Chicago 20, Detroit 17

 
 
Nov 24, 2002
 Scoring | Statistics | Game story 
FINAL 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
Detroit 0 3 14 0 0 17
Chicago 0 7 0 10 3 20
 
Scoring
2nd Quarter
CHI TD MARCUS ROBINSON 3 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (PAUL EDINGER KICK), 1:18
Drive: 5 plays, 14 yards in 2:18
Key Plays:
  McQuarters 33-yard interception return to Detroit 14
CHICAGO 7-0
DET FG JASON HANSON 22 YD, 9:14
Drive: 15 plays, 74 yards in 5:42
Key Plays:
  Harrington 11-yard pass to Anderson to Detroit 46
  23-yard pass interference on Bears' Green to Chicago 28
  Harrington 11-yard pass to Anderson to Chicago 17
CHICAGO 7-3
3rd Quarter
DET TD GERMANE CROWELL 1 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (JASON HANSON KICK), 9:51
Drive: 15 plays, 69 yards in 8:05
Key Plays:
  Harrington 22-yard pass to Crowell on 3rd-and-10 to Detroit 38
  Harrington 17-yard pass to Schroeder on 3rd-and-8 to Chicago 43
DETROIT 10-7
DET TD JAMES STEWART 23 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 12:22
Drive: 4 plays, 35 yards in 1:35
Key Plays:
  Drummond 16-yard punt return to Chicago 35
DETROIT 17-7
4th Quarter
CHI TD DEZ WHITE 23 YD PASS FROM JIM MILLER (PAUL EDINGER KICK), 12:27
Drive: 12 plays, 91 yards in 3:46
Key Plays:
  Miller 11-yard pass to Lyman to Chicago 46
  Miller 17-yard pass to White to Detroit 37
  Miller 6-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-3 to Detroit 24
DETROIT 17-14
CHI FG PAUL EDINGER 22 YD, 15:00
Drive: 10 plays, 43 yards in 1:56
DETROIT 17-17
Overtime
CHI FG PAUL EDINGER 40 YD, 6:02
Drive: 13 plays, 43 yards in 6:02
Key Plays:
  Johnson 15-yard run to midfield
  Miller 14-yard pass to Booker on 3rd-and-11 to Detroit 37
CHICAGO 20-17
 
Statistics
Passing
Detroit Att Cmp Yds Td Int
Harrington, Joey 40 21 213 1 1
Chicago Att Cmp Yds Td Int
Miller, Jim 35 21 250 1 0
Chandler, Chris 16 10 111 1 0
Rushing
Detroit Att Yds
Stewart, James 22 85
Schlesinger, Cory 6 17
Harrington, Joey 1 0
Chicago Att Yds
Thomas, Anthony 14 40
Johnson, Leon 9 34
Chandler, Chris 1 1
Miller, Jim 1 0
Receiving
Detroit Rec Yds
Anderson, Scotty 5 70
Stewart, James 6 38
Crowell, Germane 4 38
Schroeder, Bill 3 31
Foster, Larry 1 13
Schlesinger, Cory 1 12
Ricks, Mikhael 1 11
Chicago Rec Yds
Booker, Marty 10 157
White, Dez 8 106
Johnson, Leon 3 27
Lyman, Dustin 3 25
Merritt, Ahmad 3 24
Thomas, Anthony 1 11
Pritchett, Stanley 1 5
Robinson, Marcus 1 3
Shelton, Daimon 1 3
Tackles-Assists-Sacks (unofficial)
Detroit T A S
Lyght, Todd 9 0 0
Claiborne, Chris 8 0 0
Cash, Chris 8 0 0
Gooch, Jeff 5 1 0
Walker, Bracy 5 1 1
Davis, Eric 4 1 0
Green, Barrett 4 0 0
Edwards, Kalimba 4 0 1
Pritchett, Kelvin 3 1 0
Curry, Donte' 2 0 0
Hall, James 2 1 0
Rogers, Shaun 1 1 1
Wyrick, Jimmy 1 0 0
Goodman, Andre 1 0 0
Elliss, Luther 0 1 0
Chicago T A S
Green, Mike 8 1 0
Urlacher, Brian 7 1 0
Caldwell, Mike 5 0 0
Azumah, Jerry 5 0 0
Howard, Bobbie 5 1 0
Colvin, Rosevelt 5 0 1
Brown, Mike 4 1 0
McQuarters, R.W. 3 0 0
Daniels, Phillip 1 0 1
Knight, Bryan 1 0 0
Brown, Alex 1 0 0
Peter, Christian 1 1 0
Boone, Alfonso 1 0 0
Robinson, Bryan 1 1 0
Traylor, Keith 1 1 0
Interceptions
Detroit INT Yards
None
Chicago INT Yards
McQuarters, R.W. 1 33
Fumbles Lost
Detroit  
Schlesinger, Cory 1
Chicago  
Merritt, Ahmad 1
Opponent's Fumbles Recovered
Detroit  
Edwards, Kalimba 1
Chicago  
Caldwell, Mike 1
Officials
Referee- Tony Corrente, Umpire- Darrell Jenkins, Head linesman- Aaron Pointer, Line judge- Mark Steinkerchner, Field judge- Pete Morelli, Side judge- Dave Wyant, Back judge- Mike Carey
Attendance - Time
50,643; 3:32
Team Statistics Detroit Chicago
First downs 19 21
Rushing 5 2
Passing 12 19
Penalty 2 0
3rd-Down Efficiency 7-16 5-17
4th-Down Efficiency 1-1 2-4
Total Net Yards 301 422
Total Plays 71 79
Average Gains 4.2 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 102 75
Rushes 29 25
Average Per Rush 3.5 3
Net Yards Passing 199 347
Completed-Attempted 21-40 31-51
Yards Per Pass 5 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 3-14
Had Intercepted 1 0
Punts-Average 6-36.5 5-39.8
Return Yardage 29 35
Punts-Returns 3-29 1-2
Kickoffs-Returns 2-39 5-131
Interceptions-Returns 0-0 1-33
Penalties-Yards 7-50 6-64
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1
Time Of Possession 31:31 34:31
Game Story

CHICAGO 20, DETROIT 17 (OT)

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (Ticker) -- They needed overtime, a meeting with an equally struggling team and a questionable coaching decision, but the Chicago Bears finally ended a franchise record-tying eight-game losing streak.

Paul Edinger kicked a 40-yard field goal 6:02 into overtime as the Bears rallied from a 10-point deficit in a 20-17 victory over the Detroit Lions.

Detroit won the coin toss in overtime and coach Marty Mornhinweg elected to kick off and take the wind for a potential field goal. His offense never got on the field.

Battling tendinitis in his right arm, Jim Miller completed a 14-yard pass to Marty Booker on 3rd-and-11 from the Chicago 49-yard line to keep the winning drive alive.

After Mornhinweg chose to take a holding penalty that put the Bears in a 3rd-and-18 hole, Miller hooked up with Booker for a 15-yard gain to the Detroit 30. He found Dez White over the middle for a five-yard gain on fourth down and, after three rushes for as many yards by Leon Johnson, Edinger easily booted the field goal to give Chicago (3-8) its first win since edging Atlanta, 14-13, on September 15.

"I would do that again. Well, knowing the outcome of this game, I wouldn't," Mornhinweg said. "But if it were a similar situation I would do that again. I had a lot of confidence in our defense up to that point. That guy is a heckuva field goal kicker. I wanted them to have little or no opportunity to kick a field goal, so I backed them up."

Rookie Joey Harrington completed 21-of-40 passes for 213 yards with one touchdown and an interception as Detroit (3-8) lost its third straight game.

"Nope, it's hindsight and hindsight's 20-20," said Harrington when asked if he questioned the call to start overtime on defense. "You saw the wind out there, everybody saw how that affected the game. It's a decision we made and it's a decision I'm backing 100 percent. It's blind loyalty out there.

"I'm never going to be devastated personally because we can learn something from this. We can take a step forward and improve from this."

Miller replaced Chris Chandler in the third quarter and was 21-of-35 for 250 yards and a touchdown. Chandler was 10-of-16 for 111 yards and a score before leaving with a sprained left ankle.

"I hadn't thrown in two weeks," Miller said. "I had to compose myself. I know my first throw wasn't pretty. The arm gets worse as the game goes along. My arm is not right, I can say that much. But if I had to, I think I would play 60 minutes. They blitzed us when we were in empty sets and we made some plays on them. They dropped to cover-two and we picked them apart some more."

The Bears had three prior eight-game losing streaks, but never lost nine in a row.

"We had talked about it for a long time. I don't think there is a wrong decision there," Chicago coach Dick Jauron said about Detroit kicking off in overtime. "I think it was really hard to turn the ball down in an overtime situation, but I think he made the right decision. I can tell you we talked about it long and hard on our sideline.

"It really wasn't on our minds. We needed to get a victory. You know they worked so hard and got nothing to show for it. I'm so happy for them. I'm certainly glad this isn't on the 2002 team's resume."

Miller directed a 12-play, 91-yard drive that pulled the Bears within 17-14 on a 23-yard catch by White with 2:33 left in the fourth quarter. He again hooked up with White for a 33-yard reception on a 4th-and-10 from the Detroit 45 and three plays later, Edinger kicked a 22-yard field goal as time expired.

Chandler tossed a three-yard TD pass to Marcus Robinson 78 seconds into the second quarter after cornerback R.W. McQuarters had a 33-yard interception return to the Detroit 14.

The Lions closed within, 7-3, on a 23-yard field goal by Jason Hanson with 5:46 left in the second quarter.

Detroit scored on consecutive possessions in the third quarter. Harrington hooked up with Germane Crowell for a one-yard touchdown, giving the Lions a 10-7 edge with 5:09 left in the third.

James Stewart, who had 85 yards on 22 carries, scored from 23 yards out to make it 17-7 with 2:38 left. Detroit began the drive on the Bears 35 after a 16-yard punt return by Eddie Drummond.