2017 · Week 1

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

26·16

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 72°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

TEN -2.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+1.1est.

TEN 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

Titans

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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

All square 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.7 points. TEN are 7-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6TEN @ LV10–20RAIDERS
2022 · W3LV @ TEN22–24TEN
2019 · W14TEN @ OAK42–21TEN
2016 · W3OAK @ TEN17–10RAIDERS
2015 · W12OAK @ TEN24–21RAIDERS
2013 · W12TEN @ OAK23–19TEN
2010 · W1OAK @ TEN13–38TEN
2007 · W8OAK @ TEN9–13TEN

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–TEN
LVQ1 15:00450Touchdown7–0
TENQ1 12:491275Touchdown7–7
LVQ1 6:581659Field goal10–7
TENQ2 14:5538Punt10–7
LVQ2 13:00933Punt10–7
TENQ2 7:031493Field goal10–10
LVQ2 0:43441Field goal13–10
TENQ3 15:00620Punt13–10
LVQ3 11:2137Punt13–10
TENQ3 10:243-2Punt13–10
LVQ3 8:42834Field goal16–10
TENQ3 4:31867Field goal16–13
LVQ4 15:00770Touchdown23–13
TENQ4 11:58417Punt23–13
LVQ4 10:32632Punt23–13
TENQ4 6:44826Field goal23–16
LVQ4 4:49834Field goal26–16
TENQ4 1:09646Missed field goal26–16
LVQ4 0:0700End of half26–16

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota25/4125600

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
DeMarco Murray12443.70
Marcus Mariota3268.71
Derrick Henry6254.20

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Delanie Walker79760
Rishard Matthews59710
Corey Davis610690
DeMarco Murray22160
Taywan Taylor22140
Eric Decker38100
Jonnu Smith0100

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 +2.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%2.8%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

7.45%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.0%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.66
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.08

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.