2020 · Week 7 · Division

Final / OT

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Russell Wilson

34·37

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Kyler Murray

State Farm Stadium · closed · grass

Closing spread

SEA -3.5

Total

55.5

Model margin

+0.1est.

ARI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Cardinals
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Cardinals 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 mapCardinals
  • +0.105EPA / play+0.051
  • 48.8%Success rate46.0%
  • +0.164EPA / dropback+0.087
  • -0.013EPA / rush-0.009
  • 8.6%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +6.78CPOE+2.07
  • 39.6%Third-down rate40.2%
  • 72.6%Red-zone TD rate71.9%
  • 2.52Points / drive2.19
  • 1.7%Turnover rate1.9%

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 30–17–1 since 1999

SEA have won 9 straight. Meetings average 43.5 points. ARI are 21-26-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10ARI @ SEA2244SEA
2025 · W4SEA @ ARI2320SEA
2024 · W14SEA @ ARI3018SEA
2024 · W12ARI @ SEA616SEA
2023 · W18SEA @ ARI2120SEA
2023 · W7ARI @ SEA1020SEA
2022 · W9SEA @ ARI3121SEA
2022 · W6ARI @ SEA919SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Russell Wilson33/5038833

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Russell Wilson68414.00
Carlos Hyde15684.51
Chris Carson5346.80
Travis Homer3103.30
David Moore144.00

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyler Murray34/4836031

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kyler Murray14674.81
Chase Edmonds55811.60
Kenyan Drake14342.40

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 -3.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Cardinals; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

7.34%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.3%

Expected total

40.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.98
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.64
  • Expected margin+0.08