2016 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Blake Bortles

20·24

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

Lucas Oil Stadium · closed · fieldturf

Closing spread

IND -5.5

Total

48.5

Model margin

+1.9est.

IND perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Colts
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Colts 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 mapColts
  • -0.060EPA / play+0.045
  • 41.3%Success rate45.9%
  • +0.014EPA / dropback+0.127
  • -0.210EPA / rush-0.117
  • 7.1%Explosive rate8.4%
  • -4.51CPOE+1.05
  • 34.7%Third-down rate42.8%
  • 71.4%Red-zone TD rate72.9%
  • 1.52Points / drive2.10
  • 2.3%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

IND lead 27–22 since 1999

JAX have won 2 straight. Meetings average 44.3 points. IND are 17-31-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17JAX @ IND2317JAX
2025 · W14IND @ JAX1936JAX
2024 · W18JAX @ IND2326IND
2024 · W5IND @ JAX3437JAX
2023 · W6IND @ JAX2037JAX
2023 · W1JAX @ IND3121JAX
2022 · W6JAX @ IND2734IND
2022 · W2IND @ JAX024JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blake Bortles25/3930110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Corey Grant181226.81
Blake Bortles3217.00
Denard Robinson4174.30
Bronson Hill2115.50
Joe Banyard273.50
Bryan Walters144.00

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck24/4032121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Frank Gore16623.90
Andrew Luck3175.70
Robert Turbin3155.01

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
T.Y. Hilton612950
Chester Rogers47720
Phillip Dorsett44560
Dwayne Allen33341
Erik Swoope11220
Robert Turbin24180
Frank Gore22140
Jack Doyle25101

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 +5.54.1%2.7%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.7%2.9%

Positive margins favour Colts; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

3.06%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.1%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.13
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.87