2025 · Week 6

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Mac Jones

19·30

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Baker Mayfield

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass · 82°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

TB -3.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+1.3est.

TB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers wins49ers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

49ersedge mapBuccaneers
  • +0.091EPA / play+0.006
  • 48.5%Success rate43.3%
  • +0.175EPA / dropback+0.064
  • -0.033EPA / rush-0.087
  • 8.2%Explosive rate8.4%
  • +5.72CPOE-2.55
  • 50.4%Third-down rate41.0%
  • 65.6%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 2.48Points / drive1.89
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.4%

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. TB are 8-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W10SF @ TB2320SF
2023 · W11TB @ SF1427SF
2022 · W14TB @ SF735SF
2019 · W1SF @ TB3117SF
2018 · W12SF @ TB927TB
2016 · W7TB @ SF3417TB
2013 · W15SF @ TB3314SF
2011 · W5TB @ SF348SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mac Jones27/3934702

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey17543.21
Mac Jones5132.60

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield17/2325620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rachaad White17653.81
Sean Tucker6254.21
Baker Mayfield3144.70

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Kameron Johnson44641
Sterling Shepard23510
Cade Otton56510
Tez Johnson13451
Emeka Egbuka24240
Rachaad White33210

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 +3.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

2.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.5%

Expected total

45.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.56
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.36
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin+1.27