2006 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 8, 2006 · Soldier Field
Final
Buffalo Bills 7 at Chicago Bears 40. Final.
Chicago Bears 40–7 — never really in doubt late.
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.
Buffalo Bills
47 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Chicago Bears
50 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
Passing · CHI
15/27, 182 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
4.3 expected points added · -2.3% completion over expected
Passing · BUF
14/27, 115 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
-18.5 expected points added · -2.7% completion over expected
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
Buffalo Bills
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.P. Losman | 14/27 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 3 | −18.5 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis McGahee | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | −1.7 |
| J.P. Losman | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Brian Moorman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | −3.1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ko Simpson | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Whitner | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| London Fletcher | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kelsay | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Clements | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terrence McGee | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Ellison | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Crowell | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Haggan | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiwaukee Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Bears
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 15/27 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4.3 |
| Brian Griese | 4/4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1.3 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jones | 22 | 109 | 5.0 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Cedric Benson | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 2 | +3.4 |
| Brian Griese | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | −4.1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danieal Manning | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Urlacher | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Tillman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Brown | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Briggs | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Manning | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alfonso Boone | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Bears -9.5
- Closing total
- 34.5
- Bills moneyline
- +463
- Bears moneyline
- -513
Bears closed -9.5 and covered, winning by 33.
Total closed 34.5; the game landed 47 — over by 12.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Soldier Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Mild, 64°F at kickoff; breezy at 10 mph out of the south-west; clear.
- Referee
- Bill Carollo
- Rest
- Bills 7 days · Bears 7 days
- Coaches
- Dick Jauron vs Lovie Smith