National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chicago 27, New Orleans 24
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, December 11, 2008
Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 28°
Head Official: Mike Carey
Attendance: 61692
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 07710024
Chicago 71403327
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:48
Chicago TD Chicago 7 - New Orleans 0
Danieal Manning 83 yd. kickoff return (Robbie Gould kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:52
New Orleans TD Chicago 7 - New Orleans 7
Pierre Thomas 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:42
Chicago TD Chicago 14 - New Orleans 7
Matt Forte 1 yd. run (Robbie Gould kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:49
Chicago TD Chicago 21 - New Orleans 7
Kyle Orton 6 yd. run (Robbie Gould kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:44
New Orleans TD Chicago 21 - New Orleans 14
Pierre Thomas 42 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 9:07
New Orleans FG Chicago 21 - New Orleans 17
Garrett Hartley 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:05
New Orleans TD Chicago 21 - New Orleans 24
Marques Colston 11 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
4th Quarter - 0:00
Chicago FG Chicago 24 - New Orleans 24
Robbie Gould 28 yd. field goal
Overtime - 12:14
Chicago FG Chicago 27 - New Orleans 24
Robbie Gould 35 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Chicago
1st Downs 22 16
Rushing 7 5
Passing 14 9
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 7-17 5-12
4th Down Conversions 1-2 0-1
Punts-Average 5-41.4 5-43.2
Return Yards 106 190
Punts-Returns 3-3 2--2
Kickoffs-Returns 3-63 6-192
Int-Returns 2-40 2-0
Penalties-Yards 5-97 4-24
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 36:32 26:14
Total Net Yards 345 226
Total Plays 76 62
Average Gain 4.5 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 119 55
Rushes 32 20
Average/Rush 3.7 2.8
Net Yards Passing 226 171
Comp-Att 24-43 24-41
Yards/Pass 5.1 4.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 1-1
Had Intercepted 2 2
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 0
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 2-4-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 24/43 232 2 2
Chicago Bears (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Orton 24/40 172 0 2
B. Maynard 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 22 87 4.0 1 42
R. Bush 6 30 5.0 0 13
D. Brees 1 1 1.0 0 1
M. Karney 3 1 0.3 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Forte 11 34 3.1 1 5
A. Peterson 5 15 3.0 0 9
K. Orton 4 6 1.5 1 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 6 84 14.0 1 24
P. Thomas 7 59 8.4 1 12
B. Miller 3 35 11.7 0 22
L. Moore 5 27 5.4 0 9
R. Bush 2 16 8.0 0 14
J. Shockey 1 11 11.0 0 11
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Hester 4 46 11.5 0 20
G. Olsen 8 45 5.6 0 10
M. Forte 5 29 5.8 0 12
B. Lloyd 2 21 10.5 0 15
J. Davis 1 12 12.0 0 12
D. Clark 3 11 3.7 0 4
A. Peterson 1 8 8.0 0 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Bullocks 1 23 0
S. Fujita 1 17 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Brown 1 0 0
A. Ogunleye 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
S. Ellis 1.0 1.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
A. Brown 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK AST
S. Fujita 7 1
J. Vilma 6 1
S. Shanle 5 1
J. Bullocks 4 0
W. Smith 4 0
R. Gay 4 1
B. McCray 3 0
R. Harper 3 1
S. Ellis 2 0
T. Evans 1 0
K. Clancy 1 0
J. David 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
L. Briggs 7 0
B. Urlacher 7 3
C. Tillman 6 2
A. Adams 5 0
A. Ogunleye 5 1
A. Brown 4 0
N. Roach 4 2
C. Graham 3 0
K. Payne 3 2
D. Manning 2 0
T. Harris 2 0
I. Idonije 2 0
M. Harrison 2 0
M. Brown 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Orton 1