2009 Week 4 · Sun, Oct 4, 2009 · Soldier Field

Detroit Lions

Chicago BearsWinner

CHI -9.5 ✓O 43 ✓Bears closed -9.5 and covered, winning by 24.

Chicago Bears 48–24 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · DET

Matthew StaffordQB

24/36, 296 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

2.8 expected points added · +11.2% completion over expected

Passing · CHI

Jay CutlerQB

18/28, 141 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

-2.6 expected points added · +4.2% completion over expected

Rushing · CHI

Matt ForteRB

12 att, 121 yds, 1 TD

6.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · DET

Kevin SmithRB

19 att, 30 yds, 2 TD

-2.8 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · DET

Calvin JohnsonWR

8/12 for 133 yds, 0 TD

26% of team targets · 8.9 expected points added

Receiving · DET

Brandon PettigrewTE

4/10 for 64 yds, 0 TD

21% of team targets · -0.0 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Detroit Lions

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Matthew Stafford	24/36	296	1	1	5	2.8
Daunte Culpepper	6/11	54	0	0	0	-4.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Kevin Smith	19	30	1.6	2	-2.8
Matthew Stafford	2	20	10.0	0	0.8
Maurice Morris	1	13	13.0	0	0.7
Calvin Johnson	1	12	12.0	0	0.9
Jerome Felton	2	12	6.0	0	0.7
Aaron Brown	1	3	3.0	0	-0.5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Calvin Johnson	8	12	133	0	26%	8.9
Brandon Pettigrew	4	10	64	0	21%	-0.0
Will Heller	3	5	53	1	11%	4.9
Bryant Johnson	3	6	27	0	13%	-1.6
Jerome Felton	3	3	23	0	6%	1.3
Kevin Smith	4	4	21	0	9%	0.0
Aaron Brown	1	1	14	0	2%	1.7
Casey Fitzsimmons	2	2	10	0	4%	-0.7
Dennis Northcutt	1	2	4	0	4%	-0.9
Maurice Morris	1	2	1	0	4%	-4.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
DeAndre Levy	6	1	0.0	0
Larry Foote	4	2	0.0	1
Julian Peterson	2	2	0.0	1
Louis Delmas	3	1	1.0	0
William James	4	0	0.0	0
Anthony Henry	3	0	0.0	0
Ko Simpson	2	0	0.0	1
Landon Cohen	2	0	0.0	0
Grady Jackson	1	1	0.0	0
Don Muhlbach	1	0	0.0	0

Chicago Bears

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Jay Cutler	18/28	141	2	0	2	-2.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Matt Forte	12	121	10.1	1	6.0
Garrett Wolfe	5	22	4.4	1	2.1
Jay Cutler	3	8	2.7	1	-0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Earl Bennett	2	2	32	0	7%	1.6
Johnny Knox	5	8	31	0	29%	-1.9
Kellen Davis	2	2	20	1	7%	2.4
Matt Forte	2	3	19	0	11%	0.6
Rashied Davis	2	2	16	0	7%	0.7
Garrett Wolfe	1	1	12	0	4%	-0.2
Desmond Clark	2	2	8	0	7%	-0.1
Devin Hester	1	1	2	0	4%	-0.5
Greg Olsen	1	7	1	1	25%	-2.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Lance Briggs	6	2	0.0	0
Charles Tillman	6	2	0.0	0
Danieal Manning	7	0	0.0	0
Al Afalava	4	2	0.0	1
Nick Roach	4	1	1.0	1
Jamar Williams	3	1	0.0	0
Alex Brown	3	1	0.5	0
Zack Bowman	4	0	0.0	0
Mark Anderson	2	1	0.0	0
Garrett Wolfe	1	1	0.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CHI -9.5
Closing total: 43
DET moneyline: +420
CHI moneyline: -500

Bears closed -9.5 and covered, winning by 24.

Total closed 43; the game landed 72 — over by 29.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Soldier Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 53°F, wind 14 mph
Referee: Walt Coleman
Rest: DET 7 days · CHI 7 days
Coaches: Jim Schwartz vs Lovie Smith

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.