2018 · Week 8

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

42·28

Raiders

Oakland

QB Derek Carr

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

IND -3.5

Total

51

Model margin

+0.8est.

OAK 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.

Colts

Raiders

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsColts 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

IND lead 9–5 since 1999

IND have won 3 straight. Meetings average 51.4 points. OAK are 8-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5LV @ IND6–40IND
2023 · W17LV @ IND20–23IND
2022 · W10IND @ LV25–20IND
2021 · W17LV @ IND23–20RAIDERS
2020 · W14IND @ LV44–27IND
2019 · W4OAK @ IND31–24RAIDERS
2016 · W16IND @ OAK25–33RAIDERS
2013 · W1OAK @ IND17–21IND

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultIND–OAK
INDQ1 15:001175Touchdown7–0
LVQ1 8:2138Punt7–0
INDQ1 7:171355Field goal10–0
LVQ2 15:00670Touchdown10–7
INDQ2 11:5637Punt10–7
LVQ2 10:41869Touchdown10–14
INDQ2 6:131678Field goal13–14
LVQ2 0:2612End of half13–14
LVQ3 15:00978Touchdown13–21
INDQ3 9:49475Touchdown21–21
LVQ3 7:391185Touchdown21–28
INDQ3 1:011490Touchdown28–28
LVQ4 10:4737Punt28–28
INDQ4 9:20862Touchdown35–28
LVQ4 5:2811Turnover35–28
INDQ4 5:16518Touchdown42–28
LVQ4 2:55728Turnover on downs42–28
INDQ4 1:5513End of half42–28

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck22/3123930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marlon Mack251325.32
Nyheim Hines11787.10
Jordan Wilkins2147.00
Andrew Luck2-2-1.00

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 -3.54.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

7.25%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.3%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.46
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+0.84

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.