2019 · Week 13

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Kirk Cousins

30·37

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

CenturyLink Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 51°F · wind 1mph

Closing spread

SEA -2.5

Total

48

Model margin

-0.5est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapSeahawks
  • +0.056EPA / play+0.018
  • 42.1%Success rate45.5%
  • +0.177EPA / dropback+0.119
  • -0.082EPA / rush-0.134
  • 10.7%Explosive rate9.6%
  • +3.53CPOE+7.05
  • 44.0%Third-down rate39.1%
  • 66.9%Red-zone TD rate65.9%
  • 2.31Points / drive1.86
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.8%

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 10–5 since 1999

Meetings average 46.5 points. SEA are 8-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13MIN @ SEA026SEA
2024 · W16MIN @ SEA2724MIN
2021 · W3SEA @ MIN1730MIN
2020 · W5MIN @ SEA2627SEA
2018 · W14MIN @ SEA721SEA
2015 · playoffsSEA @ MIN109SEA
2015 · W13SEA @ MIN387SEA
2013 · W11MIN @ SEA2041SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kirk Cousins22/3827621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Dalvin Cook9293.21
Stefon Diggs12727.00
Alexander Mattison4225.50

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson21/3124021

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Carson231024.41
Rashaad Penny15744.91
Travis Homer12929.00
Russell Wilson4133.30

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 +2.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

7.29%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.7%

Expected total

43.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.68
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin-0.50