQ4 0:4300End of half28–27

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco32/5229810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Terrance West211135.41
Javorius Allen3134.30
Mike Wallace133.00
Joe Flacco111.01

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 +3.52.6%4.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.47%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.5%

Expected total

43.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.22
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.52

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.