2016 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

22·36

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 71°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

TEN -3

Total

43.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapTitans
  • -0.060EPA / play+0.037
  • 41.3%Success rate45.5%
  • +0.014EPA / dropback+0.103
  • -0.210EPA / rush-0.049
  • 7.1%Explosive rate10.3%
  • -4.51CPOE+1.12
  • 34.7%Third-down rate45.6%
  • 71.4%Red-zone TD rate75.2%
  • 1.52Points / drive1.72
  • 2.3%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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. TEN are 28-25-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX741JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN253JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX1320JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN106JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN2028TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX1434JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX1620JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN3622JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles33/5433730

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Blake Bortles4225.50
T.J. Yeldon3206.70
Chris Ivory461.50

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota18/2227020
Matt Cassel1/11000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray211235.91
Derrick Henry16603.81
Kendall Wright11515.00
Marcus Mariota3113.70
Delanie Walker133.00
Matt Cassel122.00

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 +34.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

7.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.5%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.10
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.64