2020 · Week 11 · Division

Final

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Patrick Mahomes

35·31

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Derek Carr

Allegiant Stadium · dome · grass

Closing spread

KC -7.5

Total

56.5

Model margin

-0.8est.

LV perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapRaiders
  • +0.177EPA / play+0.066
  • 50.2%Success rate47.4%
  • +0.288EPA / dropback+0.155
  • -0.056EPA / rush-0.067
  • 11.0%Explosive rate10.3%
  • +2.60CPOE+2.18
  • 49.5%Third-down rate45.5%
  • 70.8%Red-zone TD rate59.9%
  • 2.85Points / drive2.49
  • 1.4%Turnover rate2.3%

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

KC lead 35–19 since 1999

Meetings average 44.3 points. LV are 27-26-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18KC @ LV1214RAIDERS
2025 · W7LV @ KC031KC
2024 · W13LV @ KC1719KC
2024 · W8KC @ LV2720KC
2023 · W16LV @ KC2014RAIDERS
2023 · W12KC @ LV3117KC
2022 · W18KC @ LV3113KC
2022 · W5LV @ KC2930KC

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Patrick Mahomes34/4534821
Travis Kelce1/1400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Clyde Edwards-Helaire14694.92
Le'Veon Bell7253.61
Patrick Mahomes4164.00
Tyreek Hill2-2-1.00

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Derek Carr23/3127531

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs17553.21
Devontae Booker5163.20
Henry Ruggs III11212.00
Derek Carr362.00

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 -7.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.3%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

4.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.0%

Expected total

46.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.91
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin-0.76