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2011 Week 5 · Mon, Oct 10, 2011 · Ford Field

Chicago Bears

13

Detroit LionsWinner

24

DET -6.5 ✓U 47 ✓Dome

Detroit Lions 24–13.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CHI

Jay CutlerQB

28/38, 249 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

3.6 expected points added · +7.6% completion over expected

Passing · DET

Matthew StaffordQB

19/26, 219 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

4.9 expected points added · +7.2% completion over expected

Rushing · DET

Jahvid BestRB

12 att, 163 yds, 1 TD

8.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CHI

Matt ForteRB

22 att, 116 yds, 0 TD

-5.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · DET

Calvin JohnsonWR

5/6 for 130 yds, 1 TD

23% of team targets · 10.0 expected points added

Receiving · CHI

Dane SanzenbacherWR

6/10 for 64 yds, 0 TD

26% of team targets · 1.6 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Chicago Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Jay Cutler28/382491033.6

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Matt Forte221165.30-5.9
Jay Cutler231.500.0
Marion Barber133.00-0.2

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Dane Sanzenbacher61064026%1.6
Sam Hurd4550013%-0.9
Matt Forte4735018%-0.4
Devin Hester5732018%-0.7
Kellen Davis332518%3.7
Johnny Knox221705%1.0
Roy Williams111103%0.8
Matt Spaeth11803%-0.2
Marion Barber11703%0.2
Tyler Clutts11003%-0.6

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Lance Briggs540.000
Charles Tillman800.000
Tim Jennings500.000
D.J. Moore220.011
Brian Urlacher210.000
Julius Peppers300.000
Dom DeCicco200.000
Israel Idonije201.000
Anthony Adams110.000
Chris Harris110.000

Detroit Lions

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Matthew Stafford19/262192114.9

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Jahvid Best1216313.618.7
Keiland Williams471.80-1.7
Stefan Logan166.000.2
Nate Burleson242.00-1.1
Matthew Stafford111.00-0.6

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Calvin Johnson56130123%10.0
Brandon Pettigrew4539119%2.7
Titus Young2414015%-1.2
Tony Scheffler111204%3.0
Jahvid Best449015%-3.6
Maurice Morris11804%-0.5
Nate Burleson146015%-2.5
Will Heller11104%-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
DeAndre Levy740.000
Louis Delmas530.000
Stephen Tulloch420.001
Chris Houston510.001
Lawrence Jackson221.000
Cliff Avril221.001
Aaron Berry400.001
Ndamukong Suh400.000
Bobby Carpenter400.000
John Wendling210.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
DET -6.5
Closing total
47
CHI moneyline
+248
DET moneyline
-280

Lions closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 11.

Total closed 47; the game landed 37 — under by 10.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
Ford Field
Roof / surface
dome · fieldturf
Kickoff weather
Indoors — weather neutralized
Referee
Clete Blakeman
Rest
CHI 8 days · DET 8 days
Coaches
Lovie Smith vs Jim Schwartz

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