Bears 20-13 Jets (15 Dec, 2002) Box Score

New York Jets

7-7, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ	0	0	10	3	13
CHI	0	10	7	3	20

Chicago Bears

4-10, 3-4 home

New York Passing


Chad Pennington
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/33	207	6.3	1	0	1-7	93.9
22/33	200	6.3	1	0	1-7	93.9

Chicago Passing


Chris Chandler
Leon Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	RTG
22/27	177	6.6	3-16	94.0
0/0	0	0.0	1-0	0.0
22/27	161	6.6	4-16	94.0

New York Rushing


Curtis Martin
Laveranues Coles
Chad Morton
Chad Pennington
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	127	6.0	35
1	5	5.0	5
1	2	2.0	2
1	0	0.0	0
24	134	5.6	35

Chicago Rushing


Leon Johnson
Adrian Peterson
Ahmad Merritt
Chris Chandler
Henry Burris
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	56	4.0	1	23
7	39	5.6	1	11
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	3	1.0	0	5
1	2	2.0	0	2
26	105	4.0	2	23

New York Receiving


Laveranues Coles
Curtis Martin
Wayne Chrebet
Jerald Sowell
Richie Anderson
Chad Morton
Santana Moss
Anthony Becht
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	71	14.2	0	21
4	33	8.3	0	12
3	30	10.0	1	22
2	24	12.0	0	15
3	23	7.7	0	15
2	13	6.5	0	8
2	7	3.5	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
22	207	9.4	1	22

Chicago Receiving


Marty Booker
John Gilmore
Dez White
Stanley Pritchett
Leon Johnson
Adrian Peterson
Ahmad Merritt
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
9	62	6.9	12
3	28	9.3	16
4	28	7.0	12
1	24	24.0	24
3	22	7.3	9
1	16	16.0	16
1	-3	-3.0	-3
22	177	8.0	24

New York Fumbles


Wayne Chrebet
Chad Pennington
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

Chicago Fumbles


Ahmad Merritt
Roe Williams
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

New York Defense



Sam Cowart
Mo Lewis
Sam Garnes
Aaron Beasley
Josh Evans
John Abraham
Ray Mickens
Donnie Abraham
Damien Robinson
Jon McGraw
Shaun Ellis
Marvin Jones
Kevin Mawae
John Hall
Jason Glenn
Kelvin Moses
Khary Campbell
Steve White
Jason Ferguson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	1	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0
61	53	4	0	3	0	0

Chicago Defense



Michael Green
Brian Urlacher
Bobbie Howard
Phillip Daniels
Roe Williams
Jerry Azumah
Larry Whigham
Alex Brown
Keith Traylor
Mike Caldwell
Rosevelt Colvin
Mike Brown
Travis Coleman
Bryan Robinson
Alfonso Boone
John Stamper
Adrian Peterson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	1	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
57	49	1	0	4	0	0

New York Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New York Interceptions

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

New York Kick Returns


Chad Morton
Chris Baker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	76	25.3	38
1	0	0.0	0
4	76	19.0	38

Chicago Kick Returns


Ahmad Merritt
Adrian Peterson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	80	26.7	36
1	21	21.0	21
4	101	25.3	36

New York Punt Returns


Santana Moss
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	8	8.0	8	0
1	8	8.0	8	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Ahmad Merritt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	12	6.0	12	0
2	12	6.0	12	0

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	42	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	42	1/1	7

Chicago Kicking


Paul Edinger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	53	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	53	2/2	8

New York Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	128	42.7	1	1	47
3	128	42.7	1	1	47

Chicago Punting


Brad Maynard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	133	44.3	0	2	51
3	133	44.3	0	2	51

6:00 PM, 15 December 2002

Attendance: 62,226

Referees:
Mike Carey

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	13	2	.867	396	276
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

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