2007 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2007 · Qualcomm Stadium
Chicago Bears
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San Diego ChargersWinner
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SD -7 ✓U 43 ✓
San Diego Chargers 14–3.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · CHI
12/23, 145 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
-4.4 expected points added · -10.5% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Chicago Bears
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 12/23 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Benson | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 0 | -12.9 |
| Adrian Peterson | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | -2.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Hillenmeyer | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Archuleta | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Tillman | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Briggs | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Brown | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Urlacher | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego Chargers
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- SD -7
- Closing total
- 43
- CHI moneyline
- +280
- SD moneyline
- -310
Chargers closed -7 and covered, winning by 11.
Total closed 43; the game landed 17 — under by 26.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Qualcomm Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 73°F, wind 8 mph
- Referee
- Peter Morelli
- Rest
- CHI 7 days · SD 7 days
- Coaches
- Lovie Smith vs Norv Turner