| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1987 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 63357 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 47 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Shaun Gayle 20 interception return (Kevin Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dennis McKinnon 31 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Pete Mandley 15 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 36 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Neal Anderson 16 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Kevin Butler 31 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Kevin Butler 37 FG | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Kevin Butler 29 FG | 10 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 61 | LOG | Scott Barrows |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 53 | ROG | Kevin Glover |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 87 | TE | Vyto Kab |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 25 | RB | Karl Bernard |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 40 | LCB | Duane Galloway |
| 34 | SS | James Griffin |
| 45 | FS | Raphel Cherry |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Willie Gault |
| 84 | WR | Ron Morris |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Covert |
| 62 | LOG | Mark Bortz |
| 63 | C | Jay Hilgenberg |
| 57 | ROG | Tom Thayer |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 87 | TE | Emery Moorehead |
| 9 | QB | Jim McMahon |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| 35 | FB | Neal Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Al Harris |
| 76 | LDT | Steve McMichael |
| 72 | RDT | William Perry |
| 95 | RDE | Richard Dent |
| 59 | LLB | Ron Rivera |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 58 | RLB | Wilber Marshall |
| 27 | LCB | Mike Richardson |
| 25 | SS | Todd Bell |
| 22 | FS | Dave Duerson |
| 24 | RCB | Vestee Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chuck Long | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| James Jones | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Karl Bernard | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Neal Anderson | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 16t | 1 |
| Walter Payton | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Thomas Sanders | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Calvin Thomas | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wilber Marshall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 2 | 170 | 5.5 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 46.4 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jim McMahon | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 206 | 7.6 | 31t | 1 | 7 | 48 | 80.2 |
| Mike Tomczak | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 62 | 12.4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.3 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Butch Woolfolk | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mark Nichols | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Vyto Kab | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Karl Bernard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Willie Gault | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Walter Payton | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Emery Moorehead | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Thomas Sanders | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Neal Anderson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Cap Boso | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Shaun Gayle | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Ron Rivera | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 6 | 290 | 48.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bryan Wagner | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lee | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Curtis Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Thomas Sanders | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 3.5 |
| Keith Ferguson | 3.0 |
| Eric Williams | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 0.5 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Richard Dent | 2.0 |
| Steve McMichael | 1.0 |
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