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2017 · Week 12

Final

Texans

Houston

QB Tom Savage

16·23

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 50°F · wind 1mph

Closing spread

BAL -7.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

+5.1est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Texans

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsTexans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Texansedge mapRavens
  • -0.053EPA / play-0.052
  • 40.4%Success rate42.5%
  • -0.004EPA / dropback-0.054
  • -0.126EPA / rush-0.050
  • 7.9%Explosive rate7.2%
  • -2.95CPOE-1.33
  • 36.6%Third-down rate35.3%
  • 63.3%Red-zone TD rate63.2%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.79
  • 2.6%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

BAL lead 13–3 since 1999

Meetings average 43.7 points. BAL are 10-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5HOU @ BAL4410HOU
2024 · W17BAL @ HOU312BAL
2023 · playoffsHOU @ BAL1034BAL
2023 · W1HOU @ BAL925BAL
2020 · W2BAL @ HOU3316BAL
2019 · W11HOU @ BAL741BAL
2014 · W16BAL @ HOU1325HOU
2013 · W3HOU @ BAL930BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Texans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Savage22/3725202

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Lamar Miller17513.01
Alfred Blue8151.90

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeAndre Hopkins7101250
Braxton Miller56430
C.J. Fiedorowicz48370
Bruce Ellington38290
Alfred Blue22110
Lamar Miller1370

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco20/3214100

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Collins16603.81
Joe Flacco6427.00
Danny Woodhead4225.50
Javorius Allen5153.01

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 +7.53.5%6.4%7.4%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Texans.

Half-point at risk

2.20%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.7%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.40
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.14