2018 · Week 14 · Division

Final

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Cody Kessler

9·30

Titans

Tennessee

QB Marcus Mariota

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 44°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

TEN -5.5

Total

36.5

Model margin

+3.9est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Jaguars

How each play moved the game.

Titans winsJaguars wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jaguarsedge mapTitans
  • -0.130EPA / play-0.029
  • 40.4%Success rate42.6%
  • -0.101EPA / dropback+0.023
  • -0.184EPA / rush-0.094
  • 7.4%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -4.63CPOE+1.50
  • 40.5%Third-down rate40.0%
  • 46.2%Red-zone TD rate53.8%
  • 1.26Points / drive1.83
  • 2.7%Turnover rate1.7%

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

TEN lead 32–23 since 1999

JAX have won 4 straight. Meetings average 40.4 points. TEN are 28-25-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18TEN @ JAX741JAX
2025 · W13JAX @ TEN253JAX
2024 · W17TEN @ JAX1320JAX
2024 · W14JAX @ TEN106JAX
2023 · W18JAX @ TEN2028TEN
2023 · W11TEN @ JAX1434JAX
2022 · W18TEN @ JAX1620JAX
2022 · W14JAX @ TEN3622JAX

Box score

Individual performances

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Cody Kessler25/4324010

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Fournette14362.60
Cody Kessler5173.40
T.J. Yeldon177.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota18/2416201

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry1723814.04
Dion Lewis10131.30
Marcus Mariota4133.30
Corey Davis100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Taywan Taylor67590
Dion Lewis55390
Anthony Firkser33270
Corey Davis23210
MyCole Pruitt1190
Luke Stocker1170
Tajae Sharpe0400

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 +5.53.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.8%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Jaguars.

Half-point at risk

3.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.4%

Expected total

41.2est.

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 adjustment+0.67
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.87