2007 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 23, 2007 · Soldier Field
Final
Dallas Cowboys 34 at Chicago Bears 10. Final.
Dallas Cowboys 34–10 — 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.
Dallas Cowboys
51 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Chicago Bears
45 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 · DAL
22/35, 329 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
14.0 expected points added · +7.1% completion over expected
Passing · CHI
15/32, 195 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT
-13.3 expected points added · -10.6% 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
Dallas Cowboys
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 22/35 | 329 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +14.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Barber | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 1 | +5.3 |
| Julius Jones | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Tyson Thompson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | −1.6 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMarcus Ware | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Reeves | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bradie James | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Spencer | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Akin Ayodele | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Henry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ken Hamlin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Spears | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Bears
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 15/32 | 195 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −13.3 |
| Robbie Gould | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.2 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Benson | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 1 | −6.7 |
| Adrian Peterson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | −1.3 |
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | +2.2 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamar Williams | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Archuleta | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Charles Tillman | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hunter Hillenmeyer | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Urlacher | 2 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Manning | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danieal Manning | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Adams | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon McGowan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Take it with you
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/2007_03_DAL_CHI
The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Bears -3
- Closing total
- 41
- Cowboys moneyline
- +144
- Bears moneyline
- -154
Bears closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 41; the game landed 44 — over by 3.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Soldier Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Mild, 75°F at kickoff; a light breeze at 9 mph out of the east; clear.
- Referee
- Ron Winter
- Rest
- Cowboys 7 days · Bears 7 days
- Coaches
- Wade Phillips vs Lovie Smith