2023 · Week 11

Final

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Baker Mayfield

14·27

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brock Purdy

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 65°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

SF -13.5

Total

41.5

Model margin

+4.1est.

SF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Buccaneers

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsBuccaneers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Buccaneersedge map49ers
  • +0.008EPA / play+0.179
  • 40.5%Success rate51.6%
  • +0.110EPA / dropback+0.298
  • -0.166EPA / rush+0.034
  • 8.6%Explosive rate13.8%
  • +0.25CPOE+4.51
  • 42.2%Third-down rate48.1%
  • 55.7%Red-zone TD rate70.4%
  • 1.86Points / drive2.69
  • 1.7%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

SF lead 9–6 since 1999

Meetings average 40 points. SF are 7-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W6SF @ TB1930TB
2024 · W10SF @ TB2320SF
2022 · W14TB @ SF735SF
2019 · W1SF @ TB3117SF
2018 · W12SF @ TB927TB
2016 · W7TB @ SF3417TB
2013 · W15SF @ TB3314SF
2011 · W5TB @ SF348SF

Box score

Individual performances

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield29/4524611

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rachaad White9303.31
Deven Thompkins11717.00
Chase Edmonds482.00
Trey Palmer166.00
Baker Mayfield351.70

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brock Purdy21/2533330

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey21783.70
Elijah Mitchell4246.00
Brock Purdy4143.50
Deebo Samuel Sr.1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Brandon Aiyuk561561
George Kittle89891
Deebo Samuel Sr.34630
Christian McCaffrey55251
Jauan Jennings0100

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 +13.57.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Buccaneers.

Half-point at risk

2.88%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.1%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.43
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.13