Panthers 24-14 Bears (22 Dec, 2002) Box Score

Chicago Bears

4-11, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	7	0	0	7	14
CAR	0	21	0	3	24

Carolina Panthers

6-9, 4-4 home

Chicago Passing


Chris Chandler
Henry Burris
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
7/8	113	14.1	1	2-17	158.3
8/22	50	2.3	1	2-15	60.0
15/30	131	5.4	2	4-32	88.6

Carolina Passing


Rodney Peete
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/35	179	5.1	1	0	3-14	75.8
18/35	165	5.1	1	0	3-14	75.8

Chicago Rushing


Leon Johnson
Henry Burris
Adrian Peterson
Chris Chandler
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
16	29	1.8	6
3	17	5.7	15
2	9	4.5	8
1	0	0.0	0
22	55	2.5	15

Carolina Rushing


Dee Brown
Joe Montgomery
Nick Goings
Rodney Peete
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
23	55	2.4	2	12
7	20	2.9	0	5
6	17	2.8	0	8
3	-4	-1.3	0	-1
39	88	2.3	2	12

Chicago Receiving


Dez White
John Gilmore
Marcus Robinson
Marty Booker
Leon Johnson
Adrian Peterson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	81	40.5	2	76
2	32	16.0	0	27
1	28	28.0	0	28
5	20	4.0	0	7
4	7	1.8	0	4
1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
15	163	10.9	2	76

Carolina Receiving


Steve Smith Sr.
Isaac Byrd
Muhsin Muhammad
Nick Goings
Wesley Walls
Kris Mangum
Brad Hoover
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	97	24.3	0	69
3	24	8.0	0	15
5	22	4.4	1	10
2	19	9.5	0	14
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	4	4.0	0	4
2	4	2.0	0	3
18	179	9.9	1	69

Chicago Fumbles


Henry Burris
Chris Chandler
Ahmad Merritt
Brian Urlacher
Alex Brown
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
4	4	2

Carolina Fumbles


Rodney Peete
Dee Brown
Steve Smith Sr.
Mark Fields
Emmanuel McDaniel
Will Witherspoon
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	2
0	0	1
0	0	1
3	2	4

Chicago Defense



Brian Urlacher
Michael Green
Mike Brown
Roe Williams
Rosevelt Colvin
Jerry Azumah
Bryan Robinson
Rabih Abdullah
Alex Brown
Mike Caldwell
Larry Whigham
Ernest Grant
Bobbie Howard
Bryan Knight
Joe Tafoya
Phillip Daniels
Paul Edinger
Alfonso Boone
Ahmad Merritt
Bobby Setzer
Eric Joyce
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	11	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	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	1.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	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
69	62	3	0	2	0	0

Carolina Defense



Mike Rucker
Al Wallace
Brian Allen
Reggie Howard
Mark Fields
Mike Minter
Will Witherspoon
Emmanuel McDaniel
Terry Cousin
Deon Grant
Rod Smart
Kemp Rasmussen
Melvin Tuten
Jason Kyle
Brad Jackson
Josh Taves
Kris Jenkins
Nick Goings
Dante Wesley
Karl Hankton
Brentson Buckner
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	1	0	1	0	0
6	6	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
49	47	4	0	11	0	0

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

Carolina Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Carolina Interceptions

Chicago Kick Returns


Ahmad Merritt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	68	17.0	23	0
4	68	17.0	23	0

Carolina Kick Returns


Isaac Byrd
Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	56	28.0	35
1	16	16.0	16
3	72	24.0	35

Chicago Punt Returns


Leon Johnson
Ahmad Merritt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	32	10.7	20
2	12	6.0	12
5	44	8.8	20

Carolina Punt Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
Isaac Byrd
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	41	10.3	24
1	17	17.0	17
5	58	11.6	24

Chicago Kicking


Paul Edinger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2

Carolina Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	25	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	25	3/3	6

Chicago Punting


Brad Maynard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
10	445	44.5	0	3	66
10	445	44.5	0	3	66

Carolina Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
11	443	40.3	2	6	58
11	443	40.3	2	6	58

6:00 PM, 22 December 2002

Attendance: 72,602

Referees:
Terry McAulay

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	7	1	.875	258	148
Minnesota	6	2	.750	209	150
Green Bay	6	3	.667	230	194
Chicago	4	4	.500	172	148

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	6	3	.667	221	216
Tampa Bay	4	5	.444	259	243
Carolina	2	7	.222	147	293
New Orleans	2	7	.222	207	229

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