Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 15 · Division

Final / OT

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

23·26

49ers

San Francisco

QB Nick Mullens

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 61°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

SEA -3.5

Total

44

Model margin

-1.6est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge map49ers
  • +0.093EPA / play-0.019
  • 44.2%Success rate44.8%
  • +0.208EPA / dropback+0.054
  • -0.027EPA / rush-0.135
  • 11.2%Explosive rate11.4%
  • +7.30CPOE-2.68
  • 38.7%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 72.8%Red-zone TD rate54.2%
  • 2.23Points / drive1.66
  • 1.1%Turnover rate2.9%

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. SF are 21-29-1 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

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson23/3123720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson221195.41
Mike Davis5214.20
Russell Wilson5153.00
Tyler Lockett11111.00
J.D. McKissic221.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Doug Baldwin46772
Mike Davis88630
Tyler Lockett22450
Chris Carson66290
Ed Dickson22140
David Moore1390
Nick Vannett0100

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Mullens20/2927510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Matt Breida17502.90
Jeff Wilson7466.60
Nick Mullens2-2-1.00

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 -3.52.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.1%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

7.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.8%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.39
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-1.57