2025 · SB

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Sam Darnold

29·13

Patriots

New England

QB Drake Maye

Levi's Stadium · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

SEA -4.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

NE perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Patriots
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Patriots 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 mapPatriots
  • +0.036EPA / play+0.154
  • 46.6%Success rate48.2%
  • +0.137EPA / dropback+0.308
  • -0.076EPA / rush-0.089
  • 10.7%Explosive rate10.5%
  • +4.54CPOE+10.94
  • 40.9%Third-down rate43.3%
  • 57.0%Red-zone TD rate63.4%
  • 2.22Points / drive2.47
  • 2.5%Turnover rate1.5%

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 6–3 since 1999

SEA have won 5 straight. Meetings average 46.9 points. NE are 3-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1NE @ SEA1013SEA
2024 · W2SEA @ NE2320SEA
2020 · W2NE @ SEA3035SEA
2016 · W10SEA @ NE3124SEA
2014 · playoffsNE @ SEA2824NE
2012 · W6NE @ SEA2324SEA
2008 · W14NE @ SEA2421NE
2004 · W6SEA @ NE2030NE

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Darnold19/3820210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kenneth Walker III271355.00
George Holani263.00
Sam Darnold252.50
Rashid Shaheed1-5-5.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Cooper Kupp612610
AJ Barner44541
Rashid Shaheed25270
Jaxon Smith-Njigba410270
Kenneth Walker III24260
George Holani1170

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drake Maye27/4329522

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Drake Maye5377.40
Rhamondre Stevenson7233.30
TreVeyon Henderson6193.20

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 -4.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Patriots; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

2.36%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.6%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.67
  • Home-field advantage0.00
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.67