2018 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

33·17

Titans

Tennessee

QB Blaine Gabbert

Nissan Stadium · outdoors · grass · 53°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

IND -5

Total

42.5

Model margin

-1.3est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

1.9%est.

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Colts

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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.

Coltsedge mapTitans
  • +0.059EPA / play-0.029
  • 48.0%Success rate42.6%
  • +0.141EPA / dropback+0.023
  • -0.097EPA / rush-0.094
  • 8.0%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +0.63CPOE+1.50
  • 50.5%Third-down rate40.0%
  • 68.1%Red-zone TD rate53.8%
  • 2.25Points / drive1.83
  • 2.2%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

IND lead 34–15 since 1999

IND have won 6 straight. Meetings average 46.3 points. TEN are 20-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8TEN @ IND1438IND
2025 · W3IND @ TEN4120IND
2024 · W16TEN @ IND3038IND
2024 · W6IND @ TEN2017IND
2023 · W13IND @ TEN3128IND
2023 · W5TEN @ IND1623IND
2022 · W7IND @ TEN1019TEN
2022 · W4TEN @ IND2417TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck24/3528531

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marlon Mack251194.81
Jordan Wilkins3186.00
Andrew Luck7172.40
Nyheim Hines144.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Blaine Gabbert18/2916512

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Derrick Henry16935.80

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 -52.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Colts.

Half-point at risk

1.91%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.5%

Expected total

42.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.34
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.81
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-1.33