Texans 31-24 Bears (28 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Chicago Bears

9-7, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	10	0	7	7	24
HOU	0	14	7	10	31

Houston Texans

8-8, 6-2 home

Chicago Passing


Kyle Orton
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
22/37	244	6.6	2	0	2-19	70.5	97.1
22/37	225	6.6	2	0	2-19	--	97.1

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
27/36	328	9.1	2	0	0-0	89.8	121.1
27/36	328	9.1	2	0	0-0	--	121.1

Chicago Rushing


Matt Forte
Adrian Peterson
Kyle Orton
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	50	3.8	0	13
3	17	5.7	0	10
2	2	1.0	1	1
18	69	3.8	1	13

Houston Rushing


Steve Slaton
Ryan Moats
Matt Schaub
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
20	92	4.6	1	47
12	38	3.2	1	8
4	-3	-0.8	0	1
36	127	3.5	2	47

Chicago Receiving


Devin Hester
Rashied Davis
Brandon Lloyd
Greg Olsen
Adrian Peterson
Matt Forte
Desmond Clark
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	85	14.2	0	37
2	35	17.5	0	19
4	34	8.5	1	13
4	30	7.5	1	10
2	28	14.0	0	19
3	25	8.3	0	13
1	7	7.0	0	7
22	244	11.1	2	37

Houston Receiving


Andre Johnson
Andre Davis
Owen Daniels
Steve Slaton
Kevin Walter
Ryan Moats
David Anderson
Vonta Leach
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	148	14.8	2	43
3	58	19.3	0	33
3	37	12.3	0	33
5	36	7.2	0	17
1	23	23.0	0	23
3	14	4.7	0	5
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	3	3.0	0	3
27	328	12.1	2	43

Chicago Fumbles


Danieal Manning
Devin Hester
Alex Brown
team

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

Houston Fumbles


Steve Slaton
Kris Brown
team

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

Chicago Defense



Charles Tillman
Corey Graham
Nick Roach
Danieal Manning
Brian Urlacher
Adewale Ogunleye
Lance Briggs
Tommie Harris
Alex Brown
Kevin Payne
Rashied Davis
Marcus Harrison
Anthony Adams
Craig Steltz
Brandon Rideau
Joey LaRocque
Cameron Worrell
Mark Anderson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	1	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	58	0	0	4	0	0

Houston Defense



DeMeco Ryans
Eugene Wilson
Fred Bennett
Jacques Reeves
Anthony Weaver
Kevin Bentley
Brandon Harris
Mario Williams
Morlon Greenwood
Cecil Sapp
Dunta Robinson
Amobi Okoye
Dominique Barber
Jeff Zgonina
Chaun Thompson
Travis Johnson
Ryan Moats
Joel Dreessen
DelJuan Robinson
Duane Brown
Jesse Nading
Demarcus Faggins
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	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	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0
53	44	2	0	8	0	0

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

Chicago Kick Returns


Danieal Manning
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	187	31.2	49	0
6	187	31.2	49	0

Houston Kick Returns


Andre Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	99	24.8	39	0
4	99	24.8	39	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Devin Hester
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Houston Punt Returns


Jacoby Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	16	8.0	12	0
2	16	8.0	12	0

Chicago Kicking


Robbie Gould
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	37	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	37	3/3	6

Houston Kicking


Kris Brown
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	22	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	22	4/4	7

Chicago Punting


Brad Maynard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	226	37.7	0	4	45
6	226	37.7	0	4	45

Houston Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	166	41.5	1	1	45
4	166	41.5	1	1	45

NRG Stadium

6:00 PM, 28 December 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 70,838

Referees:
Carl Cheffers

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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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