Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2016 · Week 9

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

35·43

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass · 76°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

SD -3.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

SD perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Chargers
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Chargers winsTitans 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

SD lead 12–3 since 1999

CHARGERS have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.7 points. SD are 9-3-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W9LAC @ TEN2720CHARGERS
2024 · W10TEN @ LAC1727CHARGERS
2023 · W2LAC @ TEN2427TEN
2022 · W15TEN @ LAC1417CHARGERS
2019 · W7LAC @ TEN2023TEN
2018 · W7TEN @ LAC1920CHARGERS
2013 · W3SD @ TEN1720TEN
2012 · W2TEN @ SD1038CHARGERS

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota27/4331332

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray14513.61
Antonio Andrews2157.50
Marcus Mariota3144.71

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 +3.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Chargers; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.7%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.24
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.74

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.