2017 · Week 2 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brian Hoyer

9·12

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 65°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

SEA -13.5

Total

42

Model margin

+0.2est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.041EPA / play-0.023
  • 41.2%Success rate41.3%
  • -0.001EPA / dropback+0.060
  • -0.110EPA / rush-0.192
  • 9.2%Explosive rate9.4%
  • -3.27CPOE+4.52
  • 39.5%Third-down rate37.4%
  • 45.0%Red-zone TD rate63.6%
  • 1.75Points / drive1.68
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.6%

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. SEA are 29-21-1 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

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brian Hoyer15/279901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Carlos Hyde151248.30
Matt Breida4358.80

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson23/3919810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson20934.70
Russell Wilson12342.80
Thomas Rawls540.80

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 +13.57.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

2.29%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.7%

Expected total

43.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.04
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.48
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.22