2002 · Week 1
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
Sep 8, 2002 · Memorial Stadium (Champaign) · outdoors · astroplay
Recap
Chicago Bears beat Minnesota Vikings 27–23. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Bears (60%). Bears improve to 1-0; Vikings fall to 0-1. Jim Miller led the way with 297 passing yards and 2 TDs; 4 rushing yards.
Team stats
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 18 |
| 374 | Total yards | 377 |
| 234 | Passing yards | 297 |
| 140 | Rushing yards | 80 |
| 16/28 | Comp / Att | 20/33 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 16/28 | 234 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 16 | 53 | 0 |
| Moe Williams | 7 | 48 | 0 |
| Doug Chapman | 5 | 33 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Chamberlain | 1 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
| Randy Moss | 6 | 10 | 58 | 1 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 5 | 6 | 58 | 0 |
| D'Wayne Bates | 2 | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| Moe Williams | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Doug Chapman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Alexander | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
CHI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 20/33 | 297 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Anthony Thomas | 19 | 45 | 1 |
| Leon Johnson | 4 | 31 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Booker | 8 | 12 | 198 | 1 |
| Dez White | 4 | 8 | 46 | 0 |
| Anthony Thomas | 4 | 5 | 22 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcus Robinson | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| John Davis | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| David Terrell | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Fred Baxter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |