Falcons 21-14 Bears (19 Oct, 2009) Box Score

Chicago Bears

3-2, 1-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	0	7	0	7	14
ATL	0	14	0	7	21

Atlanta Falcons

4-1, 3-0 home

Chicago Passing


Jay Cutler
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
27/43	300	7.0	2	2	2-10	73.3	79.6
27/43	290	7.0	2	2	2-10	--	79.6

Atlanta Passing


Matt Ryan
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
19/33	185	5.6	2	2	0-0	61.6	68.4
19/33	185	5.6	2	2	0-0	--	68.4

Chicago Rushing


Jay Cutler
Matt Forte
Garrett Wolfe
Devin Hester
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	34	11.3	30
15	23	1.5	5
3	15	5.0	12
2	11	5.5	6
23	83	3.6	30

Atlanta Rushing


Michael Turner
Jerious Norwood
Jason Snelling
Matt Ryan
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	30	2.3	1	11
4	21	5.3	0	8
3	9	3.0	0	6
3	8	2.7	0	7
23	68	3.0	1	11

Chicago Receiving


Devin Hester
Greg Olsen
Earl Bennett
Matt Forte
Johnny Knox
Desmond Clark
Jason McKie
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	83	13.8	0	34	10
5	57	11.4	1	41	10
4	57	14.3	0	24	5
5	37	7.4	0	13	5
3	34	11.3	1	23	7
3	32	10.7	0	24	4
1	0	0.0	0	0	2
27	300	11.1	2	41	43

Atlanta Receiving


Roddy White
Tony Gonzalez
Jason Snelling
Michael Turner
Michael Jenkins
Jerious Norwood
Justin Peelle
Brian Finneran
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4	56	14.0	1	40	6
4	52	13.0	1	16	9
2	22	11.0	0	13	2
2	16	8.0	0	10	2
2	15	7.5	0	11	6
2	12	6.0	0	8	2
2	8	4.0	0	5	2
1	4	4.0	0	4	2
19	185	9.7	2	40	31

Chicago Fumbles


Matt Forte
Zack Bowman
team

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

Atlanta Fumbles


Michael Turner
Coy Wire
team

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

Chicago Defense



Nick Roach
Lance Briggs
Charles Tillman
Pisa Tinoisamoa
Kevin Payne
Zack Bowman
Al Afalava
Adewale Ogunleye
Danieal Manning
Corey Graham
Marcus Harrison
Alex Brown
Olin Kreutz
Anthony Adams
Jamar Williams
Tim Shaw
Earl Bennett
Tommie Harris
Garrett Wolfe
Nathan Vasher
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	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
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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
48	44	0	0	6	0	0

Atlanta Defense



Curtis Lofton
Erik Coleman
Mike Peterson
Chris Houston
Thomas DeCoud
Brent Grimes
John Abraham
Coy Wire
Jonathan Babineaux
Jamaal Anderson
Brian Williams
Thomas Johnson
Stephen Nicholas
William Moore
Brian Finneran
Michael Jenkins
Kroy Biermann
Chris Owens
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	1	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	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	0.5	0	1	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
64	57	2	0	5	0	0

Chicago Interceptions


Nathan Vasher
Zack Bowman
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	0
1	-16	0
2	-15	0

Atlanta Interceptions


Thomas DeCoud
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	20	0
2	20	0

Chicago Kick Returns


Johnny Knox
Danieal Manning
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	49	24.5	33
2	40	20.0	20
4	89	22.3	33

Atlanta Kick Returns


Eric Weems
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	117	39.0	62	0
3	117	39.0	62	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Devin Hester
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	54	18.0	33	0
3	54	18.0	33	0

Atlanta Punt Returns


Eric Weems
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	20	20.0	20	0
1	20	20.0	20	0

Chicago Kicking


Robbie Gould
team

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

Atlanta Kicking


Jason Elam
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Chicago Punting


Brad Maynard
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	151	37.8	0	3	46
4	151	37.8	0	3	46

Atlanta Punting


Michael Koenen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	237	47.4	0	0	61
5	237	47.4	0	0	61

Georgia Dome

1:20 AM, 19 October 2009

Atlanta, GA

Attendance: 68,082

Referees:
Terry McAulay

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
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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