2008 · Week 15
New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears
Dec 11, 2008 · Soldier Field · outdoors · grass
Recap
Chicago Bears held off New Orleans Saints 27–24. ScoutIndex had favored Bears (58%) going in. Bears improve to 8-6; Saints fall to 7-7. Kyle Orton paced the offense with 172 passing yards; 6 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Saints out-gained the opponent 351–227 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | First downs | 14 |
| 351 | Total yards | 227 |
| 232 | Passing yards | 172 |
| 119 | Rushing yards | 55 |
| 24/43 | Comp / Att | 24/41 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 24/43 | 232 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 22 | 87 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 30 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
CHI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 24/40 | 172 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Maynard | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Orton | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Matt Forte | 11 | 34 | 1 |
| Adrian Peterson | 5 | 15 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Forte | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Desmond Clark | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |