2016 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

25·23

49ers

San Francisco

QB Colin Kaepernick

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 54°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

SEA -11.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

-2.2est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge map49ers
  • +0.022EPA / play-0.089
  • 44.0%Success rate39.6%
  • +0.102EPA / dropback-0.036
  • -0.126EPA / rush-0.169
  • 8.7%Explosive rate8.0%
  • +4.81CPOE-5.73
  • 38.7%Third-down rate34.6%
  • 41.8%Red-zone TD rate72.1%
  • 1.88Points / drive1.59
  • 1.7%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

SEA lead 31–20 since 1999

SEA have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.2 points. SF are 21-29-1 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

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson19/3225810
Trevone Boykin4/64200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Collins7557.90
Thomas Rawls8141.81
Trevone Boykin471.80
Paul Richardson155.00
Russell Wilson242.00
J.D. McKissic122.00

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Colin Kaepernick17/2221510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Draughn21412.02
Colin Kaepernick5163.20
Raheem Mostert166.00
DuJuan Harris4-1-0.30

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 -11.53.0%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.0%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

1.40%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

43.2%

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 adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-2.18