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2008 Chicago Bears

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 375 points (23.4/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 350 points (21.9/g), 16th.
 Differential of 25 points (1.6/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 8th.

Coached by Lovie Smith (9-7-0)

2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 @ Indianapolis Colts 29 13 17 319 136 183 23 293 240 53 1
2 Sun September 14 box L 1-1 @ Carolina Panthers 17 20 12 256 141 115 2 12 216 102 114 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 1-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 27 21 405 247 158 2 28 454 407 47 4
4 Sun September 28 box W 2-2 Philadelphia Eagles 24 20 13 256 178 78 4 18 340 237 103 2
5 Sun October 5 box W 3-2 @ Detroit Lions 34 7 21 425 328 97 1 12 185 131 54 2
6 Sun October 12 box L 3-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 22 22 361 282 79 1 18 376 301 75 1
7 Sun October 19 box W 4-3 Minnesota Vikings 48 41 20 327 274 53 1 28 439 284 155 5
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 2 box W 5-3 Detroit Lions 27 23 18 320 166 154 2 21 333 280 53 3
10 Sun November 9 box L 5-4 Tennessee Titans 14 21 15 243 165 78 1 19 304 284 20 1
11 Sun November 16 box L 5-5 @ Green Bay Packers 3 37 9 234 151 83 1 24 427 227 200 1
12 Sun November 23 box W 6-5 @ St. Louis Rams 27 3 18 334 126 208 2 13 207 193 14 4
13 Sun November 30 box L 6-6 @ Minnesota Vikings 14 34 10 228 125 103 3 17 378 200 178 1
14 Sun December 7 box W 7-6 Jacksonville Jaguars 23 10 16 296 210 86 1 14 278 159 119 1
15 Thu December 11 box W 8-6 New Orleans Saints 27 24 16 226 171 55 3 22 345 226 119 2
16 Mon December 22 box W 9-6 Green Bay Packers 20 17 15 210 136 74 2 20 325 260 65 2
17 Sun December 28 box L 9-7 @ Houston Texans 24 31 21 294 225 69 1 25 455 328 127 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 375 4734 991 4.8 264 304 528 3061 20 14 5.5 153 434 1673 15 3.9 98 27 13 13
Team Defense 350 5355 1087 4.9 314 383 622 3859 21 22 5.9 208 437 1496 16 3.4 93 32 10 13
Lg Rank Offense 14 26 27 14 21 16 15 24 15 24 14 27 21 26
Lg Rank Defense 16 21 23 32 30 18 3 12 16 5 21 3 2 16

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Kyle Orton 26 15 272 465 58.5 2972 18 3.9 12 2.6 65 6.4 5.6 10.9 198.1 79.6 27 160 5.7 5.0 5.5
Rex Grossman 28 3 32 62 51.6 257 2 3.2 2 3.2 29 4.1 3.0 8.0 85.7 59.7 2 8 3.9 2.8 3.1
Brad Maynard 34 P 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 304 528 57.6 3229 20 3.8 14 2.7 65 6.1 5.3 10.6 201.8 77.1 29 168 5.5 4.7 5.2
Opp Total 16 383 622 61.6 3859 21 3.4 22 3.5 6.2 5.0 10.1 241.2 75.8 28 217 5.9 4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Matt Forte 23 16 316 1238 8 50 3.9 77.4 19.8 63 477 7.6 4 19 3.9 29.8 1715 12 1
Kevin Jones 26 10 34 109 0 16 3.2 10.9 3.4 2 5 2.5 0 3 0.2 0.5 114 0 0
Kyle Orton 26 15 24 49 3 12 2.0 3.3 1.6 49 3 6
Adrian Peterson 29 10 20 100 0 16 5.0 10.0 2.0 6 45 7.5 0 19 0.6 4.5 145 0 0
Garrett Wolfe 24 12 15 69 0 38 4.6 5.8 1.3 69 0 0
Jason McKie 28 10 11 26 2 6 2.4 2.6 1.1 11 64 5.8 1 12 1.1 6.4 90 3 1
Devin Hester 26 15 6 61 0 20 10.2 4.1 0.4 51 665 13.0 3 65 3.4 44.3 726 3 5
Rashied Davis 29 16 3 14 0 17 4.7 0.9 0.2 35 445 12.7 2 36 2.2 27.8 459 2 0
Rex Grossman 28 3 3 4 2 2 1.3 1.3 1.0 4 2 0
Marty Booker 32 7 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.4 0.1 14 211 15.1 2 51 2.0 30.1 214 2 0
Jason Davis 25 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.3 4.0 12 0 0
Greg Olsen 23 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 574 10.6 5 52 3.6 38.3 574 5 2
Desmond Clark 31 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 367 9.0 1 35 2.6 22.9 367 1 1
Brandon Lloyd 27 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 364 14.0 2 32 2.6 36.4 364 2 0
Team Total 26.5 16 434 1673 15 50 3.9 104.6 27.1 304 3229 10.6 20 65 19.0 201.8 4902 35 19
Opp Total 16 437 1496 16 3.4 93.5 27.3 383 3859 10.1 21 23.9 241.2 5355 37 17

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Devin Hester 26 15 32 198 0 25 6.2 31 679 0 51 21.9 1603
Danieal Manning 26 13 36 1070 1 83 29.7 1070
Nathan Vasher 27 8 6 46 0 18 7.7 46
Garrett Wolfe 24 12 5 98 0 33 19.6 167
Jason McKie 28 10 2 38 0 20 19.0 128
Earl Bennett 21 2 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Kellen Davis 23 5 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Rashied Davis 29 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 469
Adrian Peterson 29 10 1 11 0 11 11.0 156
Team Total 26.5 16 39 261 0 25 6.7 77 1919 1 83 24.9 7082
Opp Total 16 36 0 68 1656 0 24.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Brad Maynard 34 P 16 96 3957 67 0 41.2
Robbie Gould 26 K 16 6 6 12 12 11 8 29 26 89.7% 41 41 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 6 6 12 12 11 8 29 26 89.7% 41 41 100.0% 96 3957 67 0 41.2
Opp Total 16 33 26 78.8% 39 38 97.4% 83 353 4.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lance Briggs 28 16 0.5 3 12 0 9 11 1 0 2 21 1 91 19
Charles Tillman 27 15 3 52 1 26 17 4 0 0 0 0 81 12
Brian Urlacher 30 16 2 11 0 11 10 0 0 1 0 0 79 14
Kevin Payne 25 16 1.0 4 147 0 50 7 73 15
Corey Graham 23 15 1 6 0 6 8 1 0 1 0 0 70 14
Mike Brown 30 15 1.0 2 0 0 0 8 57 16
Adewale Ogunleye 31 16 5.0 1 0 0 0 4 48 13 1
Alex Brown 29 16 6.0 1 -2 0 -2 6 1 0 1 18 0 42 2
Tommie Harris 25 14 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 33 4
Nick Roach 23 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 24 9
Marcus Harrison 24 13 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 24 4
Danieal Manning 26 13 1.0 1 42 0 42 4 0 2 0 0 0 22 5
Dusty Dvoracek 27 11 0 0 0 0 2 23 6
Israel Idonije 28 13 3.5 0 0 0 0 6 21 2
Nathan Vasher 27 8 1 0 0 0 8 20 1
Anthony Adams 28 6 14 7
Hunter Hillenmeyer 28 8 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 4
Mark Anderson 25 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 8
Craig Steltz 22 8 1 44 0 44 1 9 0
Kyle Orton 26 15 0 6 1 -13 0 3 0
Devin Hester 26 15 0 5 2 0 0 1 0
Trumaine McBride 23 9 1 0 0 0 2 3 1
Matt Forte 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Josh Beekman 25 3 3 0
Brandon McGowan 25 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Greg Olsen 23 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Zack Bowman 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Marcus Hamilton 24 4 2 1
Jamar Williams 24 7 1 3
Rashied Davis 29 16 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Desmond Clark 31 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jason McKie 28 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
John Tait 33 2 1 1
Rex Grossman 28 3 1 0
Brandon Lloyd 27 10 1 0
Brad Maynard 34 P 16 1 0
Jason Davis 25 3 0 1 0 0
Kellen Davis 23 5 0 1
Kevin Jones 26 10 0 1
Darrell McClover 27 5 0 1
Garrett Wolfe 24 12 0 1
Cameron Worrell 29 1 0 1
Team Total 26.5 16 27.0 22 312 1 50 105 8 19 14 26 3 782 170 1
Opp Total 16 29 17 7

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Robbie Gould 26 K 16 41 26 119
Matt Forte 23 16 8 4 72
Greg Olsen 23 15 5 30
Rashied Davis 29 16 2 1 18
Devin Hester 26 15 3 18
Brandon Lloyd 27 10 2 1 18
Jason McKie 28 10 2 1 18
Kyle Orton 26 15 3 18
Marty Booker 32 7 2 12
Rex Grossman 28 3 2 12
Zack Bowman 24 1 1 6
Lance Briggs 28 16 1 6
Desmond Clark 31 16 1 6
Danieal Manning 26 13 1 6
Charles Tillman 27 15 1 6
Garrett Wolfe 24 12 1 6
Adewale Ogunleye 31 16 1 2
Team Total 26.5 16 15 20 1 3 1 2 41 26 1 373
Opp Total 16 16 21 38 26 350