Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2026 · Week 1 · Division

Final

49ers

San Francisco

QB Brock Purdy

27·7

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Matthew Stafford

Melbourne Cricket Ground · dome · grass · 57°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

LA -3.5

Total

47.5

Model margin

-17.5est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • 49ers

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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 mapRams
  • +0.190EPA / play-0.226
  • 56.9%Success rate43.3%
  • +0.227EPA / dropback-0.270
  • +0.142EPA / rush-0.171
  • 7.7%Explosive rate6.7%
  • +0.77CPOE-4.74
  • 58.3%Third-down rate22.2%
  • 75.0%Red-zone TD rate33.3%
  • 2.98Points / drive0.69
  • 1.5%Turnover rate3.3%

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

SF lead 31–24–1 since 1999

Meetings average 43.4 points. LA are 23-31-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10LA @ SF4226RAMS
2025 · W5SF @ LA2623SF
2024 · W15LA @ SF126RAMS
2024 · W3SF @ LA2427RAMS
2023 · W18LA @ SF2120RAMS
2023 · W2SF @ LA3023SF
2022 · W8SF @ LA3114SF
2022 · W4LA @ SF924SF

Box score

Individual performances

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brock Purdy25/3420531

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Christian McCaffrey10686.80
Kaelon Black14654.60
Brock Purdy5295.80
Deebo Samuel Sr.11212.00

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford15/2515501
Stetson Bennett2/31300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Blake Corum10545.40
Kyren Williams11413.71
Ronnie Rivers5193.80
Stetson Bennett199.00
Matthew Stafford2-1-0.50

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 +3.53.0%3.8%2.3%1.6%4.5%2.7%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour 49ers.

Half-point at risk

0.82%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

11.1%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-19.69
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-17.47