2002 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 22, 2002 · Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
Final
New Orleans Saints 29 at Chicago Bears 23. Final.
New Orleans Saints 29–23.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
New Orleans Saints
50 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Chicago Bears
41 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 22/34 | 233 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +6.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 17 | 45 | 2.6 | 0 | −6.7 |
| Aaron Brooks | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 1 | +0.3 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Pathon | 5 | 8 | 71 | 1 | 24% | +3.9 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 4 | 7 | 43 | 1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Knight | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Irvin |
Chicago Bears
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 26/40 | 236 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1.7 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Saints -2
- Closing total
- 40.5
- Saints moneyline
- —
- Bears moneyline
- —
Saints closed -2 and covered, winning by 6.
Total closed 40.5; the game landed 52 — over by 11.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · astroplay
- Kickoff weather
- Cool, 56°F at kickoff; still at 4 mph out of the north; clear.
- Referee
- Ron Blum
- Rest
- Saints 7 days · Bears 7 days
- Coaches
- Jim Haslett vs Dick Jauron
